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World’s Fair highlights and a family reunion in New Orleans
Peggy Bailer recounts a trip to the New Orleans World’s Fair with family including Jill from Houston and Gid from Dallas. Highlights include Michelangelo Caravaggio’s The Disposition, The Shroud of Turin exhibit, Pete Fountain’s Dixie Land music, and the space shuttle prototype Enterprise. A monstrance from 1938 weighs 25 pounds and is gold with silver and stones. The piece, used at Benediction on Oct 18 1938, came from Louisiana Catholic women. Also notes hologram concepts, African Queen boat on loan, and local community events including the Sunshine Club gathering and Pope John Paul II visit.
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Ollie Sue Butler
New Orleans
Jill
Houston
Ollie Sue
Gid
Dallas
Gayle
Vatican
Michelangelo Carvaggio
Turin
Pete Fountain
Reunion Hall
Louisiana