The Orris D. Brown Collection, no. 8 - Trip to New Orleans

Year Published: c. 1938

Format: 16mm

Sound: silent

Description: This home movie captures scenes of the Brown family driving to then vacationing in New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1930s. The family makes stops in Lake Charles and New Iberia as they drive to New Orleans, where they see farm workers harvesting sugar cane. In New Orleans, they spend time in the French Quarter, visit St. Louis Cathedral and St. Louis Cemetery, and walk along Chartres and Bourbon Streets where they shop and enjoy the city’s architecture. Footage of excursions to Algiers and the Chalmette Monument are also included.