The old French Market, New Orleans – Vintage Wall Art
![The old French Market, New Orleans, [between 1880 and 1897] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/53/5359d0e88065-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures The old French Market, New Orleans in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The old French Market, New Orleans
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The Old French Market in New Orleans, with its carts and wagons drawn up along the street, shows a working market district at the end of the nineteenth century. The French Market grew out of an open-air trading ground on the Mississippi riverfront that dates to the early eighteenth century, when produce, fish, and goods from the surrounding plantations and farms reached the city by river and road. This glass negative was made by the photographer William Henry Jackson, whose views of American cities and landscapes were later issued through the Detroit Publishing Company. Carts and wagons like these were the everyday means of moving goods through the market, so the scene captures the commerce that defined the district.
| Created / published | [between 1880 and 1897] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). 7415" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 8115. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Ethnic neighborhoods. Carts & wagons. Markets.United States--Louisiana--New Orleans. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 711 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-76352 |
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