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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the Del Norte idling in the Mississippi River in New Orleans. The Mississippi River flows across the foreground and into the near distance. In the mid-ground at center, the ship, Del Norte, idles in the river. It is viewed at a slight angle from its port side and faces left. Two tugboats sit alongside the ship. Beyond the ship, a wharf enters frame from left and stretches on an angle back into the distance at right. A large opaque patch of white sits in the lower right corner. Smaller, translucent patches dot the bottom edge. Text from negative sleeve: 2375. Eastern Trip October 1947 New Orleans. 1 Our City sight seeing bus 2 Oaks in park with moss hanging 3 Mertie West 4th from left in one of the cemeteries - St Louis 4 Praline vendor at the Cabildo 5 Remains brick house near Chalmette where General Parkham [sic] (British) died 6 Open canal in the city. Not many any more. 7 Horse drawn buggy near Cabaldo [sic] 8 Statue of Jackson in Jackson Park 9 Idle vessels at anchor in river above town
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2375_001 ark:/21198/zz002j3t15
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Tugboats--Louisiana--New Orleans Marines (Visual works) Ships--American--Louisiana--New Orleans Mississippi River
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