Box 5

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Photograph of the V. L. Watson on Bayou Lafourche (from Delta Queen, Last of the Paddle-Wheelers, published 1973), clipping from The Lafourche Press-News about Horace Nelson and his 1910 Buick Roadster, correspondence between R. McWilliams and J.Q. Lovell (1927-28) concerning the highway to Grand Isle, and nine road and tourist maps of Lafourche Parish.

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Copy of "Waterways Edition: A sketch of the Louisiana Inter-Costal Canal Route from Morgan City to New Orleans via Houma and Lockport" (1940), "An Economic Survey of La Fourche Parish (Texas and Pacific Railway Company, 1949), booklet on history of local businesses titled "Round the Bend to another 50 years" Consolidated Companies Inc. (1951), and promotional publication of the Thibodaux Chamber of Commerce (1979).

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Printed materials relating to Lafourche Parish Banks. Comprises statement of the Citizens Bank of Lafourche for 1910-191 (copied from book), document titled "Information on Early Lafourche Parish Banks as of 1910-1911," and Raceland Bank promotional flyers.

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32 Photographs made from negatives on file in headquarters of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, Royal Street, New Orleans. Scenes of marshes, trapping, oil operations, etc. in Lafourche Parish.

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90 photographs made from negatives on file in the headquarters of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, Royal Street New Orleans. Scenes of marshes, trapping, hunting, etc. in Lafourche Parish.

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97 photographs made from negatives on file in the headquarters of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, Royal Street New Orleans. Scenes of marshes, trapping, hunting, etc. in Lafourche Parish.

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Lafourche Parish edition of Southern Manufacturer (v.1901 No. 7), containing description of "enterprises, industries, and institutions of the Lafourche Valley, illustrated with engravings of sugar factories, homes, and prominent businesses and public men."

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Three recipe books (two of which are attributed to the Homemakers Club), promotional flyer for Sheriff Duffy Breaux with a recipie for Cajun Seafood Gumbo, and packet containing an article, recipes, and guidelines on the nutritional value of seafood printed by the Young Men's Business Club of Lower Lafourche (Golden Meadow, La.).

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Two pages of written historical information, 17 photographs with identifications of scenes around the mill, and one copy of letter.

Scope and Contents Contains Gilmore's Louisiana Sugar Manual (1942-1943), copy of compiled historical data on Greenwood Factory by Gary Labat, and a report titled "Report of an Investigational Trip made through the Sugar Cane District of Louisiana by the Power of Farming Committee of Deere and Company, December 15-17, 1934 for the Purpose of Learning what is Necesssary to do in Order that Deere and Company May Secure its Share of the Business in Sugar Cane Machinery." The latter report includes maps, original...