Chartres St., 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 Chartres St., New Orleans, La. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Chartres St., New Orleans, La.
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Chartres Street, one of the oldest thoroughfares in the French Quarter, is the subject of this c1906 view, a glass dry plate negative made for the Detroit Publishing Company. The street was laid out during the French colonial period in the early eighteenth century, and by the early 1900s it ran through a dense mix of shops, offices and older Creole buildings. The Detroit Publishing Company, known for its color and black-and-white views of American towns and scenery, made this image on an 8 x 10 inch plate, a format prized for its sharp detail, which lets viewers study the storefronts and street life of the period.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | G 3784" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019296. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Streets. Commercial facilities.United States--Louisiana--New Orleans. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-62735 |
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