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- Quality - Louisiana State Library
85% of the users of the State Library indicated that the State Library's services and resources was a good value for the State.Source: The Impact of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism on Louisiana's Economy and Quality of Life for Louisiana's Citizens - June 2006
- Louisiana's deep water ports
Did you know that Louisiana's five deep water ports handle more than 457 million tons of U.S. waterborne commerce a year? - Quality - Louisiana State Library
85% of the users of the State Library indicated that the State Library's services and resources was a good value for the State.Source: The Impact of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism on Louisiana's Economy and Quality of Life for Louisiana's Citizens - June 2006
- Atchafalaya Heritage Area
The Atchafalaya Heritage Area has been designated by Congress as a National Heritage Area.
- Impact - DCRT Returns Investment Dollars to Louisiana
For every state tax dollar spent by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, $5.86 is returned to the State Treasury and citizens of Louisiana.Source: The Impact of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism on Louisiana's Economy and Quality of Life for Louisiana's Citizens - June 2006
- Impact - Louisiana Office of Tourism Tops Returns on Investment
$13.90 is the return on investment for every dollar spent by the Office of Tourism. Over 175,000 people were directly employed by the Louisiana travel and tourism industry in 2004. In terms of production, $5.9 billion (3.8%) of Louisiana's Gross State Product was directly attributable to expenditures by visitors to LouisianaSource: The Impact of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism on Louisiana's Economy and Quality of Life for Louisiana's Citizens - June 2006
- Impact - Supporting the Louisiana Arts
Every dollar in state support for the Arts leverages $7 in earned and contributed revenue. Louisiana's cultural enterprises provide nearly 144,000 jobs for Louisiana citizens, accounting for 7.6% of total employment. Arts has a total economic impact of $934 million in Louisiana.Source: The Impact of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism on Louisiana's Economy and Quality of Life for Louisiana's Citizens - June 2006
- Impact - Visitors Generate State Revenue
In terms of tax revenues, visitor spending accounted for $677 million of 2004 Louisiana revenues, or 8.3% of the total 2004 State Budget.Source: The Impact of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism on Louisiana's Economy and Quality of Life for Louisiana's Citizens - June 2006
- Quality - Louisiana State Museums
95% of State Museum's visitors strongly agreed or agreed that the State Museum was an educational experience and has expanded their awareness of Louisiana's cultural history.Source: The Impact of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism on Louisiana's Economy and Quality of Life for Louisiana's Citizens - June 2006
- Quality - Historic Preservation and the Arts
78-80% of Louisiana residents believe that historic preservation and arts are important and should be high priorities.Source: The Impact of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism on Louisiana's Economy and Quality of Life for Louisiana's Citizens - June 2006
- Impact - Louisiana Serve Program
The Louisiana Serve Program in the Office of Lieutenant Governor returns 2.8 million in non-state revenue to Louisiana. - Impact - Louisiana State Museum
The Office of State Museum returns $6.99 for every tax dollar spent.Source: The Impact of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism on Louisiana's Economy and Quality of Life for Louisiana's Citizens - June 2006
- Impact - Louisiana State Parks
Visitor spending at Louisiana State Parks returns $3.23 in state taxes for every dollar spend on operating and maintaining all our beautiful parks. Out-of-state visitors to Louisiana State Parks spent almost $12 million in Louisiana and produced an economic impact of over $24 million. Louisiana residents spent another $29.2 million while visiting the parks.Source: The Impact of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism on Louisiana's Economy and Quality of Life for Louisiana's Citizens - June 2006
- Impact - Scenic Byways Program
The Scenic Byways program leverages $1.56 for every dollar spent by the program.Source: The Impact of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism on Louisiana's Economy and Quality of Life for Louisiana's Citizens - June 2006
- Louisiana State Parks and the National Register
Thirteen Louisiana State Parks sites are on the National Register of Historic Places. They include:
• Audubon State Historic Site
• Centenary State Historic Site
• Fort Pike State Historic Site
• Fort Jesup State Historic Site
• Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site
• Mansfield State Historic Site
• Marksville State Historic Site
• Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site
• Port Hudson State Historic Site
• Poverty Point State Historic Site
• Otis House at Fairview-Riverside State Park
• Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site
• Winter Quarters State Historic Site - Louisiana State Parks Visitation
Nearly two million people visited a Louisiana State Park last year. - Louisiana State Parks Grow and Renew
The Louisiana Office of State Parks has spent nearly $80 million in major construction projects since 2004, providing two brand-new parks and a new historic site, adding cabins and campsites to existing parks and building visitor center at one park, the preservation area and three historic sites. - Louisiana State Parks Wireless Internet
The Louisiana Office of State Parks provides free wireless internet access at all 20 recreational parks. Extensive coverage areas include most cabins, RV slips and campsites. - Louisiana State Parks Online Reservations
You can now make online reservations for cabins, campsites, lodges and group camps – at www.ReserveLaStateParks.com - Louisiana State Parks Honors National Parks Service Senior Pass Program
Visitors who hold an America the Beautiful Senior or Access Pass, and whose home State Park system honor the America the Beautiful passes for camping discounts, are entitled to a 50% reduction on camping fees at Louisiana State Parks. Certain restrictions apply, see State Parks' fees & facilities page for more information. - Louisiana State Parks Draw Media Attention
Louisiana State Parks sites have been featured in movie and television releases including "True Detective," CBS’ "Zoo," and "NCIS: New Orleans," "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," "Selfless," "Devil’s Due," and commercials for Popeyes and Toyota. - Capitol Park Welcome Center
The main meeting room in the Capitol Park Welcome Center is named after Margaret Taylor, wife of U.S. President Zachary Taylor. The couple resided in a small house near the present day location of Capitol Park until Taylor was elected to the Presidency.
