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    • Canal Street at Night

    • Canal Street at Night

    • Electric lighting; Night photography; Architecture; Commercial buildings

    • View made at night from the neutral ground on the 900 block of Canal Street. At the far left are the Kress Building at 923 Canal Street and the Maison Blanche Building at 901. The Maison Blanche building has strings of lights draped on the facade...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Crescent River

    • Crescent River

    • Aerial views; Architecture; Buildings; Rivers

    • Bird's-eye view made from the roof of the Maison Blanche building located at 901 Canal Street in the Central Business District, looking towards the Mississippi River. Visible landmarks include the Louisiana Supreme Court Building in the 400 block...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Float in Rex Parade

    • Float in Rex Parade

    • Carnival; Commercial buildings; Parades & processions; Floats (Parades); Spectators; Crowds

    • View of the Rex parade on Mardi Gras Day, March 7, 1916. The theme for the parade was "Visions of the Poets" and the float seen here is Number 11, with the title "Hyperion" by Keats. Taken in the 800 block of Canal Street, buildings are partially...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Elks Dressed as Babies

    • Elks Dressed as Babies

    • Costumes; Clothing & Dress; Infants; Men

    • View made on Elk Day in New Orleans, showing a group of members of the local lodge dressed as babies. Taken on the neutral ground of Elk Place, the view looks toward the river. Buildings visible in the background include the Audubon Building,...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Male Maskers Dressed as Bathing Girls

    • Male Maskers Dressed as Bathing Girls

    • Carnival; Costumes; Clothing & dress; Cross dressing; Spectators

    • View of three, large, masked men or cross-dressers. They pose as a group at the corner of Canal and Dauphine Streets diagonally in front of the Maison Blanche Building at 901 Canal. A small group of older men wearing business suits and hats stand...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Night View on Canal Street

    • Night View on Canal Street

    • Electric lighting; Night photography; Commercial streets; Commercial buildings;

    • View of Canal Street made from the middle of the neutral ground showing both sides of the 900 block looking towards the river. The Maison Blanche Building is seen at the left and is strung with lights, as is the D.H. Holmes building in the...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Canal Street at Night

    • Canal Street at Night

    • Electric lighting; Night photography; Commercial streets; Commercial buildings

    • View looking along the lighted and decorated neutral ground in the 800 block of Canal Street. Godchauxs is seen at the left and buildings along the 800 block are seen at the right. The department store Masion Blanche can be seen in the distance,
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Canal Street

    • Canal Street

    • Architecture; Commercial buildings; Commercial streets; Street maintenance & repair; Construction workers

    • View of a crew of men working on the neutral ground of the 800 block of Canal Street. The Maison Blanche building is seen at the left and the Lerner Shops are seen in mid-view. Heavy machinery with the name Villiere, New Orleans, LA is seen....
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Street Repair

    • Street Repair

    • Architecture; Commercial buildings; Commercial streets; Street maintenance & repair; Construction workers

    • View of street repair happening at the intersection of Canal Street and Burgundy in the Vieux Carre. The Audubon Building, Kress Building, and the Maison Blanche building, all on the 900 block of Canal, are shown. Heavy equipment, workers, and a...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Birds Eye View

    • Birds Eye View

    • Social History; Natural History

    • View made from the observatioin deck of the Hibernia Bank Building, completed in 1927, looking north. WSMB radio towers are seen on top of the Maison Blanche Building and painted on the roof of the Canal Bank Buidling is "Airport 10 Mi" and an...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Kaiser and Devil

    • Kaiser and Devil

    • Motion picture posters; Advertising; Billboards

    • Detail view of a motion picture promotional poster on an unidentified building that shows Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany standing next to Satan. The film, as stated on the poster, had George Irving directing a screenplay written by June Mathis and was...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Female Impersonator

    • Female Impersonator

    • Carnival; Costumes; Clothing & dress; Cross dressing; Street railroads; Commercial buildings

    • View made on Mardi Grad Day, that shows a large, cross-dressed man cavorting on the median in front of the Katz and Besthoff pharmacy at 841 Canal Street at the corner of Dauphine in the Central Business District. The Maison Blanche building at 901...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection

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