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Eureka Brass Band outside church at funeral
title
Eureka Brass Band outside church at funeral
Subject
Jazz, Jazz musicians, Funeral processions, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Anderson, Andy, 1905-1982, Trumpets, Bocage, Peter, 1887-1967, Brass bands, Funeral rites & ceremonies
Date created ms
1958, 1958
Abstract
Andy Anderson, and Peter Bocage on trumpets with a funeral party and casket leaving the church for a Young Men Olympian Benevolent Association funeral.
Plantation Burial
title
Plantation Burial
Subject
Genre paintings, Funeral rites & ceremonies, African Americans, Slavery
Date created ms
1860
Abstract
Burial scene shown at sunset in a forest with a group of people gathered around a wooden coffin. The mourners are in various positions; some standing and others sitting. One man lifts his hands up toward the sky. At far left a bearded red haired man leans on his horse as he observes the scene. At far right, a young man leans against a tree. In the woods behind him are an elderly white man and white woman, who also observe the scene. A steamboat is visible in the distance on the Mississippi River. Wooded burial scene shown at sunset, with a group of people gathered around a wooden coffin. The mourners are in various positions; with some standing and some sitting. One man lifts his hands as though in supplication for the soul of the departed. At far left a bearded red-haired man leans on his horse as he observes the scene. At far right a young man leans against a tree. In the woods behind him is an elderly man and woman, who also observe the scene. A steamboat is visible in the distance on the Mississippi River. John Antrobus' A Plantation Burial is one of the most reproduced images in texts, films, and websites dealing with African American history. A Plantation Burial is one of the founding pieces of The Historic New Orleans Collection's extensive fine-art holdings. One of the very few antebellum artworks to capture the interior world of African Americans in the slave-holding South, A Plantation Burial provides a window into the rich and complex world of African American spirituality.
Search for bodies still being pressed
title
Search for bodies still being pressed
Subject
Hurricanes, Louisiana, Hurricane Audrey, 1957, Disasters, Mass burials, Graves, Funeral rites & ceremonies
Date created ms
1957-07
Abstract
Newspaper clippings about Hurricane Audrey and its effect on Southwest Louisiana. Newspaper photos show people around a mass grave.
View of the Capitol grounds the day of Huey Longs funeral
title
View of the Capitol grounds the day of Huey Longs funeral
Subject
Governors, Government Officials, Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935, Funeral rites & ceremonies
Date created ms
1935
Abstract
B&W photo, 1935. View of the Capitol grounds the day of Huey Long's funeral, September 12, 1935.
Obituary for Ralph de Pass of New Orleans, killed in Mexico, in New Orleans newpaper in 1848.
title
Obituary for Ralph de Pass of New Orleans, killed in Mexico, in New Orleans newpaper in 1848.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Military personnel, Soldiers, Fire stations, Fire fighters, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Military officers
Date Issued
1848-07-13
Abstract
Text, July 13, 1848. Funeral Notice. Obituary for Ralph de Pass of New Orleans, killed in Mexico, in New Orleans newpaper. Published in the Daily Crescent.
Funeral announcement for Ignatius Bleiger, New Orleans' oldest "leech doctor" and barber in 1927.
title
Funeral announcement for Ignatius Bleiger, New Orleans' oldest "leech doctor" and barber in 1927.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Barbers, Phlebotomy, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Physicians, Dentistry
Date Issued
1927-11-03
Abstract
Text, November 3, 1927. "Leech Doctor, Oldest Barber, Buried Today." Published in the New Orleans Item. Obituary and announcement of funeral services for Ignatius Bleiger, New Orleans' oldest "leech doctor" and barber. The Knights of Pythias are in charge of the services.
Description of funeral dirge of the late Honerable Preston W. Farrar in New Orleans in 1850
title
Description of funeral dirge of the late Honerable Preston W. Farrar in New Orleans in 1850
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Judges, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Rites & ceremonies, Music ensembles, Music
Date Issued
1850-03-12
Abstract
Text, March 12, 1850. Description of the funeral dirge for the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honerable Preston W. Farrar from the New Orleans newspaper the Daily Picayune.
Obituary of Dominique You in New Orleans newspaper in 1830.
title
Obituary of Dominique You in New Orleans newspaper in 1830.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, You, Dominique, 1775-1830, Pirates, Funeral rites & ceremonies
Date Issued
1830-11-16
Abstract
Text, November 16, 1830. Obituary of Dominique You, "cherished and esteemed by every Louisianan and American for the signal services he rendered this state and the Union during the invasion of the British." The article is quite complimentary and describes how the city of New Orleans paid for You's funeral. Published in the Louisiana Courier.
William Otto Ramos, creator of the famous gin fizz of the St. Charles hotel, dies in Covington, Louisiana in 1937.
title
William Otto Ramos, creator of the famous gin fizz of the St. Charles hotel, dies in Covington, Louisiana in 1937.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Alcoholic beverages, Gin, Death, Hotels, Widows, Funeral rites & ceremonies
Date Issued
1937-10-02
Abstract
Text, October 2, 1937. W.O. Ramos of Gin Fizz Fame is Dead at 79. Published by the New Orleans States. William Otto Ramos, creator of the famous gin fizz of the St. Charles Hotel, dies in Covington, Louisiana.
