"No Smoking" sign standing at the docks, New Orleans, 1947

Item Overview

Title

"No Smoking" sign standing at the docks, 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 a large, "No Smoking" sign standing on a wharf in New Orleans. The dock stretches across the foreground and into the mid-ground. In the near distance at center, a sign stands and it reads, "NO SMOKING $100[.]00 FINE." Beyond it, 2 ships in partial view are moored at the dock. The [Del] Norte sits directly beyond the sign; its bow extends out-of-frame at right. A building on the dock stands in partial view along the right edge. The second ship is docked at left; it too is in partial view. In the far distance, the opposite shore is barely visible in the gap between the 2 ships. Streaks of white light stretch upwards along the bottom edge.

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

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Ships--American--Louisiana--New Orleans
Signs (Notices)
Piers & wharves--Louisiana--New Orleans