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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the Spanish Plaza and Canal Street in New Orleans, as viewed from the upper deck of the S.S. President. A ship's rail passes across the lower right corner in the foreground. The camera views the surrounding area of New Orleans from an elevated perspective, atop the S.S. President. Beyond the ship, a wharf stretches across the image on an upward angle from left to right through the mid-ground. Behind it, a short and curved set of steps lead up to the Spanish Plaza. Dozens of cars are parked in the open space. Buildings with arched windows enter frame from right and left and slightly enclose the parking lot. In the distance, Canal Street stretches straight back through center. Streaks of white flank the lower left and right edges. Text from negative sleeve: 2374. Eastern Trip October 1947 New Orleans 1 Mertie West on seat on Sight Seeing Boat on River. Small film 2 Narrow street scene Small film 3 L to R Mertie West, Mr and Mrs Colin D Care of Glendale, Calif. 4 Along the docks 5 Entrance to the docks foot Canal St 6 Sign at the docks. Del Norte SS in rear 7 & 8 Two views of the SS De [sic] Norte 9 Mertie West on SS President looks down at Del Norte 10 Mertie West on Canal street 11 SS President; our sight seeing trip on the river
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2374_003 ark:/21198/zz002j3sq1
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Plazas--Louisiana--New Orleans Canal Street (New Orleans, La.) Ships--American--Louisiana--New Orleans Cityscapes Piers & wharves--Louisiana--New Orleans
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