Excerpt of New Orleans East Topographical Map of the Lower Ninth Ward

ID: 6417 ~ Source: Historical Topographic Map Collection (HTMC) from the United States Geological Survey ~ Date: 1951

This file appears in: Community and Placemaking in the Lower Ninth Ward

Excerpt of New Orleans East Topographical Map of the Lower Ninth Ward

A topographical map of the area near the date of the 1949 aerial photograph of the area.

This file appears in: Community and Placemaking in the Lower Ninth Ward

Community and Placemaking in the Lower Ninth Ward

By By Elena Ricci, edited by Elizabeth Williams

A hundred years ago, the area around the 2400 block of Lamanche Street was occupied by the Temple of the Innocent Blood, a spiritism church that was created and run by Mother Catherine Seals. From 1922 until her death in 1930, Mother Catherine…