[A depiction of a busy Mardi Gras celebration on St. Charles Avenue involving an ice cream truck, a cigar store, and numerous people celebrating in masks and costumes]
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- Title
- [A depiction of a busy Mardi Gras celebration on St. Charles Avenue involving an ice cream truck, a cigar store, and numerous people celebrating in masks and costumes]
- Date
- 1872 February 14
- Creator
- Silver, James.
- Notes
- "Clay Statue looking towards -St Charle's Hotel- Mardi Gras N.O. Feb 13 / [18]72".
- J[ames] Silver ALS to [ ], February 14, 1872. s.l., page 4. From a collection of 12 letters, each several pages long, that Silver composed during his 1872 visit to New Orleans, Louisiana. He recounted his journey from New York to Louisiana, as well as his time spent in and around New Orleans. Silver included 39 ink sketches of people and scenery throughout his letters.
- Names and Subjects
- Carnivals in art.
- Celebrations--1870-1880.
- Cigars--1870-1880.
- City blocks.
- Costumes--1870-1880.
- Crowds--Louisiana--New Orleans--1870-1880.
- Hotels--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Ice cream trucks.
- Mardi Gras.
- Masks.
- New Orleans (La.)--1870-1890.
- Sketches--1870-1880.
- Soldiers--1870-1880.
- Stores & shops--1870-1880.
- Trolley cars--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Manuscripts shelf.
- Collection Title
- James Silver papers
- Collection Creator
- Silver Family.
- Project Name
- Illustrated Manuscripts Project
- ID
- 4662
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2018-04-10 15:34:05
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- 7008 x 5784
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- 1 MB
- Record
- 4662
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