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"Marketplace in the French Quarters of New Orleans, market for Resettlement Administration's rehabilitation clients. "

New Orleans, Louisiana, 1936.

Shows three men standing on roofed area outside of a brick building with row of doorways. Baskets of produce are on the ground; strings of heads of garlic hang down.
Signage painted on building read "The Blue Goose - Italian Girl - 100% Fresh Grape California Wines" "1121 - Old Reliable Distributors Inc." [...] "100% Pure California Wines".

Appears to show shops on the lake side of the 1100 block of North Peters Street, demolished not long after for WPA French Market rehabilitation project.
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Photo by Carl Mydans for Farm Security Adminstration via Library of Congress website at [1]. Converted from TIF to .jpg and border cropped before upload.

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Carl Mydans  (1907–2004)  wikidata:Q562904
 
Carl Mydans
Description American photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death May 20, 1907 August 16, 2004
Location of birth/death Medford Larchmont
Work period 1935–1972
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Public domain This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, taken as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. See Copyright.

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