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Social Life in Old New Orleans

Social Life in Old New Orleans

by Eliza Ripley

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Author
Ripley, Eliza, 1832-1912
Title
Social life in old New Orleans : Being recollections of my girlhood
Original Publication
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1912.
Credits
Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
F350.5: United States local history: Mississippi River and Valley. Middle West
Subject
Louisiana -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 72346
Release Date
December 6, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.FOREWORD
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.SOCIAL LIFE IN OLD NEW ORLEANS — I NEW ORLEANS CHILDREN OF 1840
  6. 6.II NEW ORLEANS SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IN THE FORTIES
  7. 7.III BOARDING SCHOOL IN THE FORTIES
  8. 8.IV PICAYUNE DAYS
  9. 9.V DOMESTIC SCIENCE SEVENTY YEARS AGO
  10. 10.VI A FASHIONABLE FUNCTION IN 1842
  11. 11.VII NEW YEAR’S OF OLD
  12. 12.VIII NEW ORLEANS SHOPS AND SHOPPING IN THE FORTIES
  13. 13.IX THE OLD FRENCH OPERA HOUSE
  14. 14.X MURAL DECORATIONS AND PORTRAITS OF THE PAST
  15. 15.XI THOUGHTS OF OLD
  16. 16.XII WEDDING CUSTOMS THEN AND NOW
  17. 17.XIII A COUNTRY WEDDING IN 1846
  18. 18.XIV THE BELLES AND BEAUX OF FORTY
  19. 19.XV AS IT WAS IN MY DAY
  20. 20.XVI FANCY DRESS BALL AT THE MINT IN 1850
  21. 21.XVII DR. CLAPP’S CHURCH
  22. 22.XVIII OLD DAGUERREOTYPES
  23. 23.XIX STEAMBOAT AND STAGE SEVENTY YEARS AGO
  24. 24.XX HOTEL AT PASS CHRISTIAN IN 1849
  25. 25.XXI OLD MUSIC BOOKS
  26. 26.XXII THE SONGS OF LONG AGO
  27. 27.XXIII A RAMBLE THROUGH THE OLD CITY
  28. 28.XXIV “OLD CREOLE DAYS” AND WAYS
  29. 29.XXV A VISIT TO VALCOUR AIME PLANTATION
  30. 30.XXVI THE OLD PLANTATION LIFE
  31. 31.XXVII PEOPLE I HAVE ENTERTAINED
  32. 32.XXVIII A MONUMENT TO MAMMIES
  33. 33.XXIX MARY ANN AND MARTHA ANN
  34. 34.XXX WHEN LEXINGTON WON THE RACE
  35. 35.XXXI LOUISIANA STATE FAIR FIFTY YEARS AGO
  36. 36.XXXII THE LAST CHRISTMAS
  37. 37.XXXIII A WEDDING IN WAR TIME
  38. 38.XXXIV SUBSTITUTES
  39. 39.XXXV AN UNRECORDED BIT OF NEW ORLEANS HISTORY
  40. 40.XXXVI CUBAN DAYS IN WAR TIMES
  41. 41.XXXVII “WE SHALL KNOW EACH OTHER THERE”
  42. 42.XXXVIII A RAMBLE THROUGH NEW ORLEANS WITH BRUSH AND EASEL
  43. 43.XXXIX A VISIT OF TENDER MEMORIES
  44. 44.Untitled

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