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File:Photocopy of ca. 1910 photograph of workers riding a dummy flat car to the fields. - Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Railroad, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, HAER LA,29-THIB,1B-1.tif

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Photocopy of ca. 1910 photograph of workers riding a dummy flat car to the fields. - Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Railroad, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA
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Photocopy of ca. 1910 photograph of workers riding a dummy flat car to the fields. - Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Railroad, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA
Description
Barker-Lepine; H. K. Porter Company; Barker, Frank; Lepine, Wilson J; Lepine, J Wilson; Poefarre, Madam; Tucker, Joseph; Wormald, Burch; Rumm, John C
Depicted place Louisiana; Lafourche Parish; Thibodaux
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER LA,29-THIB,1B-1
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  • Significance: Though no trace remains of this railroad today, it is important to consider it in studying the history of Laurel Valley. The railroad became a vital element of the plantation's operation during the 1900's.
  • Survey number: HAER LA-1-B
  • Building/structure dates: 1870- 1879 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/la0196.photos.072513p
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