MSS 198 - Anonymous Snapshots

ANONYMOUS SNAPSHOTS COLLECTION

(Mss 198)

Inventory

Earl K. Long Library

University of New Orleans

Summary

Size:                           92 snapshots in souvenir album

Geographic

locations:                 New Orleans and vicinity

Inclusive dates:      mid-1920s to early 1930s

Summary:                 Album of unknown provenance containing snapshot views of New Orleans and vicinity including aerial views of business district; views of riverfront with grain elevators, dry docks, steam boats, ferries, steamships, four- and six-masted vessels, unidentified naval vessel, seaplanes and hanger near Industrial Canal, wharf fire of November 17, 1925 and ruins; New Basin Canal with steamer St. Tammany; Jefferson Park Race Track; Canal, Chartres and Royal Streets; Carrollton and Esplanade Avenues; St. Louis No. 3 Cemetery; Lafayette Square and City Hall; Immaculate Conception, St. John the Baptist, St. Patrick, and St. Theresa Roman Catholic, and Carrollton United Methodist and Trinity Episcopal churches; Westwego High School; Harvey Canal; hunting and fishing vignettes probably on Lake Pontchartrain by railroad bridge.

Source:                     Purchase, March 1988

Access:                     No restrictions

Copyright:                Physical rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.

Citation:                    Anonymous Snapshots Collection, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans