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Shout, Sister, Shout! The Boswell Sisters of New Orleans
Shout, Sister, Shout! The Boswell Sisters of New Orleans
Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade
Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade
Goods of Every Description: Shopping in New Orleans, 1825–1925
Goods of Every Description: Shopping in New Orleans, 1825–1925
Voices of Progress: Twenty Women Who Changed New Orleans
Voices of Progress: Twenty Women Who Changed New Orleans
Shout, Sister, Shout! The Boswell Sisters of New Orleans
Shout, Sister, Shout! The Boswell Sisters of New Orleans
Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade
Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade
Goods of Every Description: Shopping in New Orleans, 1825–1925
Goods of Every Description: Shopping in New Orleans, 1825–1925
Voices of Progress: Twenty Women Who Changed New Orleans
Voices of Progress: Twenty Women Who Changed New Orleans

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History from Home: Explore THNOC's digital offerings
COVID-19 update from President and CEO Daniel Hammer
History from Home: Explore THNOC's digital offerings
COVID-19 update from President and CEO Daniel Hammer

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More than 1 million objects in THNOC’s holdings depict life in New Orleans through times of hardship and celebration. How are you spending these days? How are you recording the details of your interrupted life? Share those details here with us using #nolacorona. A snapshot of a journal entry. Text from an email to mom. An inventory of all the toys on the floor. An account of your trip to the grocery store. Your symptoms. Your remedies. The places and people you miss. We’re at home, too. Tell us your #nolacorona story. - Image courtesy of Dmitriy Pritykin. STAY AT HOME. An ad in the October 17, 1918 Times-Picayune carries a familiar message. New Orleans was in the grip of the Spanish flu pandemic at the time, and in a matter of months, the city lost almost 1 in 100 people to the virus. Follow our link in profile to learn about the Spanish flu’s swift but deadly reign of terror in the city and how factors like downplayed threats and mass gatherings contributed to the carnage. #spanishflu #nolacorona #visitthnoc Sadly there will be no ballgames today, but that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate Opening Day. Check out our link in profile for the baseball games of the past. America’s pastime goes back a long way in New Orleans. Not only does our history of the sport include homegrown names like Abner Powell and Will Clark, it’s sprinkled with legends like Shoeless Joe Jackson and Lance Berkman. Louis Armstrong makes a brief appearance, too. #virtualopeningday #baseballhistory #visitthnoc . . 📸 Baseball player at Heinemann Park; around 1920; THNOC, gift of Waldemar S. Nelson, 2003.0182.459 Is a social media post the new love letter? Maybe. These days, someone's more likely to record their thoughts on Twitter than on paper. That’s why, as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds in New Orleans, THNOC is actively chronicling the local response by collecting born-digital content like websites and social media posts (don’t worry, we still collect letters and diaries, too). Read the full story through our link-in-profile to find out how we collect during crises like these and what YOU can do to help us (even if you’re stuck at home). #nolacorona #stayathome #visitthnoc . . Images courtesy of Robert Ticknor and Dmitriy Ptitykin

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Chronicling coronavirus: our effort to document the crisis starts with you
100 years ago, the Spanish flu pandemic tore through New Orleans in three terrifying weeks
The Historic New Orleans Collection Quarterly, Spring 2020
Chronicling coronavirus: our effort to document the crisis starts with you
100 years ago, the Spanish flu pandemic tore through New Orleans in three terrifying weeks
The Historic New Orleans Collection Quarterly, Spring 2020

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• "Happened upon this site just passing by, quiet and well presented histories of NOLA. Not too much to take in in one visit. Be sure to continue on to the other locations (all nearby) your free ticket includes. (yes! FREE!!)."(Donna D, Wind Gap, Pennsylvania via Tripadvisor)

• "It is a fascinating and really informative collection that helped us to understand New Orleans (well from a British perspective). I loved the maps and the furniture, and the additional info via the iPads was really good. The staff were very knowledgeable and helpful. The cafe is also excellent." (Cobweb-adventures, via TripAdvisor)

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