Illuminations of Boston and Commercial Club Buildings, New Orleans, Mardi Gras, 1898 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Illuminations of Boston and Commercial Club Buildings, New Orleans, Mardi Gras, 1898. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Illuminations of Boston and Commercial Club Buildings, New Orleans, Mardi Gras, 1898
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Lights outline the facades of the Boston Club and the Commercial Club in New Orleans, the two buildings named in the title. Illuminated club houses and business fronts were a regular part of Mardi Gras in the 1890s, turning the buildings into displays for crowds in the street. The photograph is credited to John N. Teunisson and dated around 1898, though the caption card's details are unverified. The "Boston" in the title refers to the Boston Club, a New Orleans social club, not the city of Boston.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo copyrighted by John N. Teunisson. No. 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: La.--New Orleans; La.--New Orleans--Mardi Gras; Lighting; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,200 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-147921 |
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