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Items tagged “Louisiana” (34 total)

Damaged storefront with a torn roof and boarded windows next to a "Philadelphia Ministries" sign displaying a partial message, with yellow parking bumpers and a quiet street in the background.

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Weathered white house with a rusted roof, boarded windows, and a chain-link fence overgrown with vegetation; spray-painted markings including "910," an X symbol, and "9-22" appear on the facade, likely a post-hurricane search/status marking.

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A small blue and white motorboat sits abandoned in overgrown grass beside a road, with a weathered blue house featuring a striped awning and a utility pole visible in the background.

Land Locked Boat

Black background with the date "8-29-2005" at top, a white fleur-de-lis symbol in the center, and the word "Remember" below in white text.

Black background with the date "8-29-2005" at top, a white fleur-de-lis symbol in the…

Stenciled street art of an American flag with a blue square replacing the stars and a fleur-de-lis over the stripes, captioned "WE ARE NOT OK" and dated "8.29.2007."

Stenciled street art of an American flag with a blue square replacing the stars and a…

A hand-hammered stainless steel fleur-de-lis pendant on a chain hangs in front of a house's painted search-and-rescue symbol reading "9-15, TF18, 0" inside a large X.

Hand hammered stainless steel fleur de lis pendant photographed in front on a search…

Flooded wetland with partially submerged tree trunks and posts, bordered by distant trees, seen from a bridge with a concrete guardrail under a partly cloudy sky.

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Damaged glass high-rise building with missing panels, school buses and parked cars in a lot, two men walking on grass, and street signs reading "Lake Charles Civic Center," "Port of Lake Charles," and "One Way."

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Rain-streaked windshield view of a highway in heavy rain, with a van's hazard lights ahead, overhead green highway signs, and a timestamp reading "24 11:26AM" in the corner.

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Damaged single-story house with a rusted metal roof sits off its foundation, surrounded by overgrown grass, trees, and scattered debris in the yard.

One year after Rita hit.

A small boat sits stranded on dry land, surrounded by tall grass and weeds, with a windshield and seating visible, trees lining the horizon under a cloudy sky.

Dry Docked

A concrete burial vault marked "PG10" rests above ground in a grassy field, with a depression nearby and trees in the background.

Still waiting

Above-ground cemetery vaults and caskets sit displaced on a paved church parking lot, with a brick building and cross-marked graves visible in the background under a cloudy sky.

Waiting to again Rest In Peace...

A wooden boardwalk collapsed and buckled along the water's edge, with bent metal railings and lampposts twisted sideways; a large building, likely a casino and hotel, stands in the background.

Broken Boardwalk | Lake Charles, LA

Four children dressed in formal attire, each holding a candle, stand in a dirt courtyard in front of a row of portable classroom buildings at Saint Mark's School, Chalmette, Louisiana, 1970.

Keith M. Jackson and classmates in court yard at Saint Mark's School, Chalmette,…

A boy in a plaid jacket and pink shirt stands near an altar rail, with a man at a podium reading "Light of the World" in the background, inside a church.

Keith M. Jackson at first communion at Saint Mark's Church, Chalmette, Louisiana, 1970.…

Two decorative white wooden reindeer with wreaths stand on a snowy front lawn as a man in a dark jacket checks a truck and another person photographs the scene across the street.

Karen J. Starr and Keith Jackson during winter in Chalmette, Louisiana. This image is from…

Black-and-white photo of two young children in winter coats walking along a snow-lined sidewalk, with houses and parked cars visible in the background, Chalmette, Louisiana, 1964.

Keith Jackson at two years old and Karen Jackson Starr at four years old, Chalmette,…

A brick ranch-style home decorated with icicle lights, its front door open as a woman in a red shirt stands in the doorway; a "Welcome" stone and potted plants sit near the entrance.

Home in Chalmette, Louisiana, December, 2004. This image is from the archive of Ron…

Black-and-white photo of a single-story brick home with a wreath on the front door, shrubs along the facade, and a light dusting of snow on the lawn and driveway.

Snow outside of home in Chalmette, Louisiana, 1964. This image is from the archive of Ron…

Vintage photo postcard of a sandy beach with small figures swimming in the surf, decorative border, captioned "Grand Isle, La., June, 1934" and "Surf Bathing."

Bathing in the surf, Grand Isle, Louisiana, June, 1934. This image is from the archive of…

Black-and-white 1934 photograph of a long wooden pile bridge extending across water toward Grand Isle, Louisiana, with marsh grass and debris in the foreground.

Bridge entering Grand Isle, Louisiana, June, 1934. This image is from the archive of Ron…

Two people stand on the deck of a shrimp boat holding a catch of shrimp over a wooden sorting table, with marshland and open water visible in the background.

Eurma Landry and unknown man on a shrimp boat, Houma, Louisiana.. This image is from the…

A shrimp boat with raised outrigger nets moves through open water, photographed from behind the boat's own rigging and netting in the foreground.

This is a picture of a shrimp boat moving along the bayou, Louisiana. This image is from…

A wooden boat sits under construction on a dirt lot, surrounded by scattered lumber and debris, with a mobile home and other buildings visible under a hazy sky.

Boat built by grandfather of Shannon Frankovich, Louisiana 1960's. This image is from the…

Eurma Landry stands on a boat deck wearing a checkered garment and blue hair covering, holding large shrimp in gloved hands, with a basket nearby and open water and sky in the background.

Eurma Landry holding large shrimp, Louisiana. This image is from the archive of Ron…

A large boat marked "Eurma Jane" rests on a travel lift at a boatyard, with two men standing nearby on the sandy ground.

The crewboat Eurma Jane ready for work after maintenance, Louisiana. This image is from…

Aerial view of a crewboat's stern deck loaded with wire-mesh cages, metal pipes, crates, and rigging equipment, with a crew member sitting at the rail and green water surrounding the vessel.

The deck of the crewboat Eurma Jane loaded with cargo. This boat worked often for the…

Aged, torn, and creased printed certificate from St. Joseph's Church, French Settlement, LA, with handwritten entries documenting the 1914 baptism of Cecilia Brown.

Certificate of Baptism for Cecilia Brown, great-aunt of Jill Babin, March 15, 1914 at St.…

Grainy black-and-white photo of a man and woman seated on either side of an old console television, each holding a small pet dog, in a living room, 1949.

Great-grandmother Elaine and great-grandfather Emmeet of Nina Haygood. Pictured in the…

Vintage postcard-style photograph of the Louisiana State Capitol tower in Baton Rouge, framed by decorative borders with trees in the foreground, captioned "The new Capital" in cursive handwriting.

The new capital building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This image is from the archive of Ron…

Vintage black-and-white photo of the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge, a castle-like Gothic Revival building with turrets, framed by trees and an iron fence, captioned "The Old Capital, Baton Rouge."

The old capital building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This image is from the archive of Ron…

Sepia-toned vintage photograph of a horse-drawn wagon carrying several people down a dirt road, with a parked truck and farm buildings in the background; decorative border and faded handwritten notes frame the print.

Farmers in the 1940's-50's, Bogalusa, Louisiana. This image is from the archive of Ron…

Black-and-white photo of a flooded residential street in Bogalusa, Louisiana after Hurricane Betsy, with water surrounding raised houses, a partly submerged car, and people standing near a porch.

Bogalusa, Louisiana after hurricane Betsy. This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman,…