The albumen process permitted prints in a variety of formats. Photographs mounted on stiff backings were popular, since the albumen paper was very thin and easily creased or damaged. The mount also provided a place for the photographic studio to promote its business. When the image was of a noteworthy subject or event, the mount was used to describe the content of the photographic image.
Carriere sisters, Blanche and twins Olivia and Laure
albumen print; ca. 1870
by an unknown photographer
The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Merlyn Weilbaecher, 2002.93.11
Modern swimsuits of the 1880s
albumen print; between 1886 and 1890
by A. C. Frietag
The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1981.238.14
Louisiana Cycling Club
albumen print; 1890
by an unknown photographer
The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Jane Dusenbury Culver, Jean C. Dragon, Betsy C. Jahncke, and John A. Culver, 98-62-L.2
Class of 1901, Tulane University
albumen print, copy of a collage; 1901
by Moses & Son
The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Allan Philip Jaffe, 1981.324.7.99
Tableau of Firemen’s Parade in New Orleans, March 4, 1872
albumen print; 1873
by Theodore Lilienthal
The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of William Ogden Geise, 2012.0110The painting that served as the basis for this photographic copy was a collaboration between artists Victor Pierson and Paul Poincy, showing volunteer firemen, city officials, and other notable individuals crowded around the Henry Clay Monument on Canal Street at the annual firemen’s parade on March 4, 1872. The painters worked from photographs to depict many of the people seen in the foreground of the work and to capture details of the buildings in the background. The original, mammoth canvas is in the collection of The Louisiana State Museum.
Ward in Charity Hospital
albumen print; ca. 1902
by Charles T. Yenni
The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Henry Barnett, 1986.178.1
Margaret Haughery
albumen print; between 1875 and 1881
by an unknown photographer
The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1989.14 a,b
gift of Mrs. William Francis Scheyd
Boy making Communion
albumen print mounted on lead; ca. 1900
by an unknown photographer
The Historic New Orleans Collection, bequest of Boyd Cruise and Harold Schilke, 1989.79.200
Clergymen
albumen print; between 1892 and 1894
by Souby Art Gallery
The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1994.70.1
Unidentified couple
albumen print; between 1888 and 1891
by Souby Art Gallery
The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans, 1995.93.2
