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The old French Market, New Orleans – Antique Print

The old French Market, New Orleans, [between 1880 and 1897] — historic photograph
The old French Market, New Orleans, [between 1880 and 1897]. 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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Step back in time with The old French Market, New Orleans, a historic photograph rich in period 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 French Market in New Orleans, a row of open-sided stalls along the Mississippi riverfront, is the subject here, shown with carts and wagons drawn up among the vendors. The negative is a 5 by 7 inch glass plate, and the record attributes it to photographer William Henry Jackson, whose views of American cities were widely sold in the 1890s. The market had been trading on this spot for well over a century, drawing farmers, fishermen and merchants from across the city's varied communities. Its mix of wagons and crowded stalls shows how the old commercial life of the Quarter operated before streetcars and modern grocery stores reshaped city buying habits.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1897]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesAttribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). 7411" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 8112. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsMarkets. Carts & wagons. Ethnic neighborhoods.United States--Louisiana--New Orleans.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 723 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76349

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