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Coming from church--scene on the bayou Lafourche / sketched by A.R. Waud.

Coming from church--scene on the bayou Lafourche / sketched by A.R. Wa...

People in Sunday dress walking along bayou in western Louisiana, small group of churchgoers are in rowboat. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 Jan. 19, p. 40.

A black and white photo of a gas station, Raceland, Louisiana. U.S. Highway 90

A black and white photo of a gas station, Raceland, Louisiana. U.S. Hi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche ...

Significance: Largest nineteenth-century sugar plantation still intact in the United States. // Fronting Bayou LaFourche about two miles south of Thibodaux on Louisiana Highway 308 is Laurel Valley Plantation, ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South ...

Significance: The Double Houses are of the type found on plantations throughout the Bayou LaFourche region. It has various folk type characteristics which are known as double pen or saddlebag. The Laurel Vall... More

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche, Larose, Lafourche Parish, LA

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche...

Significance: The M/V Fox represents an antique, possibly unique, and heretofore undocumented vessel form, and may constitute the sole survivor of an extinct South Louisiana vernacular vessel form. Unprocessed... More

Rienzi, Thibideau vic., Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Rienzi, Thibideau vic., Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train crossing a bridge, Thibodaux, Louisiana. Roadsigns

A black and white photo of a train crossing a bridge, Thibodaux, Louis...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

US COAST GUARD Night Ops

US COAST GUARD Night Ops

LAFOURCHE PARISH, La. - Workers, contracted by BP, clean up oil on the beaches in Port Fourchon, La., during night operations June 25, 2010. Night operations allow workers to clean up while the tide is out. U.S... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodau...

Significance: This structure is the largest and most prestigious on the plantation. The elaborately wainscoted central hall runs 84 feet and is 12 feet wide. The ceilings are 14 feet high. The front porch is... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche ...

Significance: Largest nineteenth-century sugar plantation still intact in the United States. // Fronting Bayou LaFourche about two miles south of Thibodaux on Louisiana Highway 308 is Laurel Valley Plantation, ... More

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche, Larose, Lafourche Parish, LA

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche...

Significance: The M/V Fox represents an antique, possibly unique, and heretofore undocumented vessel form, and may constitute the sole survivor of an extinct South Louisiana vernacular vessel form. Unprocessed... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Boarding House, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Boarding House, 2 miles South of Thibo...

Significance: The Boarding House, built around 1898 by Barker-Lepine, is a two-story balloon framed structure and the largest multiple living unit on the plantation. It housed seasonal workers during the grind... More

Girl in back room of barroom. Raceland, Louisiana

Girl in back room of barroom. Raceland, Louisiana

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Girl playing slot machine in decorated barroom. Raceland, Louisiana

Girl playing slot machine in decorated barroom. Raceland, Louisiana

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

US COAST GUARD Boom Ops

US COAST GUARD Boom Ops

LAFOURCHE PARISH, La. - Coast Guard chief petty officers Tom Carpentier and Steven Durdan evaluate boom operations in the Timbalier Bay in Port Fourchon, La., June 21, 2010. The Coast Guard has been working wit... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibo...

Significance: Drainage, as effected through a system of ditches leading back to a pumping plant in the rear of a plantation, was an essential facet of operations on low-lying Louisiana sugar plantations. The s... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche ...

Significance: Largest nineteenth-century sugar plantation still intact in the United States. // Fronting Bayou LaFourche about two miles south of Thibodaux on Louisiana Highway 308 is Laurel Valley Plantation, ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche ...

Significance: Largest nineteenth-century sugar plantation still intact in the United States. // Fronting Bayou LaFourche about two miles south of Thibodaux on Louisiana Highway 308 is Laurel Valley Plantation, ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Corn Crib, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Corn Crib, 2 miles South of Thibodaux ...

Significance: This is the most interesting livestock-agricultural building to survive at Laurel Valley due to the hoisting assembly in the structure which facilitated the storage of feed corn. The Y-shaped tra... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche ...

Significance: Largest nineteenth-century sugar plantation still intact in the United States. // Fronting Bayou LaFourche about two miles south of Thibodaux on Louisiana Highway 308 is Laurel Valley Plantation, ... More

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche, Larose, Lafourche Parish, LA

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche...

