Print shows Farragut's fleet bombarding and fighting at the battle of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip near New Orleans, April 1862. Ships shown include for the Confederate States Navy, three ironclads: CSS Manassas, Louisiana, and Mississippi; for the Union Navy, USS Hartford, Pensacola, Varuna, and Brooklyn; motar vessels bombarding the forts in the background
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below caption names the forts and some of the ships depicted above., and Another state of image with caption title above image and slightly different letters below image was issued in Robert Tomes. The war with the South, a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders (New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867), volume 2, facing page 181. This state has imprint: Virtue, Yorston & Co., publishers, N.Y.; and copyright claim: Entered according to act of Congress AD 1863 by Virtue, Yorston & Co. in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Publisher:
Virtue, Yorston & Co.?
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Mississippi River, Fort Jackson (La.), Fort Saint Philip (La.), and New Orleans (La.)
Subject (Name):
United States. Navy. Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, Manassas (Ship), Mississippi (Ironclad), Louisiana (Ironclad), Hartford (Ship), Pensacola (Screw steamer), Brooklyn (Ship), and Varuna (Ship)
BEIN WA Prints 423: Autograph letter (in verse) by Frances E. Flynn, dated Nov. 22, 1857. On sheet: 28 x 23 cm., After a print by John Bachmann., and Coordinates not present and are approximated.
Photograph album of images documenting cities in the Gulf Coast region of the United States, circa 1878-1879. Images primarily depict locations in New Orleans, Louisiana, as well as Mobile, Alabama, and the Florida communities of Pensacola, Millview, and Bluff Springs, Images of New Orleans include a view of Jackson Square and surrounding buildings and a view of Canal Street at the intersection with St. Charles Street, probably during Mardi Gras. Images of the New Orleans waterfront include a wharf and levee with bales of cotton and steamboats and a view of the steamboat Natchez. Discrete interior views show memorial catafalques for King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and for Pope Pius IX in January and February 1878 in the St. Louis Cathedral located at Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana, Images of Mobile, Alabama, include a view of Dauphin Street, as well as views of several buildings consisting of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall, the wholesale grocery store of Abraham Moog and Bernard Moog, and a residence. A view of Bienville Square shows African American men and white men, women, and children on an adjacent street; an inscription in the negative identifies the photographer as J. S. McClure, a photographer living in New Orleans. A view of Magnolia Cemetery shows a Confederate Rest monument, Images of Pensacola, Florida, include a view of the city, a view of the Yniestra Building on Palafox Street, and a view of sailing ships at wharves in Pensacola Bay. Images of structures include views of a school and residence, as well as the Christ Episcopal Church and a Presbyterian church, and Images in the vicinity of Millview, Florida, include a view of a mill of the Perdido Bay Lumber Company and views along the Escambia River that include a pier and residences at Bluff Springs
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Manuscript captions on mounts.
Subject (Geographic):
Alabama, Mobile, Bienville Square (Mobile, Ala.), Bluff Springs (Fla.), Canal Street (New Orleans, La.), Escambia River (Fla.), Florida, Gulf Coast (U.S.), Jackson Square (New Orleans, La.), Louisiana, Magnolia Cemetery (Mobile, Ala.), Millview (Fla.), Mobile (Ala.), New Orleans (La.), Pensacola (Fla.), Pensacola Bay (Fla.), and Southern States
Subject (Name):
McClure, J. S., b. 1825., Pius IX, Pope, 1792-1878, Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy, 1820-1878, Christ Episcopal Church (Pensacola, Fla.), Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Natchez (Steamboat), Perdido Bay Lumber Company, and St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans, La.)
Book of cyanotype photographs of New Orleans businesses created by photographer Edward T. Adams and compiled by publisher Albert D. Hofeline, 1887. The majority of the photographic prints appear facing a page with a printed advertisement for the business depicted in the image. The images often depict the staff of the business in front of its building. Several of the advertisements include detailed pictorial engravings and they all describe the goods and services of the business, Images of buildings identified with individual retailers include John Bastian, a book and picture dealer; William L. Cushing, a machinery dealer; E. C. Fenner, a carriage dealer; A. W. Hyatt, a stationer; Frank Keehn, an agent for the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association; David Lemley, a tinsmith; J. C. Morris, a woodenware dealer; John P. Richardson, a dry goods dealer; and W. G. Tebault, a furniture dealer, Images of factories and manufacturers include Lhote & Co., door and sash factory and lumber yard; Adolph G. Ricks & Co., leather and shoe findings; Joseph Schwartz, a dealer and manufacturer of wagons and carriages; and the Steam Candy Manufactory of confectioner C. H. Miller, which includes a man standing on the sidewalk with a display board advertising Diehl & Johnson Fireworks, Images of grocery businesses include Clark & Meader; D'Amico, Sidotti & Lewis; John T. Moore, Jr. & Co.; and Schmidt & Ziegler. The image of Clark & Meader includes its delivery wagon and an African American male laborer, Images of hotels include the Hotel et Restaurant de la Louisiane, the Hotel Vonderbank, and the Hotel Victor, which also housed Victor's Restaurant, Images of insurance