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Call Number:

PH-01813

Collection Name:

Impressions of Old New Orleans

Creator:

Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942 (1869 - 1942)

No. of Items:

101 half-tone prints in 1 bound volume

Span Dates:

1926

Description:

Impressions of Old New Orleans, by Arnold Genthe with a forward by Grace King. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. The publication contains 101 halftone plates by Arnold Genthe. Subjects include courtyards, tropical plants, convents, nuns, balconies, colonial architecture, local people, plantation houses, residencies, a cemetery, a prison and barracks, all shot in New Orleans.

Accession No(s):

2000:0070:0001-0101

Location(s):

F 379 N5 G2 HRC-P (2000:0070:0001-0101)
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See Also:

16 prints in the Literary Files: Foreign Press Service Box (P23A-B) ; Hamilton, Florence Box 2 (P100) ; Masters, Edgar Lee Box 5 (P321, 333B) ; Morley, Christopher Darlington Box 1 (P14-18), Box 10 (P827), Box 11 (P897, 915, 938) ; Scott, Evelyn Box (P47

Arnold Genthe Photography Collection