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Mississippi River views: New Orleans harbor, Feb. 8, 1898 – Vintage Wall Art

Mississippi River views: New Orleans harbor, Feb. 8, 1898, 1898 Feb 8. — historic photograph
Mississippi River views: New Orleans harbor, Feb. 8, 1898, 1898 Feb 8.. 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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A window into the past: Mississippi River views: New Orleans harbor, Feb. 8, 1898, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Mississippi River views: New Orleans harbor, Feb. 8, 1898

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Dated February 8, 1898, this print is number 13 in a series of Mississippi River views, and it turns to the working waterfront at New Orleans, where the river curves past the city. In the 1890s the port was one of the busiest in the country, moving cotton, sugar, and other goods from the Mississippi valley to markets across the Gulf and overseas. Ships of various sizes crowded the wharves, so the scene shows a city whose economy depended on the river. Photographs like this one preserve a view of the harbor as it looked before the twentieth century changed its docks.

Created / published1898 Feb 8.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1900.
NotesNo. 13.
SubjectsHarbors--Louisiana--New Orleans--1890-1900. Ships--Louisiana--New Orleans--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,001 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162573

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