Significance: The M/V Fox represents an antique, possibly unique, and heretofore undocumented vessel form, and may constitute the sole survivor of an extinct South Louisiana vernacular vessel form. Unprocessed... More

Rienzi, Thibideau vic., Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Rienzi, Thibideau vic., Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a bar, Decorations in barroom, Raceland, Louisiana

A black and white photo of a bar, Decorations in barroom, Raceland, Lo...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Rienzi, Thibideau vic., Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Rienzi, Thibideau vic., Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibo...

Significance: Drainage, as effected through a system of ditches leading back to a pumping plant in the rear of a plantation, was an essential facet of operations on low-lying Louisiana sugar plantations. The s... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodau...

Significance: This structure is the largest and most prestigious on the plantation. The elaborately wainscoted central hall runs 84 feet and is 12 feet wide. The ceilings are 14 feet high. The front porch is... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, General Store, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, General Store, 2 Miles South of Thibod...

Significance: Built around 1905 by Barker-Lepine to replace an older structure that had burned, the Laurel Valley Store served the needs of plantation workers as well as others living along the bayou. Here cus... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche ...

Significance: Largest nineteenth-century sugar plantation still intact in the United States. // Fronting Bayou LaFourche about two miles south of Thibodaux on Louisiana Highway 308 is Laurel Valley Plantation, ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South ...

Significance: The Double Houses are of the type found on plantations throughout the Bayou LaFourche region. It has various folk type characteristics which are known as double pen or saddlebag. The Laurel Vall... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South ...

Significance: The Double Houses are of the type found on plantations throughout the Bayou LaFourche region. It has various folk type characteristics which are known as double pen or saddlebag. The Laurel Vall... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South ...

Significance: The Double Houses are of the type found on plantations throughout the Bayou LaFourche region. It has various folk type characteristics which are known as double pen or saddlebag. The Laurel Vall... More

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche, Larose, Lafourche Parish, LA

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche...

Significance: The M/V Fox represents an antique, possibly unique, and heretofore undocumented vessel form, and may constitute the sole survivor of an extinct South Louisiana vernacular vessel form. Unprocessed... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Corn Crib, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Corn Crib, 2 miles South of Thibodaux ...

Significance: This is the most interesting livestock-agricultural building to survive at Laurel Valley due to the hoisting assembly in the structure which facilitated the storage of feed corn. The Y-shaped tra... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Shotgun Quarters, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Shotgun Quarters, 2 miles South of Thi...

Significance: This structure is linear in construction and used extensively in Bayou LaFourche plantations and the surrounding area. The term is derived from the belief that a shotgun could be fired from the f... More

Decorations in barroom, Raceland, Louisiana

Decorations in barroom, Raceland, Louisiana

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vessels of Opportunity program

Vessels of Opportunity program

LAFOURCHE PARISH, La. - Local, commercial fisherman, contracted by BP and part of the Vessels of Opportunity program, work with members of the U.S. Coast Guard to discard old boom in Port Fourchon, La., June 1... More

Chief Petty Officer Duane Everhart

Chief Petty Officer Duane Everhart

LAFOURCHE PARISH, La. - Chief Petty Officer Duane Everhart is pre-commissioned to chief warrant officer during a ceremony held on the beach in Port Fourchon, La., June 18, 2010. Everheart will be pinned, taking... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibo...

Significance: Drainage, as effected through a system of ditches leading back to a pumping plant in the rear of a plantation, was an essential facet of operations on low-lying Louisiana sugar plantations. The s... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibo...

Significance: Drainage, as effected through a system of ditches leading back to a pumping plant in the rear of a plantation, was an essential facet of operations on low-lying Louisiana sugar plantations. The s... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodau...

Significance: This structure is the largest and most prestigious on the plantation. The elaborately wainscoted central hall runs 84 feet and is 12 feet wide. The ceilings are 14 feet high. The front porch is... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South ...

Significance: The Double Houses are of the type found on plantations throughout the Bayou LaFourche region. It has various folk type characteristics which are known as double pen or saddlebag. The Laurel Vall... More

Decorations in back room of barroom. Raceland, Louisiana

Decorations in back room of barroom. Raceland, Louisiana

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodau...

Significance: This structure is the largest and most prestigious on the plantation. The elaborately wainscoted central hall runs 84 feet and is 12 feet wide. The ceilings are 14 feet high. The front porch is... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche ...

Significance: Largest nineteenth-century sugar plantation still intact in the United States. // Fronting Bayou LaFourche about two miles south of Thibodaux on Louisiana Highway 308 is Laurel Valley Plantation, ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche ...

