A gambling hall owner moves from New Orleans and entertains his new patrons with hot jazz. In 1917, Nick Duquesne (Arturo de Córdova) — owner of a casino and a night club in New Orleans — is the King ...

Hurricanes didn't start getting names in the United States until 1953, so the big storm of 1947 doesn't have an iconic name to recall. At one point a Category 5 storm, it killed at least 51 people on ...

Destructive hurricanes, like most complex historical events, tend to be reduced to simpler narratives in the “historiography” — that is, in our evolving interpretations of history. The hurricanes of ...

Plate: 8.8 x 12 in. (22.5 x 30.5 cm.), Sheet: 11 x 16 in. (27.9 x 40.6 cm.) ...