Image Title:
Marie Laveau (1801–1881)
Note:
" Although she is best known today as the “legendary Creole voodoo priestess of New Orleans,” Laveaux was in fact a 19th century hairdresser, confidant, and community leader in New Orleans, who tended the sick and financed charitable and benevolent organizations." Ream more at Blackpast.org and Also Here
Artist:
Frank Schneider
Image Source:
Wikipedia
Subject:
Religion - Catholicism - Priestess - Voodoo - "Freewoman of Color" - New Orleans - Magic
Date:
1920
Rights:
Public Domain
Image:
SA-Headwraps-11
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