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13th WardLe Bon Temps Roule/Roppolo residence
13th WardUptown Ruler: 13th Ward Tour
UptownMahalia Jackson's birthplace
UptownThe Boswell Sisters' house
View from the pews at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, which inspired Mahalia Jackson throughout her life.
UptownMount Moriah Baptist Church
French QuarterLyric Theater
7th WardJeunes Amis Hall / Equity Hall
Benevolent Society / Social Aid & Pleasure Club Tour
Sidney Bechet mural by MTO viewed looking up North Claiborne Avenue.
7th WardJazz A La Creole: Seventh Ward Tour
TremeEconomy Hall
Roger Lewis, seen here in 2017, drew from lessons at Houston's School of Music as a baritone saxophone player in Fats Domino's touring band and in local brass bands.
TremeWalking 'Round in the Sixth Ward: Treme Tour
TremeJohn McDonogh High School
Central Business DistrictFisk School
Central CityBout It Bout It: Central City Tour
TremePlace Congo: Armstrong Park Tour
TremeGlobe Hall
Paul Barbarin's funeral in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 in 1969. Barbarin died while playing in a parade on Mardi Gras Day.
TremeSt. Louis Cemetery No. 2
Joe Clay performs at the Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans on October 2, 2015.
Deep Cuts: Tour the Hidden Gems of New Orleans Music History
Treme-LafitteLouis Prima's Birthplace
From 2010, members of the Hot 8 Brass Band, including leader Bennie Pete on sousaphone, outside of the Autocrat Club.
7th WardThe Autocrat Club
St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 in 2007.
Mid-CitySt. Louis Cemetery No. 3
Crowd at the 2017 French Quarter Festival outside the New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint.
French Quarter Fest Tour: Sites near the Stages
New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians Uptown Super Sunday Big Chief Monk Boudreaux.
Central CityLet's Go Get 'Em: Uptown Super Sunday Tour
French QuarterDo The Grind: Bourbon Street Tour
Postcard (c. 1901-1911) with an image of a Mardi Gras parade on Canal Street.
Carnival Time: Mardi Gras Parade Route Tour
From St. Joseph's Day 1942, Baby Dolls stop at Pete's Blue Heaven, a bar that occupied the Little Gem Saloon building.
The Harlem of New Orleans: South Rampart Street Tour
Enslaved people dancing in Congo Square
TremeCongo Square
Louis Armstrong in 1955.
Central Business DistrictKarnofsky Shop and Residence
Looking down Basin Street in Storyville. The famous madams had houses in a line just beyond Tom Anderson’s on the corner.
TremeStoryville
7th WardJelly Roll Morton’s House
Looking down Royal Street at St. Peter in the heart of the French Quarter.
French QuarterStruttin': French Quarter Walking Tour
An iconic early portrait of Armstrong, which shows the impression the cornet made on his upper lip.
Back o’ Town Blues: Louis Armstrong in New Orleans Tour
Looking down Basin Street in Storyville. The famous madams had houses in a line just beyond Tom Anderson’s on the corner.
High Society Rag: the First Venues for Jazz Tour
Littdell "Queen B" Bannister and Irving "Honey" Bannister, Jr. with the Golden Sioux Mardi Gras Indians in 2016.
Sew, Sew, Sew: The Music, Dance, and Suits of the Mardi Gras Indians Tour
Central Business DistrictEagle Saloon / Odd Fellows and Masonic Hall
The Astoria in 1956.
Central Business DistrictAstoria Hotel
The New Orleans Jazz Museum at the old U.S. Mint.
French QuarterNew Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint
Funky Butt Hall in 1946.
Central Business DistrictUnion Sons Hall (aka Funky Butt Hall)
French Opera House By Night
French QuarterFrench Opera House
Shown from left to right are Clarence Williams; John Lindsay with bass; Jimmie Noone with clarinet; William "Bebe" Ridgley with trombone; Ernest Trepagnier with snare drum; Oscar Celestin with cornet; Armand J. Piron with violin; Tom Benton with banjo; and Johnny St. Cyr with banjo.
Central Business DistrictIroquois Theater
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, 1923.
Central CityJoe “King” Oliver’s House
A.J. Piron (far right) and his band at a gig at Spanish Fort.
LakefrontSpanish Fort
Louis Armstrong's boyhood home on Jane Alley.
Mid-CityLouis Armstrong's Birthplace
The Werlein's sign on Canal Street, which outlasted the store itself.
French QuarterWerlein's Music Store
Perseverance Society Hall in 2017.
7th WardPerseverance Society Hall
Central CityEdward “Kid” Ory’s House
Mural of Buddy Bolden and band painted in 2018 by Brandan "BMike" Odums seen here in 2019.
Central Business DistrictLittle Gem Saloon and Buddy Bolden Mural
Piron Williams Band: Clarence Williams seated in front; behind him from left to right are Ernest Trepagnier, drums; Armand Piron, violin; Tom Benton, banjo; Johnny St. Cyr, banjo; standing in the back, from left to right, are Jimmy Noone, clarinet; William "Baba" Ridgley, trombone; Oscar Celestin, cornet; and John Lindsay, bass.
Central Business DistrictRed Onion
In 1931, when he was an international star, Armstrong visited the boys' home where he'd been sentenced to stay as a child.
Mid-CityColored Waifs Home for Boys
Jazz Funeral led by the Tambourine & Fan Club, circa 1977.
TremeCharbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral Home
Mid-CityHolt Cemetery
West End Hotel with chairs for the bandstand set up to the left.
LakeviewWest End
The only known photograph of Charles "Buddy" Bolden. He is standing next to the string bass.
Gert TownLincoln and Johnson Parks
The site of Frank Early's My Place Saloon, one of the last remaining buildings from Storyville.
TremeFrank Early’s My Place Saloon
Inseparable Friends Hall in 2017. Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral Home at the Claiborne overpass in the background.
TremeSociety of Inseparable Friends Hall
TremePerseverance Masonic Lodge No. 4
Etoile Polaire Lodge in 2017.
7th WardEtoile Polaire (Polar Star) Lodge No. 1
The John Robichaux Orchestra.
7th WardFrancs Amis Hall
The Mcdonough 35 school orchestra from 1927-1928, under Osceola Blanchet (at right).
Central Business DistrictMcDonogh #35 High School
Central CityA.L. Davis Park (aka Shakespeare Park)
Mr. H. Fichtenburg's Alamo Theatre ca. 1928.
French QuarterAlamo and No Name Theaters
The Unione Italiana building in 2017.
French QuarterUnione Italiana (aka Italian Hall)
Danny Barker performing in Woldenberg Park circa 1991.
French QuarterJunius Hart Piano House and Alamo Dance Hall
Eddie Bo at his club Check Your Bucket in New Orleans, 2004.
Warehouse DistrictGrunewald School of Music
Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Tony Sbarbaro [Spargo], drums; Eddie Edwards, trombone; Larry Shields, clarinet; Nick LaRocca, cornet and leader; and Henry Ragas, piano.
St. RochWoodmen of the World Hall
Site of Lusitania Dance Hall in 2017, now United Hardware.
MarignyLusitania Dance Hall/New Lusitanos Benevolent Association
Buddy Bolden's house in 2016.
Tin Roof Blues: Homes of Early Jazz Bandleaders Tour
View of Gallatin Street in the 1930s, shortly before demolition.
French QuarterGallatin Street
The Elks Lodge building in 2017.
Central Business DistrictElks Lodge No. 30