Fats Domino
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Antoine Caliste "Fats" Domino Jr. was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New Orleans to a French C
Domino in 1962
Domino in 1972
Domino performing in New York in the 1980s
Graffiti on Domino's home from the time he was rumored dead in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (2005)
Lower Ninth Ward
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The Lower Ninth Ward is a neighborhood in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. As the name implies, it is part of the 9th Ward of New Orleans. The Lower Ninth Ward is often thought of as the entire are
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…assistance of his grandmother, a midwife. His name was initially misspelled as Anthony on his birth certificate. His family had recently arrived in the Lower Ninth Ward from Vacherie, Louisiana. His father was a part-time violin player who worked at a racetrack. He attended the Louis B. Macarty School, leaving to start…
Aerial view of part of the Lower 9th, c. 1990s. Holy Cross School at lower right.
Building at Jackson Barracks complex, c. 1935. This one was demolished by the WPA that decade.
Ruins of residential area in the Lower 9th Ward, with ING 4727 barge in the background
Painting depicting a National Guard helicopter rescuing people in the flooded Lower Ninth Ward