The city of New Orleans in the United States. Pedestrian traffic, street car or trolley traffic, and automobile traffic on Canal Street. Street level views and elevated views of busy Canal Street. A Creole girl in the doorway of a house. Homes along a narrow alley. A child and a man with a peg leg. Ornate iron work balconies. A woman tends to plants and flowers in a court yard. A horse drawn wagon enters a creole market area. Men and women customers in front of produce stands at the market.
The city of New Orleans in the United States. Jackson Square with the Saint Louis Cathedral and other old buildings in the background. The house of Jean Lafitte, a pirate. A sign outside the house reads 'Absinthe'. Equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson (Andrew Jackson Equestrian Statue, Jackson Square, New Orleans, LA 70116, United States). A large old plantation house outside the city.
The city of New Orleans in the United States. An elderly African American woman poses for the camera. Slate indicates that she remembers the slave market of Lincoln's time. Two teenage boys wrestle and a group of young men watches.
The city of New Orleans in the United States. The house United States of America Union Army General Benjamin Franklin Butler. The house has iron balconies. Traffic at Lee Circle and a statue of U.S. Army General Robert Edward Lee.
The city of New Orleans in the United States. View of levees and homes. Rowboats in the New Basin Canal (the first canal in the city, running between Lake Pontchartrain and uptown New Orleans). Construction workers seen building the Industrial Canal between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. A crane picks up beams, scaffolding and shoring on the side of an excavation. Boats at a dock. A sign reads 'Bienville Street landing'.
The city of New Orleans in the United States. A ship tied up at a dock. Boat 'Nola' with a tarpaulin over the deck. A barge in a river. Workers put a cotton bale into a machine. Bales moved on dollies. A bale comes out of a compressor. The cotton bale is hoisted aboard a freighter by a crane.