The Pontalpa Apartments, flanking St. Louis Cathedral (left) at Jackson Square are the most photographed images of New Orleans.
There have been many trials called the "Trial of the Century." Here Clarence Darrow (center) defends killers Richard Loeb (left) and Nathan Leopold (right).
East Louisiana State Hospital is one of the longest continuously operating hospitals in the U.S. This is the cupola of the Center Building, contructed in the 1850s.
Phrenology was frequently used as an explanation for abberant mental processes. Although out of vogue by the 20th century, this image was proposed as an explanation of the behavior of Nathan Leopold.
This is an image from the arrest of John Wayne Gacy, one of the worst serial killers in American History.

 
 
 

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