marcstgil

The person who wrote the original caption used the wrong common name. Pink Milk Wort is Polygala incarnata. The plant pictured is a Texas Thistle, Cirsium texanum.

Eric in SF, Thanks for sharing this information with us. Since the original caption is part of the archival record, we won't be able to make a change to that, but we can pass this information along to the still picture archivists to see if they would include it as a general note in the online catalog (the Archival Research Catalog or ARC www.archives.gov/research/arc/) description. - Jill (U.S. National Archives)

Awesome, that's what I expected would happen, thanks!

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View is from doorway of the A & P grocery store at the downtown lake corner of Royal and St. Peter Streets, French Quarter, looking across towards the Pedesclaux-Lemonnier House diagonally across the intersection. Earlier upload as a gif to ARC - Archival Research Catalog gives the date as May 1972. Only the foreground is in sharp focus, showing portion of a motorcycle (including a cross shaped mirror) parked on the sidewalk. Beyond in blurred focus can be seen pedestrians, auto traffic heading back on St. Peter Street. Two people are seated in street at left; one with guitar case; likely they are street musicians.

Infrogmation- thanks for the extra details and the tags; they're much appreciated! -Kristen (U.S. National Archives)