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Neighborhood kids playing cowboys and indians, Gentilly, 1950's. New Orleans. This image…

Black-and-white photo of a group of children in a backyard playing cowboys and indians, with one boy drawing back a bow and arrow while others, some with face paint and headbands, kneel and watch.

Collection

Do You Know What it Means

Neighborhood kids playing cowboys and indians, Gentilly, 1950's. New Orleans.

This image was collected in a workshop with students from the Mount Carmel Academy in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans. The Mount Carmel Academy is a private, Catholic secondary school for girls in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. It is conducted by the Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, who have educated young ladies in New Orleans since 1833.

Original title

Item 27677

Citation

“Neighborhood kids playing cowboys and indians, Gentilly, 1950's. New Orleans. This image…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/27677.

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