Popular French Tailor, Pierre Royerre, dies in New Orleans at age 86
title
Popular French Tailor, Pierre Royerre, dies in New Orleans at age 86
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, New Orleans (La.), Funeral rites & ceremonies, Tailors
Date Issued
1917-07-03
Abstract
Text. Popular French Tailor, Pierre Royerre, dies in New Orleans at age 86. Times Picayune, Jul 3, 1917; p. 2, col. 7.
Corpses cannot be displayed in churches from July to December, 1821.
title
Corpses cannot be displayed in churches from July to December, 1821.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Dead persons, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Legislation
Date Issued
1821-04-18
Abstract
Ordinance concerning public health, regarding the "exposition" of corpses in the church and their "putrid exhalations." Deceased persons shall not be exposed in churches from July 1 to December 1 each year, or fines of $100 will be levied.
Funeral announcement for Colonel P. W. Farrar in Baton Rouge Louisiana in 1850
title
Funeral announcement for Colonel P. W. Farrar in Baton Rouge Louisiana in 1850
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Judges, Wake services
Date Issued
1850-03-10
Abstract
Text, March 10, 1850. Funeral announcement for Colonel Preston W. Farrar in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Steamboat Lowndes, Jr. bringing the body to New Orleans, Louisiana.
Members of the Eureka Brass Band play at a jazz funeral in New Orleans Louisiana
title
Members of the Eureka Brass Band play at a jazz funeral in New Orleans Louisiana
Subject
Jazz musicians, Funeral rites & ceremonies
Date created ms
1970, 1979
Abstract
B&W photo, 1970s. Members of the Eureka Brass Band play at a jazz funeral in New Orleans Louisiana. Written on photo: The death of a jazz musician brings forth a band to accompany the funeral cortege to the cemetery. The band's tune is mournful and sad as the procession walks through the streets of New Orleans to the cemetery, but breaks into a joyful song as it leaves the burial place and dances gaily back to town.
Louisianians file past casket of Senator Huey Pierce Long
title
Louisianians file past casket of Senator Huey Pierce Long
Subject
Governors, Government Officials, Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Coffins, Capitols, Lying in state
Date created ms
1935-09
Abstract
B&W photo, Sept. 1935. Louisianians file past casket of Senator Huey Pierce Long in the Louisiana State Capitol.
Southern Poet, Margaret hunt Brisbane, Dies in New Orleans
title
Southern Poet, Margaret hunt Brisbane, Dies in New Orleans
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, New Orleans (La.), Funeral rites & ceremonies, Poetry, Poets
Date Issued
1925-01-05
Abstract
Text. Southern Poet, Margaret hunt Brisbane, Dies in New Orleans. New Orleans Item, January 5, 1925; p. 1, col. 5.
African American funeral in the 1930s
title
African American funeral in the 1930s
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Funeral rites & ceremonies, African Americans
Date Issued
1930, 1939
Abstract
B&W photo, 1930s. African American funeral. Written on photo: "Funerals - Negro."
Complaint that Mayor and City Council Passed an Ordance that Bells should ot be Rung at funerals from july 1st to December 31st
title
Complaint that Mayor and City Council Passed an Ordance that Bells should ot be Rung at funerals from july 1st to December 31st
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Bells, Funeral rites & ceremonies
Date Issued
1810-05-28
Abstract
Text. Complaint that Mayor and City Council Passed an Ordance that Bells should ot be Rung at funerals from july 1st to December 31st. Louisiana Gazette, May 28, 1810; p. 2, c. 4.
Description of daily life in Bogalusa Louisiana around the end of the 19th century
title
Description of daily life in Bogalusa Louisiana around the end of the 19th century
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Farms, Farming, Farmhouses, Kitchens, Cookery, Housework, Cleaning, Domestic life, Quilts, Quilting, Singing, Baptist churches, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Animal treatment
Date Issued
[193-]; [18--]
Abstract
Text, date unknown, circa late 1800s, written circa 1930s. Folklore and custums of Washington Parish, Bogalusa. Description of daily life in Bogalusa, Louisiana.
United States Navy, Lieutenant William S. Butler, dies at the Pass Christiaane, West Florida; August 9, 1809
title
United States Navy, Lieutenant William S. Butler, dies at the Pass Christiaane, West Florida; August 9, 1809
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Navies, United States, Military officers, Death & burial, Funeral rites & ceremonies
Date Issued
1809-08-15
Abstract
Text. United States Navy, Lieutenant William S. Butler, dies at the Pass Christiaane, West Florida; August 9, 1809. Louisiana Gazette; August 15, 1809; p. 3, c. 1.
James Karrick dies, August 5, 1809
title
James Karrick dies, August 5, 1809
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Death & burial, Funeral rites & ceremonies
Date Issued
1808-08-09
Abstract
Text. James Karrick dies, August 5, 1809. Louisiana Gazette; August 9, 1808; p. 3, c. 4.

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