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Ernest Joseph Bellocq (19 August 1873 – 3 October 1949) [2] was an American professional photographer who worked in New Orleans during the early 20th century. Bellocq is remembered for his haunting photographs of the prostitutes of Storyville, New Orleans' legalized red-light district. [3] These have inspired novels, poems and films.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Matassa also managed the successful white New Orleans rock-and-roll performer Jimmy Clanton. [5] Matassa is interviewed on screen in the 2005 documentary film Make It Funky!, which presents a history of New Orleans music and its influence on rhythm and blues, rock and roll, funk and jazz. [6] [7]
Joseph A. Shakspeare, Mayor of New Orleans at the time of the March 14, 1891 lynchings; Eric Skrmetta, attorney from Metairie, Louisiana; Republican member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission for District 1; Jefferson B. Snyder, lived in New Orleans 1893–1897; later district attorney in three delta parishes in northeast Louisiana 1904 ...
Eric Paulsen, the legendary WWL news anchor, died on Saturday following a battle with cancer. He served the Greater New Orleans community for over 40 years.
In the late 1950s, while briefly working at the Sho-Bar on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Starr began a long-term affair with then-governor Earl Long. [13] Starr was in the process of divorcing her husband, club owner Carroll Glorioso, and Long was married to the state's first lady, known colloquially as "Miz Blanche".
Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress and Playboy Playmate.A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, Mansfield was known for her numerous publicity stunts and open personal life.
Emmy Awards gowns looked very different in the 1950s, '60s and '70s-- and the vintage snapshots are truly stunning. ... paparazzi-staffed red carpets like we have today, there are few photos from ...
This event commenced the end of the racial divide in high school sports in the New Orleans area. [8] This event inspired the made-for-television movie Passing Glory. Jesuit High School (New Orleans) offers a Lloyd (Hap) Glaudi Scholarship. Glaudi was the first sportscaster to be named to the New Orleans Prep Sports Hall of Fame. [9]