Louisiana: Media
state, United States
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See how the Louisiana Purchase led to the forcible removal of Indian tribes and fueled the slavery debate
Overview of the Louisiana Purchase.
Observe fireboat responding to crews battling the fire during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010
Fireboat response crews battling the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater...
Images
wetlands
Wetlands area in the Atchafalaya River basin, southern Louisiana.
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
Hurricane Katrina
Inside eyewall of Hurricane Katrina shortly before the storm struck Louisiana, August...
NOAA
Spanish moss on bald cypress trees
Spanish moss hanging from bald cypress trees in Lake Palourde, southern Louisiana.
© Raymond G. Barnes from TSW—CLICK/Chicago
St. Louis Cathedral
St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter of New Orleans, La.
© MedioImages—Photodisc/Getty Images
State Capitol, Baton Rouge, La.
State Capitol, Baton Rouge, La.
Alan Pitcairn—Grant Heilman/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
New Orleans jazz band
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band performing in New Orleans, Louisiana.
© Infrogmation of New Orleans (CC BY 3.0)
paddleboat lithograph
Steamers Robert E. Lee and Natchez in the race from New Orleans to St. Louis, 1870;...
BBC Hulton Picture Library
Cotton Pressing in Louisiana
Cotton Pressing in Louisiana, wood engraving from Ballou's Pictorial...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Sugar harvest in Louisiana
Sugar harvest in Louisiana; engraving from Harper's Weekly, Oct. 30, 1875.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
New Orleans, La., during the American Civil war
Bird's-eye-view engraving of New Orleans, La., during the American Civil war.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Hurricane Katrina: flooding
A flooded neighbourhood in Port Sulphur, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina.
Mark Moran/NOAA
Deepwater Horizon oil spill: beach cleanup
Workers contracted by BP cleaning up oil on a beach in Port Fourchon, Louisiana,...
PO3 Patrick Kelley/U.S. Department of Defense
Bonnet Carre Spillway
Bonnet Carre Spillway, southeastern Louisiana.
Michael Maples/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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