New Orleans City Park
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Era: 1907-1914
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Curt Teich 1918 |
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Era: 1946 Curt Teich
Description: City Park This park is noted for its beautiful shrubbery and tropical plants, lagoons; its recreation center consists of tennis courts, baseball fields, a stadium seating 48,000, boating, swimming, golf, and is one of the interesting places visited daily by thousands of visitors. Publisher: Curt Teich, Chicago |
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1930-1944
Description: Reflection in the Lagoon, City Park, New Orleans, La. The enchanting lagoon and restful shrubbery are found in City Park, which is combined of 1,400 acres and is the sixth largest park in the United States. In addition to its wealth of scenic beauty, its duelling oaks and other famous trees, it is equipped with every kind of recreational facility: three golf courses, tennis courts, picnic grounds, natatorium, bridle paths, a stadium, and the Delgado Museum of Art. Publisher: E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis. |
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Era: 1930-1944
Descripton: Rose Gardens, in City Park, New Orleans, La. Publisher: E.C. Kropp, Co., Milwaukee, Wis. |
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Era: 1919 Curt Teich |
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1930-1944 |
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1915-1929
Description: The Delgado Museum of Art, City Park, New Orleans, La. Publisher: E.C. Kropp, Co., Milwaukee, Wis. |
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Era: 1908-1910 Curt Teich
Description: Suicide Oak, City Park, New Orleans, La. This tree has been particularly attractive to persons who wish to depart from this life before their time. Many persons have been found under this oak with an empty vial or gun by their side, hence its cognomen "Suicide Oak." Publisher: Curt Teich, Chicago |
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Era: 1938 Curt Teich
Description: The Old Dueling Grounds, City Park, showing the Delissue-Le Bouisque Duel in 1841 (From an Old Photo) New Orleans, La. These old oaks, famous in Louisiana legend and history as the dueling ground where Micajah Lewis, Secretary to Governor Claiborne, was killed in 1804. Here eighteen duels were fought by Emile La Sere, member of Congress from New Orleans. On one Sunday in 1837 ten duels were fought under these trees. Publisher: Curt Teich, Chicago |
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Era: 1958 Curt Teich
Description: Louisiana's Own Confederate General Louisiana's Own Confederate General, P.G.T. Beauregard Memorial At City Park Entrance New Orleans, LA. This splendid equestrian statue is on the rotunda around which speed countless modern motor cars, linking the past with the present in the Crescent City, home of Pierre Gustave Tante Beauregard, the Acadian General of the War Between The States. Publisher: Curt Teich, Chicago |
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Era: 1959 Curt Teich
Description: City Park Lagoon New Orleans, Louisiana One of the many lagoons in City Park where water fowl can be seen swimming and sunning themselves throughout the year. Beautiful golden rain trees line the shore. During the winter months many wild ducks from the North use these lagoons as a safe haven from the hunters. Publisher: Curt Teich, Chicago |