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The Old Newcomb Music School

By Newcomb College Institute
In 1909, Newcomb's School of Music building, which was built between 1850-60, was leased from the Tulane Educational Fund to house the new program. This building served as the home of the music…

French Opera House

By Louisiana Division/City Archives, New Orleans Public Library, Tulane University Students: Vanessa Smith-Torres, Shelby Farmer, Liesbeth Ramirez, Elizabeth Turner & Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor
The fabulous French Opera House dominated a vastly different Bourbon Street than the gaudy strip of today. Designed by James Gallier Jr. and erected in 1859, the Opera House became the cultural…

Memories of the 1884 Cotton Centennial Exposition

By Miki Pfeffer
Imagine yourself in a mule-drawn streetcar or private carriage being transported to Exposition grounds. Hear the hooves on a shell road constructed for the occasion. You arrive at this Main Entrance.…
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