Palmetto People

Photo Collection

Palmetto People Collection

(Images Donated by Charles A. Dranguet, Jr.)

Folder #1

Pix #	Date of Pix	Size of Pix	No. of Pix	Kind of Image	Negative #
1	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	5	Color	1, 2
Panoramic of a swamp
2	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	1	Color
Picture of two trees in a swamp
3	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	2	Color
Picture of swamplands
4	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	1	Color
A gentleman walking through the swampland wearing blue jeans and a red shirt
5	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	2	Color
Tree with Spanish moss growing off it and vegetation around the base
6	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	2	Color
A home on the bayou with a dock in the front and a clothesline on the porch
7	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	1	Color
A side angle of a house on the bayou with two boats on the side
8	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	1	Color
A man fishing in a boat on the bayou
9	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	2	Color
Picture of the Turtle Cove Experimental Station
10	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	3	Color	5
An owl perched in a tree
11	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	4	Color
A grasshopper on a blade of grass
11A	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	1	Color	4
Landscape picture of the Manchac Swamp around dusk with a stark tree in the center
11B	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	1	Color	3
Wetlands picture around dusk or dawn
11C	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	1	Color	7
Wetlands picture taken around midday in early fall
11D	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	1	Color	6
A fishing boat with nets cast in the water
11E	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	1	Color
A flock of seagulls on a pier
11F	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	2	Color	9
Manchac Lighthouse
11G	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	1	Color	13
A fishing net being pulled from the water
11H	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	1	Color	14
Two fish being measured

Palmetto People Collection (continued)

Folder #2

Pix #	Date of Pix	Size of Pix	No. of Pix	Kind of Image	Negative #
12	1880-1920	3 x 5	6	B&W	23, 22
Nine men at either a fishing or logging camp
13	1900’s	3 x 5	1	B&W
Recently logged forest
14	1900’s	3 x 5	1	B&W
Six gentlemen and one lady surveying a railroad
15	1900’s	3 x 5	1	B&W
Men working on the railroad track
16	1900’s	3 x 5	1	B&W
Men working on the railroad with a crane
17	1900’s	3 x 5	2	B&W
Aerial view of a town and plant
18	1900’s	3 x 5	1	B&W
OPDENWEYERFISCHER CYPRESS & Co. business building
19	1900’s	3 x 5	2	B&W
A view of a forest
20	1900’s	3 x 5	1	B&W
Aerial view of the Railroad tracks
21	1880’s	3 x 5	4	B&W	21
Swamp dweller sitting in front of his palmetto home.
22	Early 1990’s	5 x 7	5	B&W
Logging patterns left by a pull boat
23	Early 1990’s	5 x 7	1	B&W	30
Family portrait with two girls, three boys, and a mother and father
24	Early 1990’s	5 x 7	3	B&W
Family portrait in front of a house
25	Early 1990’s	5 x 7	2	B&W	60
Family of five with two dogs
26	1909	5 x 7	2	B&W
Profile shot of a Choctaw Indian woman
27	Early 1990’s	5 x 7	3	B&W
Picture of a large log saw
28	Early 1990’s	5 x 7	2	B&W
Several logs piled upon each other
29	1908	5 x 7	14	B&W
Five adults and three children standing by a “dugout” boat
30	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	1	B&W
Picture of four shots of the same woman
31	1970’s	5 x 7	2	B&W	45
Picture of a young man in camouflage holding four dead ducks

Palmetto People Collection (continued)

Folder #3

Pix #	Date of Pix	Size of Pix	No. of Pix	Kind of Image	Negative #
32	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	2	B&W
Picture of a lumberyard
33	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	2	B&W
Three men stacking lumber to air dry
34	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	1	B&W
Palmetto trees
35	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	4	B&W	35
Picture of the Manchac lighthouse
36	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	2	B&W
Three adults and one child standing on a porch
37	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	2	B&W
Picture of a couple
38	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	2	B&W	36
Picture of a couple and a baby
39	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	6	B&W
Side profile of a man with a mustache
40	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	4	B&W	41
Picture of a two mass sailboat at a dock
41	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	2	B&W	40
Man in a boat in the wetlands
42	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	5	B&W
Three men standing by a train
43	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	2	B&W	32
Picture of an old factory
44	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	3	B&W	18
Picture of a house on the water with two men on a boat in front
45	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	4	B&W	24
Two men working on a pull boat on the Manchac Swamp
46	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	5	B&W
Three men in the forest, two of the men are holding axes
47	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	2	B&W
Schematic diagram of a railroad skidder outfit
48	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	2	B&W
Schematic diagram of a railroad skidder outfit
49	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	4	B&W	49, 50
Side view of a train
50	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	4	B&W	29
Train switching tracks
51	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	2	B&W
Picture of a recently deforested area
52	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	2	B&W
Picture of a recently deforested area