 click for larger image | Mexican Party aboard Ship John Norris Teunisson c. 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 06558.06 |
 click for larger image | Grain Elevator, Course of Erection John Norris Teunisson c. 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 06558.14 |
 click for larger image | Fitchenberg's Penny Arcade John Norris Teunisson c. 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 08482.001 The arcade was located at Old Spanish Fort Amusement Park, a popular attraction between the 1880s and early 1920s, when nearby Pontchartrain Beach eclipsed the park. |
 click for larger image | President Taft Starts Historic Trip through New Orleans John Norris Teunisson October 31, 1909 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 08482.005 Taft arrived in New Orleans on October 30, 1909. With him were twenty-four governors and 117 Congressmen. On October 31, he traveled by automobile to Jackson Barracks during what was described as a "historic tour of New Orleans," led by Professor Alcee Fortier of Tulane University, an inaugural member of the Louisiana State Museum Board of Curators. |
 click for larger image | President Taft Returns from a Ride on the Lake John Norris Teunisson 1909 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 08482.008 The listing ship no doubt prompted comments about Tafts's substantial weight - over 300 pounds. The president was known to make such jokes at his own expense. |
 click for larger image | Speech by a Candidate for Governor John Norris Teunisson 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 08482.027 Jared Y. Sanders, a Democrat, was governor form 1908 until 1912. Luther E. Hall, also a Democrat, served from 1912 until 1916. |
 click for larger image | Woodland Scene with Woman and Dog in a Boat John Norris Teunisson c. 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 08482.033 This composition has a different character than most of Teunisson's other photographs, suggesting the influence of Pictorialists in the circle of Alfred Steiglitz (1864 -1946) or Baron Adolph de Meyer (1868 - 1947). |
 click for larger image | 1900 Census Map with New Orleans as a Central Point John Norris Teunisson c. 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 08482.045 New Orleans was the 12th largest city in the U.S. in 1900, with a population of 287,104. It was the largest city in the south. |
 click for larger image | Interior of Le Petit Theatre John Norris Teunisson c. 1920 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 08482.047 Le Petit Theatre opened in 1916, located at 503 St. Anne Street. In 1922, the theatre moved to a new building designed by Richard Koch at the corner of St. Peter and Chartres Streets. The theatre closed in December of 2010. |
 click for larger image | Red Cross Clothes Display John Norris Teunisson c. 1918 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 08482.054 This display may have been related to the U.S. entry into World War I. |
 click for larger image | Godchaux's Hat Display Window John Norris Teunisson c. 1910 Albumen on paper, 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 08482.064 Leon Godchaux founded a clothing store in New Orleans in 1845. By the end of the century, it had become a fixture on Canal Street. Godchaux also owned a number of sugar plantations. The department store, located at 826 - 828 Canal Street, went bankrupt in 1986. Teunisson's composition and selection of subject recalls the series of shop windows photographed by Eugène Atget (1857 - 1927) in Paris at the turn-of-of the century. |
 click for larger image | Cabildo Alley Facing St. Peter Street John Norris Teunisson c. 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 08482.074 |
 click for larger image | Launching of the Steamer Mexoil, Violet, Louisiana John Norris Teunisson 1918 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 08482.141 The tanker Mexoil was built by the Alabama-New Orleans Transportation Company for the Pan American Petroleum Corporation. Side launches were not common in Louisiana at the time. In this instance, a river width of only 100 feet necessitated the unusual launch. Much was made in the press of the stout Columbian Rope used to secure the vessel. Mexoil was 246 ½ feet long with a beam of 36 ½ feet, and could carry 16,000 barrels of crude oil. |
 click for larger image | Fair Grounds Race Track John Norris Teunisson c. 1905 - 1908 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 08482.177.32 In 1852, the Union Race Course opened in Gentilly. The name was changed to the Creole Race Grounds in 1859, and to the Fair Grounds Racetrack in 1863. The Louisiana Legislature banned horse racing in 1908. Racing resumed in 1915; however, the grandstand burned a few years later. |
