St. Simeon's Select School, New Orleans, La. – Vintage Wall Art
(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 historic photograph of St. Simeon's Select School, New Orleans, La. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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St. Simeon's Select School, New Orleans, La.
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St. Simeon's Select School in New Orleans is captured here on an 8 by 10 inch glass plate negative, a large format that recorded fine architectural and street detail. Made around 1906, the view comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that sold scenes of American towns, landmarks and institutions to travelers and publishers in the early twentieth century. Images like this one document how schools were housed and presented in the city at the time, and the building's appearance, grounds and setting are worth studying for clues about early twentieth-century urban life in New Orleans.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | G 3781" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019316. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Educational facilities. Schools.United States--Louisiana--New Orleans. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 784 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-62755 |
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