louisiana

230 photos and 27 illustrations tagged louisiana, from 11 members of Flickr Commons.

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Life - Oil

from SMU Libraries Digital Collections

  • james gallagher said:
    the end of his rope

Four-year-old Mary, who shucks two pots of oysters a day at Dunbar. Tends the baby when not working ... Location: Dunbar, Louisiana (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • skillful north said:
    And people yearn for the 'good ole days' Not me.
  • Ang Wickham said:
    amazing history.
  • Workable Stone said:
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/toots] You got that right! In addition to intolerable working conditions, those oysters went to market after being handled by a woman who was also tending a sick baby.
  • Retired at last said:
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/toots] They all seem to think they'd be the ones with the servants, never that these were the conditions of life for the majority.
  • Cobra0435 said:
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/toots] Hungry people are not picky about their work. Those were hard times. We should be thankful we have it so good. There are still people around the world that eat whatever the can find, starving and malnourished.

Message from President Jefferson to Congress Regarding the Louisiana Purchase, 01/16/1804 (page 1 of 2)

from U.S. National Archives

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  • dave halliday said:
    Napoleon was raising money for his war with Britain...