 click for larger image | Hoehn & Dieth Millinery John Norris Teunisson c. 1903 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, 08482.177.65 The Millinery was located on Chartres Street. On August 30, 1908, a fire ravaged the French Quarter near Bienville and Chartres Streets. It destroyed three blocks and dozens of buildings, including Hoehn & Dieth's wholesale millinery. The New York Times reported that barrels of whisky and brandy from two adjacent liquor stores exploded, "endangering the lives of firemen engaged in fighting the flames." Others in the press criticized the slow response of firefighters. Returning from a picnic, firemen discovered a shortage of water. |
 click for larger image | Governor William Wright Heard John Norris Teunisson 1903 Albumen on paper 5 3/8 x 3 7/8 inches Louisiana State Museum, T0133.1983.1 Heard was governor of Louisiana from 1900 to1904. A Democrat with Populist sentiments, he concentrated on reforming the system of contracting convict labor and worked to eradicate the boll weevil. There were few automobiles in the state in 1904. In 1915, Louisiana became the last state to require owners to register their vehicles. |
 click for larger image | Newcomb College, Pottery Building John Norris Teunisson c. 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, T0400.1990.3.20 The H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College opened at Tulane University in 1886. The school hired Jules Garby to teach pottery in 1895. Better known today are George E. Ohr (1857 - 1918), the "Mad Potter from Biloxi," and Joseph Fortune Meyer (1848 - 1931), who both began teaching the following year. |
 click for larger image | Newcomb College, A Clerical Class Room John Norris Teunisson c. 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, T0400.1990.03.26 In addition to art classes, the course of study offered at Newcomb included physical education and business. |
 click for larger image | New Orleans Public Schools, McDonogh School #6 John Norris Teunisson c. 1904 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, T0400.1990.07.3 John McDonogh (1779 - 1850), a Baltimore commission and shipping merchant, willed about $700,000 to establish free public schools in New Orleans to educate impoverished children, black and white. No. 6 was the last school established during Reconstruction. In total, thirty schools were built. |
 click for larger image | Charity Hospital, New Orleans John Norris Teunisson c. 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, T0400.1990.15.10 |
 click for larger image | X-Ray and Stethoscope Room, Polyclinic, New Orleans John Norris Teunisson c. 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, T0400.1990.15.17 |
 click for larger image | Madame John's Legacy John Norris Teunisson c. 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, T0454.1992.1 |
 click for larger image | Alex Hutchinson John Norris Teunisson c. 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, T1501.1986.01 The individual depicted may be James Alexander Hutchinson, born in Mississippi in 1850 and died in Rayville, Louisiana in 1941. |
 click for larger image | Beverly Warner Dinner John Norris Teunisson c. 1905 - 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, T1501.1986.16 The Reverend Beverly E. Warner (1855 - 1910) was pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church. He came to New Orleans in 1893 after having served as rector of St. Stephen's Church in Philadelphia. Three years later, Warner founded Kingsley House, an educational institution for children. He was praised for his heroism during the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1897. Warner wrote several books, including English History in Shakespeare (1894) and The Young Woman in Modern Life (1903). |
 click for larger image | Ed Soulé Home, Richmond Place John Norris Teunisson c. 1911 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, T1501.1986.28 Richmond Place was the third residential park in New Orleans, following Rosa Park (1891) and Audubon Place (1893). Completed in 1907, it is located between Freret and Loyola Streets. The name "Ed Soulé" in Teunisson's title refers to the architect, Robert Spencer Soulé, who designed houses for Richard Eustis, Martin Manion, and Sidney J. White in 1911. Soulé also designed homes on Denleith Court (1911), Everett Place (1908), and Exposition Boulevard (1908). |
 click for larger image | News Orleans City Railroad, Walking Beam Car, Bayou Bridge and City Park Streetcar Line John Norris Teunisson c. 1910 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, T1501.1986.39 |
 click for larger image | City Hall at Night John Norris Teunisson 1914 Albumen on paper 8 x 10 inches Louisiana State Museum, T1501.1986.59 Electrical power came to New Orleans on January 8, 1882 - the 67th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans - provided by Southwest Brush Electric Light Company They used steam-powered generators to provide street lighting, if only for a brief period. The Cotton Centennial Exposition was illuminated by the Edison Electric Illuminating Company in 1886. However, gas lighting remained popular into the early twentieth century. |