Significance: Largest nineteenth-century sugar plantation still intact in the United States. // Fronting Bayou LaFourche about two miles south of Thibodaux on Louisiana Highway 308 is Laurel Valley Plantation, ... More

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche, Larose, Lafourche Parish, LA

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche...

Significance: The M/V Fox represents an antique, possibly unique, and heretofore undocumented vessel form, and may constitute the sole survivor of an extinct South Louisiana vernacular vessel form. Unprocessed... More

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche, Larose, Lafourche Parish, LA

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche...

Significance: The M/V Fox represents an antique, possibly unique, and heretofore undocumented vessel form, and may constitute the sole survivor of an extinct South Louisiana vernacular vessel form. Unprocessed... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, School House, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, School House, 2 miles South of Thiboda...

Significance: Built around 1906 by Barker-Lepine, this building served the educational needs of the plantation children until its closing in 1952. The structure follows and open construction, with a perimeter ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, School House, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, School House, 2 miles South of Thiboda...

Significance: Built around 1906 by Barker-Lepine, this building served the educational needs of the plantation children until its closing in 1952. The structure follows and open construction, with a perimeter ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Shotgun Quarters, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Shotgun Quarters, 2 miles South of Thi...

Significance: This structure is linear in construction and used extensively in Bayou LaFourche plantations and the surrounding area. The term is derived from the belief that a shotgun could be fired from the f... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Shotgun Quarters, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Shotgun Quarters, 2 miles South of Thi...

Significance: This structure is linear in construction and used extensively in Bayou LaFourche plantations and the surrounding area. The term is derived from the belief that a shotgun could be fired from the f... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Shotgun Quarters, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Shotgun Quarters, 2 miles South of Thi...

Significance: This structure is linear in construction and used extensively in Bayou LaFourche plantations and the surrounding area. The term is derived from the belief that a shotgun could be fired from the f... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Boarding House, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Boarding House, 2 miles South of Thibo...

Significance: The Boarding House, built around 1898 by Barker-Lepine, is a two-story balloon framed structure and the largest multiple living unit on the plantation. It housed seasonal workers during the grind... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodau...

Significance: This structure is the largest and most prestigious on the plantation. The elaborately wainscoted central hall runs 84 feet and is 12 feet wide. The ceilings are 14 feet high. The front porch is... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodau...

Significance: This structure is the largest and most prestigious on the plantation. The elaborately wainscoted central hall runs 84 feet and is 12 feet wide. The ceilings are 14 feet high. The front porch is... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche ...

Significance: Largest nineteenth-century sugar plantation still intact in the United States. // Fronting Bayou LaFourche about two miles south of Thibodaux on Louisiana Highway 308 is Laurel Valley Plantation, ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South ...

Significance: The Double Houses are of the type found on plantations throughout the Bayou LaFourche region. It has various folk type characteristics which are known as double pen or saddlebag. The Laurel Vall... More

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche, Larose, Lafourche Parish, LA

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche...

Significance: The M/V Fox represents an antique, possibly unique, and heretofore undocumented vessel form, and may constitute the sole survivor of an extinct South Louisiana vernacular vessel form. Unprocessed... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, School House, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, School House, 2 miles South of Thiboda...

Significance: Built around 1906 by Barker-Lepine, this building served the educational needs of the plantation children until its closing in 1952. The structure follows and open construction, with a perimeter ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Shotgun Quarters, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Shotgun Quarters, 2 miles South of Thi...

Significance: This structure is linear in construction and used extensively in Bayou LaFourche plantations and the surrounding area. The term is derived from the belief that a shotgun could be fired from the f... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Shotgun Quarters, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Shotgun Quarters, 2 miles South of Thi...

Significance: This structure is linear in construction and used extensively in Bayou LaFourche plantations and the surrounding area. The term is derived from the belief that a shotgun could be fired from the f... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Boarding House, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Boarding House, 2 miles South of Thibo...

Significance: The Boarding House, built around 1898 by Barker-Lepine, is a two-story balloon framed structure and the largest multiple living unit on the plantation. It housed seasonal workers during the grind... More

Stuffed birds and animals in barroom. Raceland, Louisiana

Stuffed birds and animals in barroom. Raceland, Louisiana

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Decorations in barroom, Raceland, Louisiana

Decorations in barroom, Raceland, Louisiana

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

US COAST GUARD Loading Boom

US COAST GUARD Loading Boom

LAFOURCHE PARISH, La. - Local fishermen who are part of the Vessel of Opportunity program pass absorbent boom onto vessels in Port Fourchon June 29, 2010. The Vessels of Opportunity program helps local, commerc... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibo...

