Cabildo Museum, Jackson Square, New Orleans (page 9/11)

The 1811 Slave Revolt Caption 1

The 1811 Slave Revolt [more...]

The 1811 Slave Revolt Caption 2

What followed was a massacre. Although contemporary accounts estimated the number of revolting slaves at between 150 and 500, they were poorly armed with cane knives, axes, hoes, and a few small arms. Many victims had not [...] [more...]

Tobacconist’s Shop Sign 1

c. 1860. Gift of Clarence Goette [?]

Tobacconist’s Shop Sign 2

With different lighting.

Tobacconist’s Shop Sign 3: the caption

Tobacconist’s Shop Sign
c. 1860.
Gift of Clarence Goette [?]

Surgeon’s Chest with Medicine and Post-Mortem Dissection Equipment 1

Medical equipment that was used by a surgeon during the American Insurgent Uprising, known by them as the American Civil War. [more...]

Surgeon’s Chest with Medicine and Post-Mortem Dissection Equipment 2

Showing the tightly-corked bottles inside the surgeon’s chest.

Shown in the museum in New Orleans, photographed with permission.

Surgeon’s Chest with Medicine and Post-Mortem Dissection Equipment 3

Showing the tightly-corked bottles inside the surgeon’s chest.

Shown in the museum in New Orleans, photographed with permission.

Surgeon’s Chest with Medicine and Post-Mortem Dissection Equipment 4

Some old bottles with corks in the foreground, scalpels, scissors and other surgeon’s tools in the background. [more...]

Surgeon’s Chest with Medicine and Post-Mortem Dissection Equipment 5: caption

Surgeon’s Chest with Medicine and Post-Mortem Dissection Equipment
Owned by Confederate States Army Surgeon Dr. Joseph Jones [more...]