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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West standing between the streetcar tracks that stretch along Canal Street's median in New Orleans. The streetcar tracks pass across the foreground and along the bottom edge. In the near distance at center, Mertie West stands between the tracks. She faces slightly right and looks to the camera. Behind her, Canal Street extends across the image. On the far side of Canal Street, a large Walgreen's drugstore stands at a street corner, off-center to the right. A tall, cylindrical tower rises from the left corner of the building. A rounded marquee extends outward from the tower and hovers over the sidewalk. Neon signage on the tower reads, "[W]ALGREEN DRUGS [C]IGARS COSMETICS [F]OUNTAIN LUNCH," and on the marquee it reads, "Walgreen DRUGS." "Walgreens," and "Walgreen DRUGS," signs are affixed to the Canal Street side of the building at right. At left, Baronne Street intersects Canal Street along the lower left edge and extends back, slightly towards center. The facade of Immaculate Conception Church stands down Baronne Street, along the left edge. The facade is viewed at an angle. Two Moorish towers rise from the top of the facade. The Roosevelt Hotel stands in the background at right, extending beyond the right and top frames. Long, opaque white streaks flank the image along the lower left and lower right edges. Text from negative sleeve: 2377. Eastern Trip October 1947 New Orleans. 1. Mertie on Canal street 2 One Way street signs 3 One of the main boulevards leading out of the city 4 Iron work on balconies in old part of city French quarter
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2377_004 ark:/21198/zz002j3thd
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Street railroads--Louisiana--New Orleans Sightseers--Louisiana--New Orleans Canal Street (New Orleans, La.) Drugstores--Louisiana--New Orleans Walgreen Co West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972 Immaculate Conception Church (New Orleans, La.) Roosevelt (Hotel : New Orleans, La.)
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