KnowLA is a comprehensive, dynamic online reference guide to the history and culture of Louisiana. The encyclopedia is accessible to anyone with a web-enabled device, free of charge.
Yellow Fever - Engraving - The Desolation of Canal Street
Engraving from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1878, entitled “The Desolation of Canal Street, the Broadway of New Orleans––Victims of the Fever being conveyed to the cemeteries.” ZoomifyLearn more »
Yellow Fever - Ephemera - First Aid Advice, 1905
A printed broadside describing first-aid advice for yellow fever, 1905. ZoomifyLearn more »
Yellow Fever - Illustration - Children in St. Vincent's Asylum, New Orleans, Attended by Sisters of Charity, 1878
A scene at St. Vincent's Asylum in New Orleans during an 1878 yellow fever epidemic. St. Vincent's preceded Charity Hospital. ZoomifyLearn more »
Yellow Fever - Print - By Boyd Cruise, 1956
Reproduction of a printing plate showing a woman dead from yellow fever. She is lying half in, and half out of her death bed. The plate is from the series "Louisiana Alphabet". ZoomifyLearn more »
Yerger, George - Photograph - “Boat and Pelicans, Delacroix”
This black and white reproduction of a photograph taken in 2000 by George Yerger is entitled “Boat and Pelicans, Delacroix.” Yerger and his wife Leslie Addison describe their images as “offhand moments and everyday iconography that is the essence of our culturally rich and immensely layered southern existence.” ZoomifyLearn more »
Yerger, George - Photograph - “Copan Dream”
This black and white reproduction is of “Copan Dream,” a photograph taken in 2005 by George Yerger. Yerger sometimes tells photographic stories through techniques like double exposure, as seen in the original 24 by 24 inch work. ZoomifyLearn more »
Yerger, George - Photograph - “Delta Fields Mississippi”
"Delta Landscape Louisiana" is the title of the original manipulated photograph by George Yerger, which measures 30 by 37 inches. Yerger uses collage and other techniques to create a document that pictorially conveys impressions of age and history. ZoomifyLearn more »
Yerger, George - Photograph - “Louisiana Marsh”
This black and white reproduction of a photograph entitled “Louisiana Marsh” by artist George Yerger is an example of Yerger's dedication to imagery of southern landscapes. Taken in 2008, this manipulated photograph measures 22.5 by 38 inches. ZoomifyLearn more »
Yerger, George - Photograph - “Maya Dream”
This reproduction of a black and white photograph by George Yerger taken in 2000 is entitled “Maya Dream.” Yerger and his wife, photographer Leslie Addison, have photographed extensively in Central and South America. ZoomifyLearn more »
Yerger, George - Photograph - “White Church, Bayou Teche area”
This black and white reproduction of a photograph by George Yerger is entitled “White Church, Bayou Teche area,” taken in 2005. The original image measures 24 by 24 inches, and represents "a poetic, moody feel" common in Yerger's manipulated photographs. ZoomifyLearn more »
