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Permission to use these photos was given to me to develop an indexing system, 1988-1990, for the photo collection in the Louisiana Division of the New Orleans Public Library. I still have scans of photocopies of the photos, so I have decided to share them with P&M.

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Here, at P&M, except for the original photo posted by Gabbas, "Moss Avenue in City Park, New Orleans, 1901", I have definitely identified the photographers as "Durkee" and "Mugnier". I cannot identify the photographer for "Moss Avenue", although it might be "Teunisson". The library's website is www.nutrias.com.

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ATHENAEUM: Something definitely weird is happening. Ordinarily, when you have a door with a cut glass inset as you see with the Athenaeum, you can expect a lot of sparkly feedback from the glass, whether the light is hitting the glass from an outdoor or indoor source. The way the light is hitting the inset does not "jive" very well with the way most of the sparkles are arrayed in front of it. In THE ORB PROJECT, it says that orbs like to gather in "happy places". The Athenaeum was definitely a happy place, filled with music, song, and theatre over a century ago.

MYRA CLARKE GAINES' CRYPT: This little lady kept lawyers busy with continuations of lawsuits both before and after she died in the early 19th century. However, look at the wisps of what seems to be translucent smoke rising up from the front of the crypt. The broken up tomb behind the crypt has water stains all down it, but these do not line up with the "smoke". I have explored this cemetery on occasion. (Do not go in unless you have a group with you these days; some would say you need an armed escort, but that is just hearsay.) Even someone who is mildly sensitive should be aware of the presence of the shades of many people in clothing of styles of centuries ago. The atmosphere is more like that of a country club for them than a place full of human remains that have long turned to dust.