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[Old Absinthe House, New Orleans, Louisiana] – Vintage Print

[Old Absinthe House, New Orleans, Louisiana], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Old Absinthe House, New Orleans, Louisiana], [between 1900 and 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: [Old Absinthe House, New Orleans, Louisiana], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Old Absinthe House, New Orleans, Louisiana]

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The Old Absinthe House on Bourbon Street in New Orleans is the subject here, a bar whose name recalls the anise-flavored spirit that drew visitors to the French Quarter for generations. The Absinthe House is traditionally dated to the early 1800s, and by the time this glass negative was made, between 1900 and 1910, it had long been a well-known stop for travelers. The Detroit Publishing Company produced many views of American cities and landmarks for tourism and rail promotion in these years, so the picture also documents how the city's old drinking houses were presented to the public. Absinthe was banned in the United States in 1912, which gives the image added interest as a record of the place just before that change.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 639 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033065. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsBars.United States--Louisiana--New Orleans.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66408

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