Rear view of Sellers Plantation in Norco. Tags: #rise of plantations #great depression

A trapper dries muskrat pelts in the sun. The St. Charles marshland is a fertile area for trapping muskrats and other fur-bearing animals. (Source: St. Charles...

Two St. Charles Parish sport fishermen are pulling in a nice catch of bream. Deep sea fishing also is close at hand in the Gulf of Mexico. (Source: St. Charles...

Title: Unloading sugarcane from special trailer at sugar mill near Jeanerette, Louisiana Creator(s): Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer Date...

Title: Farm house near Norco, Louisiana Creator(s): Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer Date Created/Published: 1938 Oct. Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4...

Title: [Untitled] Date Created/Published: [between 1935 and 1942] Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches or smaller. Reproduction Number: LC-USF34...

Title: Man atop truck getting ready to hook chain in position for hoisting bundle of sugarcane from truck. Sugar mill near Jeanerette, Louisiana Creator(s):...

Title: Lineup of trucks loaded with sugarcane waiting to be unloaded at the mill near Jeanerette, Louisiana Creator(s): Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer...

The help of the American Red Cross extended beyond humans. (Photo courtesy of Patrick Yoes) Tags: #great depression

"Posters like this one, drawn by Harrison Fisher in 1918, attracted new recruits into the Red Cross, where they were desperately needed to nurse the casualties...