Legendary racehorse Pan Zareta (1910-1917) had a remarkable career, winning 76 races across North America, and eventually died of pneumonia in New Orleans.
Island on Lake Shinji; 2019; collotype print from wet-collodion glass negative; © Everett Kennedy Brown
Against the backdrop of his exhibition Seeking and Open Life: Photographs of Lafcadio Hearn's Japan, Everett Kenne
Pan Zareta on the Move
Naming a Racehorse
The Science of Naming a Racehorse
Thoroughbred racehorses are known for their speed, agility, and unusual names. Click here to listen to an NPR interview with Rick Bailey. He is the registrar for the Jockey Club, an organization that serves as the breed registry for Thoroughbred horses. Based on his responses, answer the questions below.
Downtown New Orleans will once again be the center of swanky shopping as The Shop at The Collection hosts its wildly popular Holiday Art Market on Sunday, December 1.
Baseball game at Pelican Stadium (detail); ca. 1920; gelatin dry plate negative; by John Tibule Mendes; The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Waldemar S. Nelson, 2003.0182.389
Join The Historic New Orleans Collection as we open a new exhibition on the history of sports in New Orleans. Crescent City Sport: Stories of Courage and
Rebirth
The Saints spent the 2005 season, like most New Orleanians, in exile. They played “home” games in Baton Rouge and San Antonio and, throughout the season, fans faced the possibility of a worst-case scenario: that the team could be moved to another city. But the Saints returned, and won their emotional 2006 home opener against their longtime rival Atlanta Falcons 23–3 on Monday Night Football.