Vieux Carre de la Nouvelle Orléans Over a Span of Many Years, Le

Sub-Title
a Map done in the year 1928
Subject

Colonial New Orleans. Indians, Pére Marquette, Ursuline nuns, colonial executions, fires, old St. Louis Cemetery, a "Voodoo Orgy," magnolia, Old House on Bayou St. John, balls, Louisaina Purchase, Napoleon, Chalmette Monument, Lafayette, burning cotton on the wharf, Lee Monument, Pontalba Buildings, Old Spanish Barracks, Ursuline Convent, Cottage of Lafayette, site of Mayor Roffignac's home, Orleans Theatre, site of St. Louis Hotel, Jackson Square, Cabildo, St. Louis Cathedral, Presbytére, house in which Lacadio Hearn lived, Tabary's Theatre, Green Shutter Bookshop, Steamboat New Orleans, forts

Date
1718-1928
Mapmaker
Gillican, Lucile and Louis Andrews
Publisher

Lucile Gillican

Place of Publication

New Orleans, La.

Accession Number
10030
Condition
Poor. Acidified, stained, surface dirt, some paper loss, needs conservation. It should be conserved as soon as possible to prevent further deterioration.
Curatorial Notes

This is a fine piece or art, executed entirely in pen and ink; excellent visuals of various events in Louisiana history surroung the map of the French Quarter only.

Notes

Autographed by Dorothy Dix, Lyle Saxon, Natalie Scott, Marguerite Clark Williams. Visuals represent Indians, Pére Marquette, arrival of the Ursuline nuns, colonial executions, colonial fires, old St. Louis Cemetery, a "Voodoo Orgy," magnolia, Old House on Bayou St. John, balls, Louisaina Purchase, Napoleon, Chalmette Monument, arrival of Lafayette, burning cotton on the wharf, Lee Monument. Other visual representations of the Pontalba Buildings, Old Spanish Barracks, Ursuline Convent, Cottage of Lafayette, site of Mayor Roffignac's home, Orleans Theatre, site of St. Louis Hotel, Jackson Square, Cabildo, St. Louis Cathedral, Presbytére, house in which Lacadio Hearn lived, Tabary's Theatre, Green Shutter Bookshop, Steamboat New Orleans, forts

Media Type
manuscript on cloth
Size
27 x 40 1/2
Storage
c01d08