Interior, Exposition Hall

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Citation: “Washington Artillery Hall, Interior View toward Carondelet Street,” May 29, 1952, The Charles L. Franck Studio Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection, https://catalog.hnoc.org/web/arena/search#/entity/thnoc-archive/1979.325.409/washington-artillery-hall%2C-interior-view-toward-carondelet-street.

This file appears in: Aristide Mary

A photo shows another view of the interior of Exposition Hall. Here, Aristide Mary led the Unification Movement to advocate for racial equality and integration in New Orleans.

This file appears in: Aristide Mary

Aristide Mary

By Connie Dorsey Abdul-Salaam, edited by Lauren Smith and Jessica Dauterive

Aristide Mary’s politics embodied Creole activism in New Orleans. A native of the city, Mary’s mixed race ancestry shaped his experiences and political ideas. Educated in Paris, Mary became a lawyer but his family’s inheritance helped propel him…