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[Oyster and charcoal luggers in the old basin, New Orleans, La.] – Historic Reproduction

[Oyster and charcoal luggers in the old basin, New Orleans, La.], [ca. 1910] — historic photograph
[Oyster and charcoal luggers in the old basin, New Orleans, La.], [ca. 1910]. Historic photograph from the New Orleans collection.

(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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A window into the past: [Oyster and charcoal luggers in the old basin, New Orleans, La.], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Oyster and charcoal luggers in the old basin, New Orleans, La.]

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Few pictures in this set show the working waterfront as plainly as this glass negative of oyster and charcoal boats gathered in the old basin at New Orleans. The boats were the workhorses of the city's shellfish and fuel trade, bringing oysters from the Gulf coast and charcoal from the surrounding region to be sold along the wharves. Made around 1910 by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely to document American towns and commerce, the image records a harbor life that depended on small wooden vessels and hand labor long before modern shipping reshaped the port.

Created / published[ca. 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 6845" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039634. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsBoats. Oysters. Shellfish industry. Charcoal. Piers & wharves.United States--Louisiana--New Orleans.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69249

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