company buildings include Factors' and Traders' Insurance Company, Hope Insurance Company of New Orleans, and New Orleans Insurance Company, Images of newspaper offices include the Daily Picayune and Times-Democrat. The latter image includes African American delivery boys posed standing in front of the building, Images of other commercial buildings include the Avenue Theatre with a large crowd of people outside the building, the New Orleans National Bank building, and the Soulé Commercial College and Literary Institute with men and boys posed standing on a sidewalk outside the building, Images of retail business buildings include A. Baldwin & Co., a hardware dealer; A. Brousseau's Son, a carpet merchant; A. Geiger & Company, cloth merchants; Comptoir Industriel Belge, an importer from Belgium and France; Frantz and Opitz, jewelers; Hunter and Genslinger, stationers; John Gauche's Sons, china dealers; and the regional offices for the Nonotuck Silk Company, Images of tobacco factories consist of United States branch factories of the Real Fábrica La Honradez (La Honradez Tobacco Manufacturing Company) and the Ramon Allones Havana Cigarette Manufacturing Company. The latter image includes women laborers peering out the windows and its accompanying advertisement underscores its "Red Cross" Havana cigarettes by using red ink in the printing, A few images depict machinery. An image depicting the Louque's Improved Balanced Engine, invented by Charles Louque, a lawyer in New Orleans, faces a description of the engine. An engraving of a web perfecting printing press manufactured by Water Scott & Company faces an advertisement for the Daily States newspaper, Business advertisements without photographic representations include the wholesale grocery firm of Parker and Hart; John Bassich, Jr., an attorney and counselor at law; John Bastian, a stationer and frame maker; Paul Bordenave, a grocer; the Garden District Bakery; French Market Tea Depot; John Schmitt Restaurant and Saloon; Crescent City Book Bindery; and the branch office for Thomas Fawcett & Sons, coal and coke dealers. Other advertisements include a prospectus of the College of the Immaculate Conception and an announcement for Arlaud's Strengthening Elixir, developed and distributed by druggist Leon Arlaud, and Images of locations that do not represent adjacent advertisements include views of cemeteries, waterfront, ships, and incidental views. Views of cemeteries include the Confederate Memorial Monument in the Greenwood Cemetery and a monument to the Washington Artillery of New Orleans in Metairie Cemetery (also known as Howard Cemetery). Views of waterfront in New Orleans include the steamboat landing at the foot of Canal Street; Bayou Saint John at the foot of Esplanade Street; Lake Pontchitrain at Pass Christian; and West End. Views of ships include an English steamship loading cotton and a Brazilian man-of-war. Incidental views include an overview of Jackson Square, including the monument to Andrew Jackson, St. Louis Cathedral, Presbytère (court building), and Cabildo (city council building), in addition to an interior view of the Church of the Immaculate Conception (also known as Jesuits Church) on Baronne Street
Description:
Title from title page., Typescript captions below several images., Photographic prints primarily 19.1 x 15.2 cm., and Presentation inscription to John Kracke from Albert D. Hofeline, June 2, 1925.
Publisher:
Hofeline & Adams
Subject (Geographic):
Louisiana, New Orleans, Bayou Saint John (La.), Jackson Square (New Orleans, La.), New Orleans (La.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Adams, Edward T., Arlaud, Leon., Bassich, John, Jr., Bastian, John, b. 1851., Bordenave, Paul., Cushing, William L., Fenner, E. C. (Edward C.), Hofeline, Albert. D., Hyatt, A. W. (Arthur W.), Keehn, Frank., Lemley, David., Louque, Charles., Miller, C. H. (Christopher H.), Morris, J. C. (Joseph C.), Richardson, John P., Schwartz, Joseph, b. 1828., Tebault, W. G. (William G.), A. Brousseau's Son (New Orleans, La.), A. Geiger & Company (New Orleans, La.), Adolph G. Ricks & Co. (New Orleans, La.), Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, Avenue Theatre (New Orleans, La.), Church of the Immaculate Conception (New Orleans, La.), Clark & Meader (New Orleans, La.), College of the Immaculate Conception (New Orleans, La.), Comptoir Industriel Belge (New Orleans, La.), Confederate States of America. Army. Washington Artillery Battalion (New Orleans, La.), Crescent City Book Bindery (New Orleans, La.), Times-picayune, Daily states (New Orleans, La.), Diehl & Johnson Fireworks., Factors' and Traders' Insurance Company (New Orleans, La.), French Market Tea Depot (New Orleans, La.), Garden District Bakery (New Orleans, La.), Greenwood Cemetery (New Orleans, La.), Hotel et Restaurant de la Louisiane (New Orleans, La.), Hotel Victor (New Orleans, La.), Hotel Vonderbank (New Orleans, La.), Hunter and Genslinger (New Orleans, La.), John Gauche's Sons (New Orleans, La.), John Schmitt Restaurant and Saloon (New Orleans, La.), John T. Moore, Jr. & Co. (New Orleans, La.), Lhote & Co. (New Orleans, La.), New Orleans Insurance Company, New Orleans (La.). Cabildo, New Orleans National Bank, Nonotuck Silk Company, Parker and Hart (New Orleans, La.), Presbytère (New Orleans, La.), Ramon Allones Havana Cigarette Manufacturing Company., Real Fábrica La Honradez, Schmidt & Ziegler (New Orleans, La.), Soulé Commercial College and Literary Institute (New Orleans, La.), St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans, La.), Steam Candy Manufactory (New Orleans, La.), Thomas Fawcett & Sons., Times-democrat (New Orleans, La.), and Victor's Restaurant (New Orleans, La.)
Subject (Topic):
Monuments, American newspapers, Commerce, Engines, Factories, Grocery trade, Industries, Insurance companies, Monuments & memorials, Newspaper presses, Newspapers, Retail trade, Tobacco industry, Description and travel, Views, and History
