Claiborne Avenue
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Claiborne Avenue is a major thoroughfare in New Orleans, Louisiana. It runs the length of the city, about 9.5 miles, beginning at the Jefferson Parish line and ending at the St. Bernard Parish line; t
Claiborne Avenue at Frenchmen Street, looking upriver in 1938
First Presbyterian Church, Claiborne Avenue at Jefferson
Claiborne Avenue, looking towards still closed bridge over the Industrial Canal after Hurricane Katrina
Claiborne Avenue Bridge over the Industrial Canal
William C. C. Claiborne
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William Charles Cole Claiborne was an American politician and military officer who served as the first governor of Louisiana from April 30, 1812, to December 16, 1816. He was also possibly the younges
Claiborne Avenue
…Claiborne Avenue upriver from Canal Street and North Claiborne Avenue from Canal to St. Bernard Parish. New Orleans' longest street was named in honor of William C. C. Claiborne, the first United States governor of Louisiana, serving during both the territorial period and as the first governor under statehood. New Orleans was…
Portrait by Andres Molinary, 1912
Painting of the handover ceremony in New Orleans on December 20, 1803. Claiborne is shown bottom right.