Palmetto People Collection (continued)

Folder #4

Pix #	Date of Pix	Size of Pix	No. of Pix	Kind of Image	Negative #
53	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	3	B&W
Landscape of wetlands with a dead tree centered
54	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	1	B&W
Landscape of wetlands
55	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	1	B&W
Landscape of wetlands with a bridge in the background
56	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	1	B&W
Landscape of wetlands with a bridge in the back
57	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	2	B&W	48
Aerial section of a forest recently cut for the railroad
58	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	1	B&W
Recently cut forest with machinery in the background
59	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	1	B&W
Recently deforested landscape
60	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	2	B&W	52, 53
Lumber being stacked for transport
61	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	5	B&W	56-59
Two men cutting down a tree
62	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	3	B&W
Picture of a house and a boat on the river
63	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	1	B&W
Three men working on the railroad
64	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	1	B&W
Picture of the machine used to lay the rails for the railroad
65	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	2	B&W
The end of the railroad
66	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	2	B&W
Picture of a man standing in front of the rail-layer
67	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	2	B&W
Picture of the pulley system used to lay rails
68	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	2	B&W
Picture of the railroad crane in a forested area
69	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	2	B&W	51
Picture of the railroad crane in a deforested area
70	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	2	B&W
Picture of a building in the woods with a steam stack
71	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	4	B&W
Logs being prepped for cutting

Palmetto People Collection (continued)

Folder #5

Pix #	Date of Pix	Size of Pix	No. of Pix	Kind of Image	Negative #
72	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	3	B&W
Picture of a train engine off the tracks
73	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	1	B&W
Ten people riding on the back of a train
74	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	1	B&W
Twelve people riding two hand cars
75	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	2	B&W
Three people loading lumber on a locomotive
76	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	5	B&W
Locomotive hauling lumber
77	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	3	B&W
Locomotive hauling lumber around a turn
78	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	1	B&W
Several bare carts on overgrown rails
79	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	1	B&W
A caboose car on overgrown tracks
80	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	2	B&W
Picture of the rails in a deforested area
81	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	2	B&W
Turtle Cove research center
82	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	8	B&W
A woman working with chemicals in a lab
83	1970’s	5 x 7	1	Color
Commercial fisherman running catfish line at South Pass Manchac
84	1970’s	5 x 7	1	Color	12
Commercial fishing boat on the water, only one passenger
85	1970’s	5 x 7	1	Color
Middendorf’s restaurant
86	1970’s	5 x 7	1	Color	11
Picture of Reno’s seafood
87	1970’s	5 x 7	1	Color	10
Picture of the “Pass Manchac” city sign
88	1970’s	5 x 7	1	Color	15
Picture of two men, two young girls and an alligator in the back of a truck
89	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	1	B&W	34
Picture of the Manchac lighthouse
90	1970’s	5 x 7	2	B&W
Modern view of the remains of the Manchac Lighthouse
91	1970’s	5 x 7	1	B&W	44
Elderly couple, the gentleman is standing and the woman is sitting
92	1970’s	5 x 7	1	B&W	43
Side angle of the Turtle Cove Research Center
93	1970’s	5 x 7	1	B&W	38
Remains of an old steam engine
94	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	1	B&W	28
Locomotive hauling lumber
95	1950’s	5 x 7	1	B&W	42
First official cars over the Hammond-New Orleans highway
96	1950’s?	5 x 7	2	B&W
Blurry picture of one or two people watching a crane
97	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	2	B&W
Picture of several people working a pull boat
98	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	1	B&W	19
People loading logs on the railroad from the river
99	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	1	B&W	25, 26
A man sitting a boat in front of a white building on top of a pile of moss
100	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	1	B&W
Three children sitting on a porch, two are wearing light colored clothing and the one in the center is wearing dark clothing
101	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	1	B&W	39
A man in a small fishing boat named the U.S. LHS
102	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	2	B&W	16, 17
A man paddling a small paddle boat through the wetlands
103	Early 1900’s	3 x 5	1	B&W
An old lumberyard with tracks running throughout the property
104	Early 1900’s	3 x 7	1	B&W
Same lumberyard as 103 taken at a different angle
105	Early 1900’s	3 x 7	1	B&W
Same lumberyard as in 104 taken at a different angle
106	1902	3 x 5	1	B&W	46
Cypress Lumber company mill at Ruddock Louisiana
107	1970’s	3 x 5	1	B&W	33
Picture of a large drill bit compared to a quarter
108	1970’s	3 x 5	1	B&W	37
Two man saw being compared to a pen
109	1970’s	3 x 5	1	B&W
Picture of a man next to what looks like a large funnel with “BAPTIST SYSTEM” printed on the side
110	1970’s	3 x 5	1	B&W
Picture of a 1914 Louisiana trapper’s license
111	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	1	B&W
Louisiana Cypress Company crane
112	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	1	B&W	47
Aerial view of the railroad
113	Early 1900’s	8 ½ x 11	2	B&W	54
Railroad tracks going through the wetlands
114	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	1	B&W
Shrimp boat with lowered “butterfly” nets east of the railroad draw bridge, South Manchac Pass
115	1970’s	8 ½ x 11	2	B&W
Headquarters of the Louisiana Cypress Lumber Company in Pontchatoula
116	1970’s	5 x 7	1	B&W	8
Picture of the Pass Manchac city sign
117	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	1	B&W
Picture of a train going into a lumber mill
118	Early 1900’s	5 x 7	1	B&W	55
Two men cutting down a tree in the woods
119	Early 1900’s		0	B&W	31
Picture of a mill with four steam stacks (no picture in folder, negative only)

