The Louisiana Division charges no use fee, but nominal fees for digital copies will apply. Please contact the archivist by phone or email for further information on these fees, which must be paid before copies of images can be released.

For a copy of our Release Form for the Reproduction of Materials from the New Orleans Public Library Special Collections, LINK HERE [Adobe Acrobat format].

Note: This form must be approved and signed by all parties in order to constitute our written permission to reproduce. To avoid confusion or delay, we ask that off-site users consult the archivist, by phone or e-mail, before sending the completed form. The mailing address is:

Louisiana Divsion/City Archives
New Orleans Public Library
219 Loyola Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70112

All of the photographs linked from this page have been previously scanned, and high resolution .tiff versions (scanned at 300 dpi or higher) are available. Users should note, however, that some images presented in other sections of the NOPL web site -- Images of the Month and Online Exhibits, for example -- may have been scanned at low resolution, for web presentation only. Please contact the archivist for additional information.

Users who require photographic (rather than digital) reproductions or those who prefer to use the services of an individual photographer or vendor for reproduction should contact the archivist for information on our policies and procedures in such circumstances.

Transmission of images to off-site users:

Digital copies of images can be burned to CD or DVD and sent by regular mail. Users may supply a blank CD or DVD, or we will supply CD's for a fee of $2.00 each.
Alternatively, image files can be posted to a "temporary" URL where they can be downloaded.
Under most circumstances, we prefer not to send large image files by e-mail.
Please contact the archivist to arrange for transmission.

• Industrial Buildings--Michoud Plant (sample)
• Mardi Gras (sample)
• Monuments (sample)
• Musicians (sample)
• Portraits
• Posters (sample)
• Restaurants (sample)
• Snow (sample)
• Sports (sample)
• Theatre (sample)
• Vieux Carre (sample)

• Recently Processed Additions to the Louisiana Photograph Collection
  

Municipal Government Collection

Arranged under the city agency that produced or collected the photographs.

Mayors of New Orleans

• Mayor Moon Landrieu Photographs, 1970-1978
• Mayor Robert S. Maestri Photographs, 1936-1938, 1944
• Mayor Ernest N. Morial Photographs, 1978-1986
  [Additional SAMPLES from the Morial photograph collection]
• Mayor de Lesseps S. Morrison Photographs, 1946-1964
• Mayor Victor H. Schiro Photographs, 1955-1970

City Agencies

• Aerial photographs of New Orleans, ca. 1949
• Aerial photographs of New Orleans, 1960 (sample)
• Audubon Park Commission Photographs (sample)
• Chief Administrative Office Photographs, ca. 1961-1968
• City Civil Service Department Photographs, 1952-1973
• City Council Photographs, ca. 1948-1979
  • Councilmember Troy Carter Photographs, ca. 1999-2001
• City Decorator Photographs, ca. 1950s-1960s
• City Planning Commission
  • Photographs, ca. 1927-1929
  • Photographs from Preliminary Reports on a System of Recreation Facilities and Civic Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1929
• Department of Finance Photographs, 1950s-1970s
• Department of Parks and Parkways Photographs
  • Pontchartrain Park Photographs, 1954-1969
• New Orleans Fire Department Photographs, ca. 1950s-1970s
• New Orleans Public Library Photographs
  • Adult Programs Photographs, 1966-ca. 1974
  • Sample Photographs
• New Orleans Recreation Department Scrapbook Photographs, 1947-1948
• Office of Civil Defense Photographs, ca. 1955-1971
• Slides, ca. 1940s-1950s
• Photographs Arranged by Street Names, ca. 1929-1959 (bulk 1950-1959)

Oversize Collection

An artificial collection of prints larger than 8x10. These are arranged in a single numerical sequence for which an index is in progress.

Special Collections

Individual collections organized by name of photographer or collector. The larger collections are further subdivided by general subject heading.

• Allison, Alexander Collection
  Photographs, ca. 1905-1915 and 1948-1952, of New Orleans and surrounding areas.
• Barker, William J. Collection
  Photographs, ca. 1919-1938 of the Barker family and friends in Algiers
• Binnings, David S. Collection, 1965-1967
  
• Bowman, Dewey Collection, ca. 1960
  
• Coquille, John Hypolite--Martin Behrman Album, ca. 1910
• Colwell, Hester Reissig Collection, 1937 & 1938
• Durkee, Cornelius Collection
  Photographs from New Orleans in 1901, including the Lundi Gras and Mardi Gras festivities.
• An Excursion to Grand Isle, Louisiana, 1906
• Flaherty, A. J. Collection, ca. 1978-1983
• French stereographs
• Gulledge, Dorothy Violet, 1947-1973
• Howell, Wilson S. Collection, 1890-1891
• Jefferson Davis Funeral Album, 1889
• Johnson, Harry D. Collection
  Photographs, ca. 1890-1920, of City Park, local Elks activities, and more.
• Keenan, Walter Cook Collection
  Photographs of buildings in the Vieux Carre, ca. 1937-1952
• Long, Huey P. Photograph Album
  Photographs of the Governor/Senator in action.
• Marks, Grauman
  Photographs of jazz musicians in performance, 1950s-1960s
• Mugnier, George Francois
  Images of New Orleans and the surrounding area, ca. 1880-1910
• Porter, Marion James Collection
  Images of the civil rights struggle in New Orleans during the early 1960s
• Ragas, Haynes S. Collection
  Images of New Orleans Recreation Department activities, 1955-1958
• Stereographs
  44 stereographic prints, most showing New Orleans scenes, ca. 1965-1925
• Tallant, Robert Collection, ca. 1930's-1950's
• Teunisson, John N. Collection, 1896-1910
• WPA Photograph Collection, 1936-1942
• Wilbert (Fred) Donation, 1941-1945
• Williams, C. Milo Collection
  Photographs of New Orleans, ca. 1890-1910