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001no: 1863 New Orleans views. Two hand colored engravings: 1) Loss of River Boat "Queen of the West." 2)Repairing the Levee at New Orleans. Harper's. 10x16 in. $50
002no: 1900 Cram's New Orleans Map. Printed in color. Key shows major buildings and squares. 11-1/2x16 in. $30
003no: 1863 Civil War New Orleans views. Two hand colored engravings on one Harper's page. First shows the funeral of Captain of Louisiana Volunteers ("Colored" unit.) Second shows Rebel prisoners being held in New Orleans Custom-House. 11x16-1/2 in. $50
005no: Civil War New Orleans. Hand colored engraving shows citizens waving Confederate flags as Union officer is demanding surrender of the city. 16x11in. $50
007no: 1866 New Orleans Riot aftermath. Two hand colored views on one page: 1) Witness examination 2) Care of wounded in hospital. Harper's. 11x16 in. $50
009no: 1866 May Day in New Orleans.
Authentic professionally watercolored engraving from the June 23, 1866 issue of Harper’s Weekly. It is titled "May Day Festival at New Orleans Louisiana." The print features a group of girls in white dresses, crowning a "May Queen." 11" x 16" A genuine antique print produced in 1866, NOT a reproduction! $40
011no: 1897 Map of New Orleans. Large scale map of Crescent City, printed in color by Rand McNally. 14-1/2x21-1/2 in. $60
012no: 1883 New Orleans Levees. Two hand colored engravings, showing sunrise scene with riverboats, and nighttime illumination. Includes descriptive text from Harper's. 11x16 in. $50
017no: Rare 1857 Map of New Orleans and Louisville. Attractive hand colored antique Colton map of these two great cities. 14x17-1/2 in. $100
018no: 1863 Scene on the Levee at New Orleans on the Departure of the Paroled Rebel Prisoners, February 20, 1863. This rare, double page, hand colored engraving is from the March, 1863 edition of Harper's Weekly. The print shows a large crowd gathered to watch the Empire Parish and Laurel Hill steamships depart with the soldiers. size: 16x22 in. $200
019no: 1885 The Carnival At New Orleans. This black and white engraving is from the March, 1885 edition of Harper's Weekly. The scene is of elaborate floats riding through the French Quarter. size: 9x11 in.
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020no: 1885 The New Orleans Exposition-Vessels In the South Pass. This hand colored engraving is from the January, 1885 edition of Harper's Weekly. size: 11x16 in. $50
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100no: 1873 View of New Orleans Louisiana. Hand colored steel engraving of the New Orleans waterfront. Published in Picturesque America, an 1873 book about American scenery. 10x12 in. $80
101no: Large, rare engraving from a Supplement to Harpper's Weekly dated December 13, 1884. Image titled, New Orleans - The Crescent City - Lake Pontchartrain in the Distance. Shows: Exposition Buildings and Grounds, Shot Tower, Lee Monument, Lafayette Square, St. Charles Hotel, Hotel Royal, Opera House, Jackson Spuare and Cathedral, French Market, and Railroad Ferry. Center Margins and side edges have been archivally repaired. 32x22 in. $400
200no: 1878: Yellow Fever in New Orleans, Memphis. Engraved scenes from the Sept. 28, 1878 issue of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, showing the effects of a Yellow Fever outbreak in the cities of New Orleans, LA and Memphis, TN. At center is a view of Canal Street in New Orleans, which is deserted except for a few hearses carrying bodies to the cemeteries. Around the edges there are small scenes showing the agonizing deaths of people in both cities. 16x22 in.
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201no: Old Civil War Bird’s Eye View of New Orleans. Large, hand-colored engraving from The Soldier in Our Civil War, an illustrated history of the Civil War which was published by the Frank Leslie Co. in 1884. Title of the scene is "Panoramic View of New Orleans: The Federal Fleet at Anchor in the River, April 25, 1862." Shows a beautiful bird’s eye view of the city, printed from a sketch that was made in 1862 by a Leslie’s artist. 16x22 in. $200
202no: 1873 View of New Orleans Louisiana. Beautiful hand-colored woodcut engraving from Jewell’s Crescent City Illustrated, printed in 1873. The title is "Bird's Eye View of New Orleans." Nice view of the city, with water in the background. Size is 8x11 in.
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203no: 1873 New Orleans: Louisiana Lottery Building. Very nice hand-colored engraving from Jewell’s Crescent City Illustrated, printed in 1873. Title is "Office of the Louisiana State Lottery Company, Corner of St. Charles and Union Streets, New Orleans." 9x11 in. $80
204no: Beatifully colored engraving from Harpers Weekly February 24, 1883 titled 'New Orleans in Carnival Garb' from sketches by J.O. Davidson. Print shows six scenes from upper left clockwise 'The Ball', 'New Orleans from the River by Night', 'Throne and Presentation Scene', 'Carnival Night - The Procesion', 'Forming the Procession', 'Crowd awaiting the arrival of King Rex, at the Levee', 'Balcony, Canal Street.' Excellent condition, center crease archivally mended. Size 16X22
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205no: Beautifully hand colored steel engraving. Published by Herrmann J Meyer in Meyer's Universum c 1850. Picture titled, New Orleans. 7.5x10 in. $75
206no: Beautifully hand colored steel engraving. Published by J. Noel in Paris c1860. Picture titled Nouvelle-Orleans. 7.5x10 in. $75
207no: Very early, very rare view of Canal Street, New Orleans. Beautiful colored lithograph by H. Iriarte, titled Viaje De Fidel. 7.5x5.5 in.
