Miscellaneous

Allison did not leave descriptions for the negatives included in this series. Several of the descriptions listed below were taken from prints also included in the collection. The others are more or less derived from the photographs themselves.

Allison took several of these photographs on February 19, 1958, the day after that year's Mardi Gras. In some of them, snow is visible on the ground, a week after the unusual snowfall of February 12.

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Thumbnail	Series	Subseries	Image # (click to view)	Allison's Description	Date	Additional Description	Original Location
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 1	Negro Housing Project--Back Yard	1958/February 19	Magnolia Housing Project	I 1
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 2	Negro Housing Project--Front Yard	1958/February 19	Magnolia Housing Project	I 2
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 3	Negro Housing Project--Playground & School	1958/February 19	Magnolia Housing Project (the playground was then known as Shakspeare Park and the school as Carter G. Woodson Junior High School)	I 3
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 4	Dock Board Office from Ferry Ramp	1958/February 19		I 4
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 5	Dock Board Office from Ferry Ramp	1958/February 19		I 5
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 6	New Mississippi River Bridge from the Ferry	1958/February 19	U.S.S. President is also shown in the photograph	I 6
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 7	New Mississippi River Bridge from the Ferry	1958/February 19		I 7
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 8	Looking Down Vehicle Ramp to Ferry	1958/February 19	The photograph actually shows cars heading down the ramp after leaving the ferry.	I 8
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 9	Freak Exposure	1958/February 19	Skyline--double exposure apparently taken from Allison's office in City Hall. There is a message written in the snow "Chep Snowed (illegible)."	I 9
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 10	Test shot 16 stop, 1/100 sec.	1958/February 19	Canal Street between Carondelet and St. Charles. A streetcar, the old Godchaux building (at Chartres), and a Donaldson for Mayor sign are in the view.	I 10
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 11	Test shot larger stop, 1/50 sec.	1958/February 19	Canal Street between Carondelet and St. Charles. A streetcar and the old Godchaux building (at Chartres) are in the view.	I 11
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 12	Tilting Snowman	1958/February 19		II 1
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 13	Cantilever Bridge	1940s(?)	Actually the bascule bridge over the New Basin Canal at City Park Avenue/Metairie Road.	II 2
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 14	Cantilever Bridge	1940s(?)	Actually this appears to show the bascule bridge over the New Basin Canal at Tulane Avenue/Airline Highway. Pelican Stadium is visible in the background.	II 3
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 15	Playground with tree	1957/11/16		II 4
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 16	Mid-City(?)	1957/11/16		II 5
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 17	Uptown end of the North Claiborne Avenue Overpass.	1957/11/16	Note the "Dixie Doodle" advertisement on the billboard.	II 6
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 18	Trees and Bus Stop	1957(?)	Perhaps Napoleon Avenue.	II 7
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 19	Neutral Ground with Lamppost	1957/11/16	Napoleon Avenue between South Saratoga and Loyola Streets (part of Samuel Square is visible on the left); there appears to be snow on the ground, so the 1957 date is questionable.	II 8
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 20	Mississippi River Bridge and Railroad Tracks/Cars	1958(?)		II 9
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 21	Skyline	1958/February 19	"Clean" version of Photograph 9, above.	II 10
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 22	Bird's Eye View from Atop City Hall	1958/February 19	Not from "atop" the building, but from a lower floor. The Louisiana State Office Building across Perdido Street is shown under construction.	II 11
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 23	Trees and Residences	1957(?)	Perhaps Napoleon Avenue.	II 12
	Miscellaneous		Photograph 23	800 block of Canal Street, downtown side	1906		II 13