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Mouton, Robert L., Captain (Captain Robert L. Mouton), 1892-1956

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Mouton, Robert (Captain) L. (1892-1956). Film, 1940

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Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0468
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a 1940 film of Captain Mouton’s Les Jardins de Mouton in Lafayette, Louisiana with native cypress and oaks covered in moss. There was a grotto or shrine with Stations of the Cross and benches. There is a reference to a rock garden with statuary and a Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes. Plum trees were in bloom and there was a statue of Evangeline. Camellias were in this garden, which included the celebrated and rare Governor Mouton camellia, Pink Perfection, and the...
Dates: 1940