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New Orleans, 1935. "Waterfront in New Orleans. French market sidewalk scene. Louisiana".

View shows Decatur Street looking downriver from above St. Philip Street. North Peters Street Vs off to the right. The "Red Store" building seen at far right. At left is a sidewalk gallery with a row of signs for shops along the street, with pedestrians on sidewalk, period trucks on the street. The roof of the Vegetable Market building of the French Market (where the Morning Call was) is seen at center above a truck which blocks the view of the rest of the building.

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Source Photograph by Walker Evans for the United States Farm Security Administration; which was later transfered to the Office of War Information Photograph Collection and thence to the Library of Congress, where this digital copy can be found at [1]
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Walker Evans  (1903–1975)  wikidata:Q363308 q:en:Walker Evans
 
Walker Evans
Description American photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death 3 November 1903 Edit this at Wikidata 10 April 1975 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death St. Louis New Haven
Work period 1928–1974
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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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current05:15, 3 April 2010Thumbnail for version as of 05:15, 3 April 20105,586 × 4,422 (13.86 MB)Infrogmation (talk | contribs)From highest res TIFF on LOC, converted to .jpg, border cropped, contrast adjusted.
16:01, 28 December 2007Thumbnail for version as of 16:01, 28 December 20071,024 × 821 (165 KB)Infrogmation (talk | contribs){{Information |Description= New Orleans, 1935. "Waterfront in New Orleans. French market sidewalk scene. Louisiana". <p> View shows Decatur Street looking downriver from above St. Philip Street. North Peters Street Vs off to the right. The "Red Stor

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