4th of July Picnic, National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana
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Patients are treated to a picnic under the live oaks of Carville for the 4th of July.
Notice the coronets worn by the Daughters of Charity who are serving the meal. The Sisters wore the coronet, a heavily starched linen head-piece, until 1964.
This file appears in: Lake Johansen, Station Farm, and Sports & Leisure at the National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana
Lake Johansen, Station Farm, and Sports & Leisure at the National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana
Up until the 1950s, the 80 or so acres ahead and to the left of you were farmed by about 30 laborers who grew fruits and vegetables to feed the staff and patients.
Corn was grown to feed…