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A For-Profit Research Organization with the Goals of Collecting, Digitizing, Archiving, and Disseminating items of historical significance to the South Louisiana Area.

A 1948 photo of horses grazing on the Eschete family farm south of Boudreaux Canal in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. (Ph...
07/27/2026

A 1948 photo of horses grazing on the Eschete family farm south of Boudreaux Canal in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. (Photo courtesy of Rudy Eschete)

1946 Arnold Eagle photo depicting children playing near a fence along a road in Pierre Part, Assumption Parish, Louisian...
07/27/2026

1946 Arnold Eagle photo depicting children playing near a fence along a road in Pierre Part, Assumption Parish, Louisiana. (From the Standard Oil Collection via Louisiana Digital Library)

1954 photo of the L. J. Gravois Store in Vacherie, St. James Parish, Louisiana. (Photo courtesy of Colin Gravois)
07/27/2026

1954 photo of the L. J. Gravois Store in Vacherie, St. James Parish, Louisiana. (Photo courtesy of Colin Gravois)

Circa 1940s photo showing the Chauvin family's store, factory and post office at Chauvin in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana...
07/24/2026

Circa 1940s photo showing the Chauvin family's store, factory and post office at Chauvin in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. (Photo sent to BHC courtesy of JoAnn Pellegrin Caillouet)

A 1941 postcard showing the Ascension Catholic Church in Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Postcard by the C...
07/24/2026

A 1941 postcard showing the Ascension Catholic Church in Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Postcard by the Curt Teich & Co. and found via the Illinois Digital Archives.

A Russell Lee photo taken in the 1940s near Crowley, Louisiana, showing a 103-year-old Cajun woman reaching for garlands...
07/24/2026

A Russell Lee photo taken in the 1940s near Crowley, Louisiana, showing a 103-year-old Cajun woman reaching for garlands of foods dried near the ceiling. Garlic. And the one she's reaching for looks like either peppers or peanuts. Not sure. (State Library of Louisiana photo)

I have a very fond memory of spending almost an entire night hauling in large yellow mouth speckled trout ( 2 at time - ...
07/24/2026

I have a very fond memory of spending almost an entire night hauling in large yellow mouth speckled trout ( 2 at time - shad rigs had just came out) off that fishing pier at Freeport Sulphur in Lake Pelto. Mr. Henry Marcel worked for the Company and my Father, I and others were guests for the evening. It was a very memorable night.

In the 1940s Jules Borne ran a taxi service at the train depot in Schriever, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Photo sent ...
07/22/2026

In the 1940s Jules Borne ran a taxi service at the train depot in Schriever, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Photo sent to BHC courtesy of his grandson, Ben Borne.

February 26, 1939 report of an oil well fire in Vacherie, St. James Parish, Louisiana.
07/22/2026

February 26, 1939 report of an oil well fire in Vacherie, St. James Parish, Louisiana.

Another one of our favorites! This is a 1938 photo entitled "Dixie Bells" by Louisiana photographer Fonville Winans. ...
07/22/2026

Another one of our favorites! This is a 1938 photo entitled "Dixie Bells" by Louisiana photographer Fonville Winans. Found at the Ogden Museum of Art in New Orleans.

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