New Orleans levee about 1905, AMERICA in center – Historic Reproduction
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with New Orleans levee about 1905, AMERICA in center, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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New Orleans levee about 1905, AMERICA in center
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The word AMERICA painted across the center of this view is the detail that sets it apart, and it may name one of the steamboats tied along the bank, though the record does not confirm that. The catalog card lists levees and steamboats as its subjects, which fits New Orleans around 1905, when the riverfront was a working port where cotton, sugar, and freight moved between river craft and oceangoing ships. The picture belongs to the Eskew Collection, numbered 110, and its date of about 1905 comes from the caption card rather than a verified source, so it is best read as a snapshot of the city's busy waterfront in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | [ca. 1905] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | No. 110. Eskew Coll. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Levees; Steamboats. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,214 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151299 |
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