View looking northwest down Canal Street, New Orleans, 1947

Item Overview

Title

View looking northwest down Canal Street, New Orleans, 1947

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

October, 1947

Date

1947-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white.
Photograph of Canal Street in New Orleans, as viewed from the southeast and looking northwest. Canal Street enters frame from the lower right corner and stretches back on an angle towards center. A sidewalk, lined by buildings, extends alongside it at left. From front to back, signage on the buildings reads, "[...]TER 'RIFF RAFF' WITH PAT O'BRIEN WALTER SLEZAK," "THE ROOSEVELT HOTEL," "CANAL LOAN & JEWELRY CO. INC. DIAMONDS GIFTS LUGGAGE LOANS," "JEWELRY NOVELTIES," and "GIFTS." Two cars drive down Canal Street in the foreground at right. They both approach camera and are viewed at an angle from the front. The lead car's front end extends beyond the right frame. Beyond and to the right of the cars, a median stretches through the middle of the street. A cable car travels down the median in the distance at center. Buildings line the right side of Canal Street. Some of the signage, from front to back reads, "KRESS," "ALLEN'S [???] SHOES," McCRORYS," "S[??]NGER," and "KRAUSS." Flags, banners and cable car lines hover over the street. Four punched holes dot the bottom edge at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2343. COLOR Eastern trip October 1947 New Orleans. 1 Old section with balconies and wrought iron work 2 and 3 Two views of Canal street 4 Old Xxxxxxx from Jackson Park Cathedral 5 Statue of Jackson in Jackson Park with old Cathedral in rear 6 Homeward bound; our car Clover Haven

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Louisiana--New Orleans

Longitude

29.954555

Latitude

-90.071454

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Automobiles--American--Louisiana--New Orleans
Cities & towns--Louisiana
Canal Street (New Orleans, La.)