Word: cabildo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Simon J. Shwartz. In 1926 he smilingly turned down an offer of $5,000. Hit by Depression, he later offered Queen Marie for $1,000, found no takers. Last week the Louisiana Historical Society bought the portrait for $126, to hang in the Society's collection in the Cabildo on Jackson Square. Through New Orleans, where "Marie Leveau charms" are still sold by obscure druggists and necromancers, rose last week a babble of amazing tales about Marie Leveau's strange power over 19th Century New Orleans...