Cabildo Museum, Jackson Square, New Orleans (page 2/11)

Sign outside the museum building

The Cabildo, erected in the latter part of the 18^th century, by the spanish government, and used for the assembling of the Cabildo or governmental council. [more...]

Cannon 1

A cannon, or big iron gun, outside the Cabildo Museum in New Orleans, defending the American South from tourists.

Cannon 2

A cannon, or big iron gun, outside the Cabildo Museum in New Orleans, defending the American South from tourists.

Cannon 3

Always take at least three pictures of everything. In this one, the cannon in the background is also visible.

Cannon barrel 1

The head of a cannon, an old-fashioned iron gun; this is the muzzle, or mouth, where the bullet (actually a cannonball) used to come out at high speed. [more...]

Cannon barrel 2

blurry.

Celestial Globe 1

Celestial Globe from 1680 (reproduction on display). This is the opposite of a regular globe, which shows the earth from the outside: it shows the heavens as if one were looking out. [more...]

Celestial Globe 2

Celestial Globe from 1680 (reproduction on display); a detail showing Ares, the Ram [more...]

Celestial Globe 3

Celestial Globe from 1680 (reproduction on display); a detail showing a constellation or possibly an unfamiliar (to me) zodiacal sign, the Narwhal? [more...]