Significance: Drainage, as effected through a system of ditches leading back to a pumping plant in the rear of a plantation, was an essential facet of operations on low-lying Louisiana sugar plantations. The s... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche ...

Significance: Largest nineteenth-century sugar plantation still intact in the United States. // Fronting Bayou LaFourche about two miles south of Thibodaux on Louisiana Highway 308 is Laurel Valley Plantation, ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South ...

Significance: The Double Houses are of the type found on plantations throughout the Bayou LaFourche region. It has various folk type characteristics which are known as double pen or saddlebag. The Laurel Vall... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, School House, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, School House, 2 miles South of Thiboda...

Significance: Built around 1906 by Barker-Lepine, this building served the educational needs of the plantation children until its closing in 1952. The structure follows and open construction, with a perimeter ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Boarding House, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Boarding House, 2 miles South of Thibo...

Significance: The Boarding House, built around 1898 by Barker-Lepine, is a two-story balloon framed structure and the largest multiple living unit on the plantation. It housed seasonal workers during the grind... More

Highway near Raceland, Louisiana

Highway near Raceland, Louisiana

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

US COAST GUARD Dutch arms

US COAST GUARD Dutch arms

LAFOURCHE PARISH, La. - Workers load "Dutch arms" onto the platform supply vessel Seacor Washington, homeported in New Orleans, June 7, 2010. The skimming system, purchased from Holland, includes infrared camer... More

Vessels of Opportunity program

Vessels of Opportunity program

LAFOURCHE PARISH, La. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Wright works with local, commercial fisherman, contracted by BP and part of the Vessels of Opportunity program, to discard old boom in Port Fourchon, ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodau...

Significance: This structure is the largest and most prestigious on the plantation. The elaborately wainscoted central hall runs 84 feet and is 12 feet wide. The ceilings are 14 feet high. The front porch is... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodau...

Significance: This structure is the largest and most prestigious on the plantation. The elaborately wainscoted central hall runs 84 feet and is 12 feet wide. The ceilings are 14 feet high. The front porch is... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche ...

Significance: Largest nineteenth-century sugar plantation still intact in the United States. // Fronting Bayou LaFourche about two miles south of Thibodaux on Louisiana Highway 308 is Laurel Valley Plantation, ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Double Creole Quarters, 2 Miles South ...

Significance: The Double Houses are of the type found on plantations throughout the Bayou LaFourche region. It has various folk type characteristics which are known as double pen or saddlebag. The Laurel Vall... More

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche, Larose, Lafourche Parish, LA

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche...

Significance: The M/V Fox represents an antique, possibly unique, and heretofore undocumented vessel form, and may constitute the sole survivor of an extinct South Louisiana vernacular vessel form. Unprocessed... More

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche, Larose, Lafourche Parish, LA

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche...

Significance: The M/V Fox represents an antique, possibly unique, and heretofore undocumented vessel form, and may constitute the sole survivor of an extinct South Louisiana vernacular vessel form. Unprocessed... More

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche, Larose, Lafourche Parish, LA

Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche...

Significance: The M/V Fox represents an antique, possibly unique, and heretofore undocumented vessel form, and may constitute the sole survivor of an extinct South Louisiana vernacular vessel form. Unprocessed... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Boarding House, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Boarding House, 2 miles South of Thibo...

Significance: The Boarding House, built around 1898 by Barker-Lepine, is a two-story balloon framed structure and the largest multiple living unit on the plantation. It housed seasonal workers during the grind... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Railroad, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Railroad, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux o...

Significance: Though no trace remains of this railroad today, it is important to consider it in studying the history of Laurel Valley. The railroad became a vital element of the plantation's operation during t... More

Rienzi, Thibideau vic., Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Rienzi, Thibideau vic., Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

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Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodau...

Significance: This structure is the largest and most prestigious on the plantation. The elaborately wainscoted central hall runs 84 feet and is 12 feet wide. The ceilings are 14 feet high. The front porch is... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodau...

Significance: This structure is the largest and most prestigious on the plantation. The elaborately wainscoted central hall runs 84 feet and is 12 feet wide. The ceilings are 14 feet high. The front porch is... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, General Store, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, General Store, 2 Miles South of Thibod...

Significance: Built around 1905 by Barker-Lepine to replace an older structure that had burned, the Laurel Valley Store served the needs of plantation workers as well as others living along the bayou. Here cus... More

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