New Orleans City GuideIn 1938, under the direction of novelist and historian Lyle Saxon, The Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration produced this delightfully detailed portrait of New Orleans. Containing recipes, photographs and folklore, it is consistently hailed as one of the best books produced about the city. Remarkably, many of the sites and attractions the WPA chronicled in 1938 are still around today. |
Contents
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS | l |
LITERATURE | 14 |
RACIAL DISTRIBUTION | 41 |
GARDENS | 232 |
113 | 291 |
193 | 300 |
1 | 302 |
39 | 315 |
Motor Tour 2 Bayou Road to City Park | 322 |
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TRANSPORTATION | 48 |
SOCIAL LIFE AND SOCIAL WELFARE | 71 |
RELGION | 84 |
III | 126 |
ARCHITECTURE | 143 |
SCIENCE | 160 |
THE CARNIVAL | 175 |
CEMETERIES | 194 |
SOME NEGRO CULTS | 206 |
GAY TIMES IN OLD NEW ORLEANS | 216 |
Motor Tour 4 Irish Channel to Garden District | 365 |
Algiers Tour | 378 |
ENVIRONS | 392 |
St Bernard | 399 |
Plaquemines | 407 |
CHECKLIST OF SOME NOTED PERSONALITIES | 413 |
STREET NAMES IN NEW ORLEANS | 420 |
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