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208no: Beautiful hand colored half tone from the March 19, 1892 issue of Harper's Weekly. The New Orleans Mardi-Gras - The Rex Procession. From a drawing by W. T. Smedley. 11x16 in.
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209no: Louisiana - Grand Masquerade Mardi-Gras procession through the streets of New Orleans, on Tuesday, March 5th - The Column Marching Past the Statue of Henry Clay, on Canal Street, and Defiling into St. Charles Street. Very rare double page spread from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated March 23, 1878. Beautiful hand colored wood engraving. 22x16 in.
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210no: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper dated March 16, 1878. Three hand colored engravings titled, Louisiana - The Mystik Krewe of Komus - Preparations, in New Orleans, for the Mardi-Gras Masquerade Procession of March 5th. Top illustration captioned, Unpacking, in a cotton press, the Papier Mache animals from Paris, to be used in the procession. Center image captioned, Assorting at Alban's costume depot, on Camp Street, the costumes recently received from Paris. Bottom picture captioned, Constructing and decorating the floats, for the procession, in a cotton press on Camp Street. 22x16 in.
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211no: Hand colored wood engraving from a supplement to Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper dated March 23, 1878. Very rare image of the Mardi Gras carnival in Tennessee, showing the parade with fireworks exploding in sky. Caption reads, Tennessee - The Mardi-Gras Carnival - The Procession of Ulks, Illustrating Nursery Rhymes and Tales, Marching down Main Street, Memphis, on the Night of Monday, March 4th. 22x16 in.
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212no: Old Bird's Eye View of New Orleans. Very nice hand colored engraving from the September 24, 1853 issue of The Illustrated London News. Shows a beautiful bird's eye view of the city. 16x11 in.
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213no: The Mardi-Gras Carnival at New Orleans - Maskers on the Street at Night. Hand colored half tone from the March 4, 1899 issue of Harper's Weekly. Image shows people all dressed up in costumes walking down the streets of New Orleans. 16x11 in.
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214no: All Saints Day, New Orleans. This rare, double page, hand colored engraving is from the November 7, 1885 issue of Harper's Weekly. Titled "All Saints Day in New Orleans - Decorating the Tombs in one of the City Cemetaries." 22 X 16 in. $300
215no: Beautifully hand colored steel engraving. Published by C. Parsons & W. Ridgway c1882. Picture titled, "Capture of New Orleans-Fleet Passing Ports on the Mississippi." The vessels of Fort St. Philip, Brooklyn, Ft. Jackson, Louisiana, Varuna, Hartford, Pensacola, Mississippi, and Manassas are all shown. Mortar vessels in the distance shelling the forts. 7.5x10 in. $60
216no: Beautifully hand colored steel engraving. Published by Smillie & Hinshelwood c1845. Picture titled, "Battle of New Orleans." 7.5x10 in. $60
217no: Beautifully hand colored steel engraving. Published by Eigenthum D Verleger c1854. Picture titled, "Am Kai Levee in New Orleans. 7.5x10 in. $60
218no: Beautifully hand colored steel engraving. Published by Johnson, Fry & Company Publishers c1858. Picture titled, "The Battle of New Orleans." 7.5x10 in. $60
219no: Beautifully hand colored steel engraving. Published by Johnson, Fry & Company Publishers c1866. Picture titled, "Capture of New Orleans-Attack on Fort Phillip." 7.5x10 in. $60
220no: Beautifully hand colored steel engraving. Published by Smith Brothers & Company c1854. Picture titled, "New Orleans." 7.5x10 in. $60
221no: Beautifully hand colored steel engraving. Published by H.B. Hall c1863. Picture titled, "Capture of New Orleans." 7.5x10 in. $60
222no: Beautifully hand colored steel engraving. Published by Ch. Colin c1866. Picture titled, "Cathedrale De La Nouvelle-Orleans." 7.5x10 in. $60
223no: Beautifully hand colored steel engraving. Published by Lit. H. Iriarte. Picture titled, " Correo y Aduana." 7.5x10 in. $60
224no: 1892 New Orleans Mardi Gras Procession. Hand colored engraved image from Harper's Weekly titled, "The New Orleans Mardi- Gras-The Rex Procession," drawn by W. T. Smedley. Shows scene of procession during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. 11 X 16in. $100
225no: 1882 Old French Market in New Orleans. Hand colored engraved image from Harper's Weekly titled, "In The Old French Market in New Orleans," drawn by John W. Alexander. Shows scene of women and children in the working in the Old French Market in New Orleans. 11 X 16in.
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226no: 1869 Main Entrance to Metairie Race Course in New Orleans. Hand colored engraved image from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper titled, "Southern Scenes-The Main Entrance to the Metairie Race-Course, New Orleans. Shows scene of a man on a horse entering the Metairie Race-course. 8 X 10 1/2in. $40