"The Cathedral New Orleans 1842"

ID: 5569 ~ Source: The Historic New Orleans Collection, Bequest of Richard Koch, 1971.32. ~ Creator: Jules Lion (Lithographer), J. Manouvrier & Co. (Printer)

This file appears in: St. Louis Cathedral aka Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis King of France and the Herriman Family

St. Louis Cathedral as it appeared to George Herriman Sr. prior to the construction of the modern Cathedral in 1850.

This file appears in: St. Louis Cathedral aka Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis King of France and the Herriman Family

St. Louis Cathedral aka Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis King of France and the Herriman Family

By Michael Tisserand

The first historical record of George Herriman Sr. — the cartoonist George Herriman’s grandfather — is the New Orleans Archdiocese’s confirmation records for St. Louis Cathedral on March 1, 1836. Among those confirmed that day was a young “George…