View of Spanish Plaza and Canal Street, viewed from the S.S. President, New Orleans, 1947

Item Overview

Title

View of Spanish Plaza and Canal Street, viewed from the S.S. President, 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

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.

Caption

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

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

29.948616

Latitude

-90.062029

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Plazas--Louisiana--New Orleans
Canal Street (New Orleans, La.)
Ships--American--Louisiana--New Orleans
Cityscapes
Piers & wharves--Louisiana--New Orleans