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    • Altar of Saint Roch's Chapel

    • Altar of Saint Roch's Chapel

    • Architecture; Catholic Churches; Chapels; Interiors; Religious articles; Altars

    • Interior view looking towards the altar built by Reverend Father Peter Leonard Theavis. It was erected by him in gratitude for the preservation of his entire congregation during the cholera and yellow fever scourge of 1867. With his own hands he...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    • Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    • Aerial views; Architecture; Buildings; Rivers; Cityscapes

    • View made from the top of the new Louisiana State Capitol building in Baton Rouge looking towards Government Street. The Mississippi River is seen at the far right and Saint Joseph's Cathedral is seen near mid-view.
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Birds Eye View

    • Birds Eye View

    • Social History; Natural History

    • View made from the observatioin deck of the Hibernia Bank Building, completed in 1927, looking north. WSMB radio towers are seen on top of the Maison Blanche Building and painted on the roof of the Canal Bank Buidling is "Airport 10 Mi" and an...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Brotherly love by Elks

    • Brotherly love by Elks

    • Parades & processions; Costumes; Clothing & dress; Spectators; Children

    • View looking towards the river from the 100 block of Elks Place in the Central Business District. The Grunewald Hotel can be seen in the distance at left center. A number of men in costume, most dressed as women or infants, are gathered on the...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Cabildo

    • Cabildo

    • Architecture; Buildings; Pedestrians

    • View of the Cabildo, located at 701 Chartres Street on Jackson Square, looking towards Canal Street. The Le Petit Theater at 616 Saint Peter Street is seen in the background. The street is mostly empty except for two male pedestrians walking on...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Canal Street

    • Canal Street

    • Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Residential streets; Utility poles

    • View looking along Canal Street between Rocheblave and Dorgenois in Mid-City that shows torn up tracks, a result of the 1929 transit strike . Houses along the even side of the street can also be seen.
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Canal Street at Night

    • Canal Street at Night

    • Electric lighting; Night photography; Commercial streets; Commercial buildings

    • View looking along the lighted and decorated neutral ground in the 800 block of Canal Street. Godchauxs is seen at the left and buildings along the 800 block are seen at the right. The department store Masion Blanche can be seen in the distance,
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Canal Street During Strike

    • Canal Street During Strike

    • Street railroads; Commercial streets; Palms

    • View looking along the neutral ground of the 2400 block of Canal Street and into the 2500 block. The intersection of Canal and Rocheblave Streets, in mid-city is seen. An H.G. Hill grocery store is visible at 2501 Canal Street. The streetcar...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Canal Street without Streetcars

    • Canal Street without Streetcars

    • Architecture; Buildings; Commercial streets; Automobiles

    • View made from the middle of the neutral ground in the 900 block of Canal Street looking towards the river. The Kress building at 923 Canal is the first building visible at the left, and at the right, 918 is seen. Condition of the neutral ground...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Car and Tool House Burnt by Mob

    • Car and Tool House Burnt by Mob

    • Architecture; Buildings; Automobiles; Street railroads; Arson

    • View made from a balcony of a building in the 200 block of Canal Street looking towards the Central Business District. Image is of a destroyed car and tool house on the neutral ground, the result of the 1929 transit strike. Dr. Tichenor's...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • City Park Avenue

    • City Park Avenue

    • Parks; Palms; Residential streets; Street railroads

    • View looking uptown along City Park Avenue in Mid-city. A large residence is partially visible at center left. Streetcar tracks extend along the median or neutral ground, while to the right, palm trees line the edge of City Park. Photographer...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Cotton Exchange

    • Cotton Exchange

    • Architecture; Buildings; Commercial streets

    • View looking along the lake side of Carondelet Street in the Central Business District from the 300 block. The first Cotton Exchange building can be seen at the center. Built in 1883, this building was designed by architect H. Walters. The S.L....
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Crescent River

    • Crescent River

    • Aerial views; Architecture; Buildings; Rivers

    • Bird's-eye view made from the roof of the Maison Blanche building located at 901 Canal Street in the Central Business District, looking towards the Mississippi River. Visible landmarks include the Louisiana Supreme Court Building in the 400 block...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Elk Place

    • Elk Place

    • Architecture; Buildings; Police stations; Commercial streets

    • View looking along the 100 block of Elk Place in the Central Business District. The criminal court building and police station are in mid-view and the Eye, Ear, and Nose Hospital is seen at the right.
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection

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