Found an awesome new link this morning while working on the essay for the third New Acquisition pamphlet which is well underway after having to be postponed this fall.

The link is from the New Orleans Public Library’s Pamphlet of the Month page.

The one pamphlet in particular that caught my interest was An Outline of Twelve Months of Progress in New Orleans: August 17, 1936 – August 17, 1937. There’s a great deal of interest in this pamphlet which overzealously touts the civic improvements wrought by the city’s then administration.

One of the many things that caught my eye was the last sentence on page 3: “The City of New Orleans has not borne one cent of the cost of this booklet.” It makes me think of nothing so much as all those pamphlets and flyers my current Mayor, Mr. Bloomberg, sent my way when campaigning for his third term.