Louisiana Photograph Collection
Louisiana Division
New Orleans Public Library
Large Aerial Photographs, New Orleans, ca. 1949 and 1960
The following two photograph collections consist of aerial photographs of New Orleans taken in 1949 and 1961. Some samples are available on this page. The full collections can be viewed in-person at the Louisiana Division.


Aerial Photographs, New Orleans, ca. 1949 (Sample)
The collection consists of 97 aerial photographs of New Orleans taken about 1949. Each photograph is stamped on the back with the name and address of the photographer: A.E. Stewart, 830 Union St., New Orleans. The photographs have been arranged into five sets, each focusing on a particular area of the city:
Set A (10 photographs) - Calliope St./Earhart Blvd. from the Mississippi River (S. Front St.) to S. Broad St.

Set B (18 photographs) - Elysian Fields Ave. from Milneburg (New York St.) to the Mississippi River (N. Peters St.)

View samples: B8.
Set C (52 photographs) - Claiborne Ave. from the Orleans Parish line (Seventeenth St. Canal/Mistletoe St.) to Jackson Barracks (Dubreuil St.)

View samples: C27; C28; C29; C30; C31; C32; C33.
Set D (11 photographs) - The New Basin Canal (partially filled in) from Rampart St. to Lane St.

Set E (6 photographs) - Basin St./Loyola Ave./Simon Bolivar Ave. from Orleans Ave. to Jackson Ave.

View samples: E1.



Aerial Photographs, New Orleans, ca. 1960 (Sample)

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Area of Napoleon Avenue at the Mississippi River.
The riverfront just west of the Industrial Canal.
The Desire Housing Project.

The Desire Housing Project.
George Washington Carver High School and vicinity.
The Industrial Canal south of Chef Menteur Highway.

The Industrial Canal south of Chef Menteur Highway.
The Desire Housing Project and the Industrial Canal south of Chef Menteur Highway.
The Industrial Canal between Florida and North Claiborne Avenues.

The Industrial Canal with the North Claiborne Avenue bridge at the bottom of the photograph.
The Industrial Canal with the lock and the St. Claude Avenue bridge at the bottom of the photograph.
The Industrial Canal between North Claiborne Avenue and the Mississippi River.

The Industrial Canal's intersection with the Mississippi River.
The riverfront just east of the Industrial Canal.
Area in the vicinity of St. Ferdinand Street, Almonaster Avenue, and Alvar Street.

Agriculture Street Landfill and vicinity.
Agriculture Street Landfill and vicinity.
The area just east of the Industrial Canal, between Florida Avenue and the Intracoastal Waterway.

The area just east of the Industrial Canal, between Florida Avenue and the Intracoastal Waterway.
The area just east of the Industrial Canal, between Florida Avenue and the Intracoastal Waterway.

rev. 2019/10, Amanda Fallis