Poster for "The Emperor Jones" by Eugene O'Neill with Ralph Chessé's Marionettes

ID: 5516 ~ Source: Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/97514066/. ~ Creator: California Federal Theatre Project ~ Date: 1937
This file appears in: Chessé Family Home
This file appears in: Chessé Family Home

By Michael Tisserand
There are three buildings still standing in New Orleans where it is most likely young George Herriman spent his childhood days: St. Augustine Church, the site of the Herriman & Chessé tailor shop,…