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Courtyard and Prison Rooms in the Cabildo - New Orleans, Louisiana - 1940s Linen Postcard
Courtyard and Prison Rooms in the Cabildo - New Orleans, Louisiana - 1940s Linen Postcard
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Font: Courtyard and Prison Rooms in the Cabildo, New Orleans, LA.
Back: "The courtyard and prison rooms in the Cabildo at Chartres and St. Peter's Streets. Note the tiers and cells, and the wide galleries around them. The room, with the door standing open on the ground floor, is the cell in which the pirate Lafitte was incarcerated after his capture by the Americans. Later on his services were accepted by General Jackson and he participated in the Battle of New Orleans, where he covered himself with glory, subsequently receiving a pardon from the Congress of the United States."
Condition: Great condition.
1940s
Unmailed
Color: Hand color
Publisher: Louisiana News Company
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