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Old Absinthe House bar, New Orleans, La. – Vintage Print

Old Absinthe House bar, New Orleans, La., [between 1900 and 1950] — historic photograph
Old Absinthe House bar, New Orleans, La., [between 1900 and 1950]. 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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Old Absinthe House bar, New Orleans, La. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Old Absinthe House bar, New Orleans, La.

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The Old Absinthe House on Bourbon Street is the building this picture records, and the bar inside it is the detail that sets the scene apart. The Absinthe House dates to the early 1800s and was long a gathering place for New Orleans drinkers, with its name tied to the anise liqueur that once defined the city's cocktail culture. The Library of Congress catalogs this print as part of the Wittemann Collection, a body of early twentieth-century photographs of New Orleans. Its date falls somewhere between 1900 and 1950, so it captures the bar during a period when the French Quarter was becoming a draw for visitors as well as locals.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1950]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1950.
NotesNo. 1005. Wittemann Collection.
SubjectsBars--Louisiana--New Orleans--1900-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,264 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183366

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