Race and Culture in New Orleans Stories: Kate Chopin, Grace King, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and George Washington Cable

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1. George Washington Cable. George Washington Cable papers, Louisiana Research Collection, Tulane University. Courtesy of Tulane University. 2. Kate Chopin. Kate O’Flaherty in 1869 just prior to her marriage to Oscar Chopin. Courtesy of the Missouri History Museum, St. Louis. 4. Alice Dunbar-Nelson, 1900. Courtesy of the University of Delaware Library. 3. Grace King and her sisters Flora Ann King and Nina King. Grace (left) lived with her two sisters the last thirty years of her life in the family residence. Courtesy of the State Library of Louisiana. 5. George Washington Cable House. Cable had this Italian style home built on 1313 Eighth Street, New Orleans, in 1874. Photograph courtesy of Gwen Nagel. 6. Kate Chopin House. Kate and her family lived at 1413 Louisiana Avenue in New Orleans. Two other residences, one on Magazine Street and the other on Constantinople, no longer exist. Photograph courtesy of Gwen Nagel. 7. Grace King Home. Banker Frederick Rodewald originally built Grace King’s home at 1749 Coliseum Street in the Garden District of New Orleans. She lived here with her two sisters. Photograph courtesy of Gwen Nagel. 8. Jackson Square. Originally known as the Place d’Armes, the square was renamed in 1851 in honor of the hero of the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson. St. Louis Cathedral serves as the backdrop, and the equestrian statue of General Jackson stands dramatically in the center. Photograph courtesy of Gwen Nagel. 9. The Orleans Ballroom in the Bourdon Orleans Hotel at 717 Orleans Street. One of the prime locations for the famous Quadroon Balls, the building was later purchased by the Sisters of the Holy Family Convent. In recent years it has once again become a hotel. Photograph courtesy of Gwen Nagel. 10. Madame John’s Legacy at 632 Dumaine Street. This historic house is typical of those provided to plaçage mistresses and was named for the character “Madame John” in George Washington Cable’s “’Tite Poulette.” Photograph courtesy of Gwen Nagel. 12.’Sieur George’s House. Originally known as the Pedesclaux-Le Monnier House at 636-40 Royal Street, after the publication of George Washington Cable’s “’Sieur George” it took the name of this fictional character’s residence. Photograph courtesy of Gwen Nagel. 11. St. Roch Chapel. In Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s “The Goodness of St. Rocque” Manuela comes here to offer her nouvena in hopes of marrying Theophilé. Dunbar-Nelson changed the spelling of the saint’s name for her story. Photograph courtesy of Gwen Nagel. ...