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Osgood Corner

William Oscar Osgood and his wife, Clara Rheams, owned and ran the Osgood General Merchandise Store on this corner for most of the first half of the 20th century, until it changed hands in 1943....

William Oscar Osgood and his wife, Clara Rheams, owned and ran the Osgood General Merchandise Store on this corner for most of the first half of the 20th century, until it changed hands in 1943....

  • louisiana
  • livingston parish
  • community

Holt Cemetery #4

For some artists and scholars, Holt is representative of spiritual traditions with a long history in the African-American community. The spreading of broken crockery over graves was noted in South...

For some artists and scholars, Holt is representative of spiritual traditions with a long history in the African-American community. The spreading of broken crockery over graves was noted in South...

  • louisiana
  • cemetery
  • new orleans

Holt Cemetery #5

Holt has been filled to capacity many times in its long history. In fact, grave plots have often been re-used after their upkeep is abandoned. This is not uncommon in urban cemeteries, where space...

Holt has been filled to capacity many times in its long history. In fact, grave plots have often been re-used after their upkeep is abandoned. This is not uncommon in urban cemeteries, where space...

  • louisiana
  • cemetery
  • new orleans

Holt Cemetery #6

One striking pattern visible in the burial records for Holt is the high number of stillbirths and infants interred here. In 1902, for example, 262 of the 761 burials at Holt were under the age of...

One striking pattern visible in the burial records for Holt is the high number of stillbirths and infants interred here. In 1902, for example, 262 of the 761 burials at Holt were under the age...

  • louisiana
  • cemetery
  • new orleans

Casa de Posada / Posada's house

The engraver José Guadalupe Posada, creator of the Catrina skull, was born in this house. 1st plaque:Seminario de Cultura MexicanaHOMENAJE AL ILUSTRE GRABADOR JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA EN EL 150...

The engraver José Guadalupe Posada, creator of the Catrina skull, was born in this house. 1st plaque:Seminario de Cultura MexicanaHOMENAJE AL ILUSTRE GRABADOR JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA EN EL...

    Serum against scorpion sting

    GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO.EN ESTA CASA EL DR. ISAURO VENZOR INICIÓ SUS INVESTIGACIONES SOBRE EL SUERO ANTIALACRANICO.VICTORIA DE DURANGO, DGO. SEP 12 DE 1989.GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF...

    GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO.EN ESTA CASA EL DR. ISAURO VENZOR INICIÓ SUS INVESTIGACIONES SOBRE EL SUERO ANTIALACRANICO.VICTORIA DE DURANGO, DGO. SEP 12 DE 1989.GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF...

      Macedonio Alcalá home

      En esta casa murió el 24 de agosto de 1869 DON MACEDONIO ALCALÁ autor del (vals) "Dios nunca muere". Homenaje del H. ayuntamiento de Oaxaca de Juárez 1969. DON MACEDONIO ALCALÁ, author of the...

      En esta casa murió el 24 de agosto de 1869 DON MACEDONIO ALCALÁ autor del (vals) "Dios nunca muere". Homenaje del H. ayuntamiento de Oaxaca de Juárez 1969. DON MACEDONIO ALCALÁ, author of...

        Tribute to the builders of Puebla

        Instituto de Geografía Nacional de Puebla.Homenaje de admiración y gratitud a los fundadores y contructores de la Puebla de los Ángeles en su cuarto centenario. MDXXXI - MCMXXXINational Geography...

        Instituto de Geografía Nacional de Puebla.Homenaje de admiración y gratitud a los fundadores y contructores de la Puebla de los Ángeles en su cuarto centenario. MDXXXI - MCMXXXINational Geography...

          Execution and curse of the Ávila Brothers

          Plaque written in old Spanish:"Estas casas eran de Al° de Avila Alvarado, vezino desta civdad de Mexico, el qval fve condenado a mverte por traidor; fve secvtada en suvpersona la sentencia en la...

          Plaque written in old Spanish:"Estas casas eran de Al° de Avila Alvarado, vezino desta civdad de Mexico, el qval fve condenado a mverte por traidor; fve secvtada en suvpersona la sentencia en la...

            ¿Una instantánea en el tiempo?

            El paisaje de Lobanillo albergó caravanas de personas y animales en El Camino Real de los Tejas mientras se trasladaban de un lado a otro entre las dos capitales de Presidio Los Adaes en la actual...

            El paisaje de Lobanillo albergó caravanas de personas y animales en El Camino Real de los Tejas mientras se trasladaban de un lado a otro entre las dos capitales de Presidio Los Adaes en la actual...

            • texas
            • lobanillo swales
            • el camino real
            • san augustine