[The wind blowing a woman's umbrella and a man's hat off his head, and a balloon pulling a house on a New Orleans street]
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- Title
- [The wind blowing a woman's umbrella and a man's hat off his head, and a balloon pulling a house on a New Orleans street]
- Date
- 1872 March 18
- Creator
- Silver, James.
- Notes
- [James Silver] AL to [ ], March 18, 1872. New Orleans, [La.], page 5. 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
- Anchors--1870-1880.
- Balloons--1870-1880.
- Churches--1870-1880.
- Houses--1870-1880.
- Men--1870-1880.
- New Orleans (La.)--1870-1880.
- Sketches--1870-1880.
- Streets--1870-1880.
- Streets--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Umbrellas--1870-1880.
- Wagons.
- Wagons in art.
- Weather.
- Winds--1870-1880.
- Women.
- Manuscripts shelf.
- Collection Title
- James Silver papers
- Collection Creator
- Silver Family.
- Project Name
- Illustrated Manuscripts Project
- ID
- 4680
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2018-04-10 15:20:31
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- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
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- 7056 x 5778
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 4680
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"[The wind blowing a woman's umbrella and a man's hat off his head, and a balloon pulling a house on a New Orleans street]". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-4680/wcl004767. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. July 17, 2025.