Palmetto People Collection (continued)

(Images found in and donated by the offices of the History Department)

Folder #5

Pix #	Date of Pix	Size of Pix	No. of Pix	Kind of Image	Negative #
120	unknown	5 x 3	1	B&W
Small barge with logs hoisted on shore
121	unknown	5 x 3	1	B&W
Boat named Victoria sitting on the water tied to the dock
122	December 1983	5 x 3	1	Color
Photo of woods/marsh – Joyce Tract
123	October 1984	5 x 3	1	B&W
Photo of man named Bill Jones – Assistant Lighthouse Keeper at Manchac
124	October 1984	5 x 3	1	B&W
Photo of a table
125	October 1984	5 x 3	1	B&W
Photo of a lantern
126	October 1984	5 x 3	1	B&W
Grinding wheel from Ruddock Mill
127	unknown	5 x 3	1	B&W
Photo of three unidentified people, two men and a woman, one man holding a dog
128	unknown	5 x 3	1	B&W
Oyster boat (built in Mandeville) hoisted out of the water
129	unknown	5 x 3	1	B&W
Oyster boat in the water with man standing at bow
130	October 1984	5 x 3	1	B&W
Landscape photo of the water, dilapidated brick structure in the foreground
131	October 1984	5 x 3	1	B&W
Landscape photo of water, taken from some type of wooden structure
132	unknown	5 x 3	1	B&W
Photo of a newspaper article, “Mary J. Succow, Oldest Woman Lighthouse Tender, Dies at Hospital” from The Daily Picayune, Feb. 18, 1911
133	unknown	3 x 5	1	B&W
Group of men standing on pile of rocks near the water, in front of unknown building
134	unknown	5 x 3	1	B&W
Photo of a painting of a lighthouse
135	unknown	5 x 3	1	B&W
Photo of a lighthouse
136	unknown	5 x 3	1	B&W
Photo of some type of machinery
137	unknown	3 x 5	1	B&W
Photo of a river with the opposite bank in background with docked boats and unidentified buildings
138	unknown	5 x 3	1	B&W
Photo of bank of Lake Pontchartrain with a cow standing next to the water
139	unknown	5 x 3	1	B&W
Photo of bank of Lake Pontchartrain
140	unknown	5 x 3	1	B&W
Photo of an auger laid on wood with a nickel next to it

Palmetto People Exhibit Collection

Folder #1

Pix #	Date of Pix	Size of Pix	No. of Pix	Kind of Image	Negative
1	1980’s	3 x 5	1	Color	yes
Picture of four photos in an exhibit.
2	1980’s	3 x 5	1	Color	yes
Picture of two photos in the exhibit
3	1980’s	3 x 5	1	Color	yes
Picture of Four photos within one frame in the exhibit
4	1980’s	3 x 5	1	Color	yes
Picture of four photos within one frame
5	1980’s	3 x 5	1	Color	yes
Picture of five photos within one frame
6	1980’s	3 x 5	1	Color	yes
Picture of four photos within one frame
7	1980’s	3 x 5	1	Color	yes
Two ladies looking at the exhibit
8	1980’s	3 x 5	1	Color	yes
Lady in a blue dress looking at the exhibit
9	1980’s	3 x 5	1	Color	yes
Three ladies looking at the exhibit