The Louisiana Division's Photograph Collection includes over 40,000 individual
photographic
prints,
negatives and slides. The collections are only partially represented below, but inventories and other finding
aids for the photograph collection will be added to these pages as they become available.
For information on obtaining reproductions of any Louisiana Division/City Archives images, or for information on additional photograph collections not yet available online, please contact the Louisiana Division's archivist, Irene Wainwright, at iwainwri@gno.lib.la.us; PHONE: (504) 596-2610; FAX: (504) 596-2609 .
Reproduction or reuse of the photographs presented in the NOPL website
is
prohibited without the written permission of New
Orleans Public Library.
We ask all users to be aware that we cannot fill photograph orders at very short notice.
Please contact the archivist about your photo order well in advance of your project deadline.
For Permission to Reproduce:
For a copy of our Release Form for the Reproduction of Materials from the New Orleans Public
Library Special Collections, LINK HERE.
Note: This form is fillable online, but must be printed out and mailed to the address below, with the required fee. If you have questions about the fee, please consult the Archivist before sending in the form.
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.
Reproduction Fees:
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.
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.
General Interest Collection
- Arranged by general subject heading, these photographs were
collected from numerous sources.
Municipal Government Collection
- Arranged under the city agency that produced or
collected the photographs.
Mayors of New Orleans
- 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
- City Decorator Photographs, ca. 1950s-1960s
- City Planning Commission
- Department of Finance Photographs, 1950s-1970s
- Department of Parks and Parkways Photographs
- New Orleans Fire Department Photographs, ca. 1950s-1970s
- New Orleans Public Library 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
- Cooper, Mark J. Collection, 1978-1991
- 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
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