New Orleans 1867New Orleans 1867

"This fascinaating and important book brings together all the surviving photographs--126 of the original 150--from the remarkable series La Nouvelle Orléans et ses environs, made in 1867 by the New Orleans photographer Theodore Lilienthal (1829-1894). The first municipally sponsored photographic survey of any American city, the portfolio--featuring every aspect of the topography of New Orleans, form mansions and churches to factories and asylums--was exhibited at the Paris World Exposition of 1867 before being presented to Napoléon III, Emperor of France (reigned 1852-70)" -- inside cover.