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Greetings from New Orleans — Pelican

Date
c. 1930s
State
Louisiana
City
New Orleans
Format
Postcard

A pelican stands beneath the city name, beside views of streets and buildings tucked into the letters. The bird and city scenes give the postcard two ways to identify its destination at a glance.

The pelican was already an emblem of Louisiana in territorial days. A seal showing a pelican feeding her young was in use by 1804, and the state standardized the design in 1902. On this New Orleans souvenir, the bird gives a city greeting a symbol familiar across Louisiana.

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