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Deacon William R. Larson, 47, interim pastor of MCC New Orleans, formerly a Methodist lay minister.

Graphic showing the Upstairs Lounge and its patrons on June 24th and the course of the fire.

Wanda Long runs The Original Wanda’s Bar at 604 Iberville.

Wanda Long lists two bars for sale at 604-608 Iberville.

A fire department snorkel was used to remove the body of man, one of 20 killed Sunday night when fire raced through the Upstairs, a French Quarter bar.

Logo for the Upstairs Lounge File exhibit.

This archived report from the CBS Evening News is followed by an NBC news bulletin.

Bodies burned as bar patrons tried to escape through the barred windows facing Chartres Street.

Three men who died in the fire were never identified.

by Joseph Ross

Native Louisianan Clayton Delery-Edwards brings together his decades-long research into the tragedy into this new book.

Rev. Richardson, rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church, opened the doors of the church for the memorial service on the night following the fire.

The August 15th edition of The Advocate includes a detailed account of events around the U.S. raising funds for the New Orleans Memorial Fund as well as the slow progress of the official investigation.

Street map indicating the location of the Upstairs Lounge on the corner of Chartres and Iberville.

Interior & exterior of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church (shown in 2013). Community memorial service was held here on July 1, 1973. The Rev. Edward Kennedy was pastor at the time.

A memorial service, led by the Rev. Troy Perry, was held in the sanctuary at St. George’s Episcopal Church on the night following the fire.

Solomon is a candidate for delegate to Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973.

Solomon protests against public boat policy that bans rentals to two men.

Firemen give first aid to survivors of a French Quarter fire that swept through a second story bar leaving 29 dead and 15 injured. Several persons leaped to safety before the entire bar was engulfed in flames in New Orleans.

Robert K. Lumpkin, 29, from Mississippi.