S. S. Del Norte moored at Poydras Street Wharf, New Orleans, 1947

Item Overview

Title

S. S. Del Norte moored at Poydras Street Wharf, 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 S. S. Del Norte mooring at Poydras Street Wharf in New Orleans, as viewed from an elevated perspective. The S. S. Del Norte sits below the camera at center. It is viewed from its stern. A semi-circular tarp covers the near portion of the stern. At the near end of the stern, an American flag hangs from the ship. Beyond the tarp, masts, rigging and cabins extend upward from the ship's top deck. At right, the wharf sits alongside and below the ship. A warehouse standing on the wharf enters frame from right and extends back towards center, disappearing behind the ship. Signage on the building reads, "[...] POYDRAS STREET WHARF DIV. [4] UP DIV. 5 DOWN." The Mississippi River flows to the left of the ship and into the distance. Large patches of white light 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

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Marines (Visual works)
Ships--American--Louisiana--New Orleans
Mississippi River
Piers & wharves--Louisiana--New Orleans