WALTER N. DAY COLLECTION OF NEW ORLEANS SLIDES
(Mss 354)
Inventory
Earl K. Long Library
University of New Orleans
August 2009
Summary
Size: 1.0 l.f.
Geographic
locations: Greater New Orleans area
Inclusive
dates: 1960 – 1992
Bulk dates: 1960 – 1978
Summary: A collection of 554 color slides taken in New Orleans by Walter N. Day from 1960 through 1992.
Related
collections: Photographs Collection; Frank B. Moore Collection (Mss 145); Vieux Carré Photographs Collection (Mss 207);
William Hession Collection (Mss 229); New Orleans Views Collection (Mss 235); Coralie G. Davis Collection (Mss 366)
Source: Gift, December 2005
Access: No restrictions on use in our reading room
Copyright: Physical rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans
Citation: Walter N. Day Collection of New Orleans Slides, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans
Biographical Note
Walter N. Day (1906-2002) of Norco, Louisiana, visited New Orleans frequently from 1960 until 1990. An avid and accomplished photographer, he documented his visits by taking slides of the various sites and events he witnessed. His son, Ray Day, recalls that his father “loved composing just the right picture.” The order in which Mr. Day arranged his slides—chronological, with slight variations—has been maintained. Most slides contain additional description and specific date.
Container List
354-001 – 354-014 New Orleans civic buildings (1960)
354-015 – 354-023 New Orleans International Airport (1960, 1963)
354-024 – 354-073 French Quarter buildings and vicinity (1960)
354-074 SAT—CEEB exams (1960)
354-075 – 354-077 Union Passenger Terminal (1960)
354-078 – 354-096 French Quarter buildings (1960)
354-097 – 354-102 The River Queen (1961)
354-103 Experimental Opera Theatre of America production of Gianna Schichi (1960)
354-104 – 354-105 French Market coffee stands (1960)
354-106 – 354-119 The River Queen and riverfront area (1961)
354-120 – 354-124 New Orleans Fairgrounds ([ca. 1960])
354-125 – 354-129 Experimental Opera Theatre of America productions of Gianna Schichi, Il Tabarro, Rigoletto (1960)
354-130 – 354-131 New Orleans Opera Association production of La Sonnambula (1964)
354-132 title page (1964)
354-133 – 354-139 New Orleans Fairgrounds (1961)
354-140 – 354-146 Jackson Square area and riverfront (1961)
354-147 – 354-152 New Orleans Fairgrounds (1961, 1964)
354-153 – 354-156 New Orleans Opera Association productions of Don Giovanni (1961), Carmen (1962)
354-157 – 354-165 New Orleans Fairgrounds (1962)
354-166 – 354-170 M.S. Stells Polaris (1961)
354-171 Preservation Hall (1963)
354-172 – 354-178 Mardi Gras (1963)
354-179 – 354-184 New Orleans International Airport (1963)
354-185 – 354-186 New Orleans downtown area (1962)
354-187 – 354-201 Mardi Gras (1964)
354-202 French Quarter (1963)
354-203 Holiday on Ice (1964)
354-204 “‘Rag Peddlers’ Wagon” (1964)
354-205 – 354-208 New Orleans Jazz Museum (1964)
354-209 French Quarter (1964)
354-210 – 354-217 Holiday on Ice (1964)
354-218 – 354-220 New Orleans Opera Association production of Aida (1964)
354-221 – 354-244 Mardi Gras (1965, 1966)
354-245 New Orleans International Airport sign, damaged by Hurricane Betsy (1966)
354-246 – 354-248 New Orleans Customhouse (1967)
354-249 – 354-252 New Orleans Opera Association production of Don Pasquale (1965)
354-253 – 354-254 SEC-SLGC Shoot (1965)
354-255 – 354-259 New Orleans Opera Association production of La Traviata (1965)
354-260 – 354-261 Ballet Coppeia (1966)
354-262 – 354-278 Mardi Gras (1966)
354-279 – 354-280 “Night on Canal St.” (1967)
354-281 “Night on Bourbon St.” (1967)
354-282 – 354-288 International Trade Mart (1967)
354-289 – 354-290 New Orleans Fairgrounds (1967)
354-291 – 354-294 Mardi Gras (1967)
354-295 – 354-296 Pavageau funeral (1969)
354-297 Café Lafitte (1969)
354-298 – 354-300 Pavageau funeral (1969)
354-301 “Bozo Openers (Pete Fountain’s Dad)” (1969)
354-302 “French Market Sparrows” (1969)
354-303 “Travel Show in Rivergate—NASA Exhibit” (1969)
354-304 St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 ([1968?])
354-305 – 354-315 Mardi Gras (1968)
354-316 – 354-325 New Orleans Fairgrounds (1969)
354-326 “Shell Central Facility Works” (1971)
354-327 “View from Goose-Ships in River” (1971)
354-328 Dow-Jones Industrial Average display board (1971)
354-329 Gallier Hall (1971)
354-330 New Orleans Arms (1971)
354-331 – 354-338 New Orleans banks, chiefly International City Bank (1969)
354-339 Pavageau funeral (1969)
354-340 – 354-358 Mardi Gras (1970)
354-359 French Quarter hitching post (1970)
354-360 – 354-361 Pokorny Shoe Store, New Orleans (1970)
354-362 – 354-365 New Orleans marathon (1970)
354-366 – 354-378 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (1970)
354-379 – 354-380 French Quarter (1970)
354-381 – 354-389 Mardi Gras (1971)
354-390 – 354-391 New Orleans Jazz Museum (1970)
354-392 – 354-400 French Quarter, chiefly artists and galleries (1970)
354-401 – 354-405 City Park (1971)
354-406 – 354-418 Mardi Gras (1971)
354-419 – 354-422 Views from atop the International Trade Mart (1974)
354-423 “Backlighted swamp scene” (1973)
354-424 – 354-438 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (1973)
354-439 – 354-440 City Park (1973)
354-441 – 354-442 Theatre of the Performing Arts (1974)
354-443 – 354-449 New Orleans Fairgrounds (1974)
354-450 French Quarter minibus (1974)
354-452 – 354-458 Mardi Gras (1974)
354-459 – 354-465 Uptown buildings (1976)
354-466 Streetcar (1976)
354-467 – 354-475 Downtown buildings (1975)
354-476 – 354-479 Maritime Museum, International Trade Mart (1974)
354-480 – 354-487 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (1978)
354-488 – 354-489 Cabildo (1976)
354-490 – 354-499 French Quarter (1976)
354-500 – 354-501 Monk parakeets (1987)
354-502 – 354-510 Audubon Zoo (1985)
354-511 – 354-516 New Orleans Fairgrounds (1984)
354-517 – 354-520 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (1978)
354-521 City Park (1992)
354-522 – 354-540 Aquarium of the Americas (1990)
354-541 – 354-543 Riverwalk (1990)
354-544 Riverfront streetcars (1990)
354-545 – 354-554 City Park (chiefly 1991; 1992)
Index Terms
Carnival—Louisiana—New Orleans—Views
City Park (New Orleans, La.)—Views
Fair Grounds Race Course (New Orleans, La.—Views
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival—Views
New Orleans, La.—Views
Opera—Louisiana—New Orleans—Views
Photography, Artistic
Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La.)—Views