New Orleans, LA

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on Jan 10, 2012 1:24 PM

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Delta Road, near New Orleans, LA. Emile Riche, a farmer, has a small place bordering the levee, and for a period of years has been fighting the Parish officials for payments due him for damages to his property in the flood of 1927. He used this method of advertising by converting his barns and fences into a medium for visual statement.

Photograph shows sign with photographer and camera labelled "I am taking the photogka [sic] of depression anp [sic] starvation at once".

Date & Place: 1939