Bull Bayou Field, Louisiana, 1921 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures Bull Bayou Field, Louisiana, 1921 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Bull Bayou Field
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Bull Bayou Field, Louisiana, 1921
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Bull Bayou Field, Louisiana, photographed in 1921, sits in the flat coastal prairie of southwest Louisiana, a region whose economy in those years rested mainly on rice, cattle, and the lumber and oil that were reshaping the parishes around Lake Charles. Rice had become a major cash crop there after the 1880s, when railroads and new irrigation methods made large-scale planting practical, and by the early 1920s the area's farms depended on mills and rail lines to move the harvest to market. The decade also brought rapid change to the region, as the oil discoveries that followed the 1901 Spindletop strike in Texas drew workers, capital, and new towns into the surrounding parishes. For the people who lived near Bull Bayou, the land meant crops, cattle, and the seasonal work of a farming community.
| Created / published | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Creator | grabill studio |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Louisiana |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 869 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bull Bayou Field |
| Reference | LA Bull Bayou Field 1921 |
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