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A Collection of 5 early stereoviews of New Orleans: Algiers Dry Dock. (nr. 201); French Opera, Bourbon Street. (nr. 544); St. Louis Hotel, St. Louis Street. (Nr. 554); Mechanics Institute, Dryades Street. (nr. 536); University of Louisiana, Common Street. (nr. 512). by [New Orleans] Blessing, S.T. (Photographer) - (ca. 1866-1869)

by [New Orleans] Blessing, S.T. (Photographer)

A Collection of 5 early stereoviews of New Orleans: Algiers Dry Dock. (nr. 201); French Opera, Bourbon Street. (nr. 544); St. Louis Hotel, St. Louis Street. (Nr. 554); Mechanics Institute, Dryades Street. (nr. 536); University of Louisiana, Common Street. (nr. 512). by [New Orleans] Blessing, S.T. (Photographer) - (ca. 1866-1869)

A Collection of 5 early stereoviews of New Orleans: Algiers Dry Dock. (nr. 201); French Opera, Bourbon Street. (nr. 544); St. Louis Hotel, St. Louis Street. (Nr. 554); Mechanics Institute, Dryades Street. (nr. 536); University of Louisiana, Common Street. (nr. 512).

by [New Orleans] Blessing, S.T. (Photographer)

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5 Albumen stereo photographs, each mounted on yellow coloured studio board with rounded corners, with photographer's imprint & series title, one card with title label mounted on verso. 'Views Around New Orleans'-series (New Orleans in Stereoscope) and 'Views of New Orleans and Vicinity'-series.

Rare stereoscopic views of New Orleans in exceptionally good condition by Samuel Tobias Blessing (1830-1897), photographer of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and paper prints made using the wet plate collodion process. He appears to have worked as a photographer in Alabama and Texas before settling in New Orleans in 1854. After the Civil War, Blessing concentrated on selling cartes-de-visite's and stereocards, photographic equipment, frames, and art supplies. His four-story establishment on Canal Street was one of the largest photographic studios and supply houses in the south.

All stereoviews in in beautiful condition, from a Dutch collection formed pre-1870. Cf.: M. Denton Smith & M.L. Tucker, Photography in New Orleans: The Early Years, 1840–1865. (Baton Rouge, 1982).
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  • Publisher S.T. Blessing, 87 Canal St.
  • Place of Publication New Orleans
  • Date Published (ca. 1866-1869)
  • Size Albumen image: ca. 16.5 x 7.5 cm
  • Keywords Stereoviews, Albumen photographs
  • Size Albumen image: ca. 16.5 x 7.5 cm; card size: ca. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.
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