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Title
View looking down Canal Street, New Orleans, 1947
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
October, 1947
1947-10
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white.
A poorly-lit or poorly-exposed photograph of Canal Street in New Orleans, as viewed from a street corner. A cross-street to Canal Street passes horizontally along the bottom edge. Canal Street enters frame from the lower left corner and stretches back into the distance towards center. At right, a man crossing the cross-street walks towards the camera. Behind him, a wide sidewalk runs adjacent to Canal Street. It is lined by buildings. Signage on the buildings reads, from front to back, "Catherin[...] SHOPS," "Emporium INC," "MONTELEONI," "[NA]TION[AL] S[...]RT SHO[...]," "DRUGS," and "HOLMES." Down Canal Street, cars drive away from camera and park along the right curb. Flags and banners hang over the street. A median extends along the left side of the street. Beyond the median, buildings line the left side of the street in the distance. Four punched holes line the upper edge at left.
Text from negative sleeve: 2342. COLOR Eastern trip October 1947 New Orleans 1 & 2 The Del Norte alongside wharf 3 Vessels at anchor in Mississippi river above town 4 & 5 Two views of Canal street 6 A main boulevard out toward Lake Ponchartrain 7 Vessels alongside the docks 8 General Jackson's statue in Jackson Square Park
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2342_004
ark:/21198/zz002j3j3b
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Cities & towns--Louisiana
Canal Street (New Orleans, La.)
Buildings--Louisiana--New Orleans
City & town life--Louisiana--New Orleans
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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