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A bustling 19th-century river port scene featuring people loading goods onto steamboats. Signs for Cairo and St. Louis Regular Packet are visible. Steamboats with tall smokestacks and vibrant activity fill the riverside backdrop.

From Louis XIV to Louis Armstrong

A Cultural Tapestry

Six essays address various periods and themes in the history of Louisiana from the colonial era to the 21st century.

Illustrated poster showing a bustling 19th-century river port scene with steamboats, traders, and workers. Titled From Louis XIV to Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Tapestry. Billowing smoke, cargo, and vibrant activity depict a lively historic setting.

From Louis XIV to Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Tapestry

HNOC with Somogy Éditions d'Art 2004 
hardcover • 10" × 11" • 104 pp.
69 color images
ISBN 978-2-85056-770-4

$35.00

New Orleans, Louisiana’s major city, has arrived in the 21st century as a historic reflection of European, African, and American influences.

Illustrated map of a large estate featuring a detailed two-level house surrounded by a lush garden. Includes ornate pathways and tree arrangements. A decorative compass rose and a labeled section with Noupatre 1750 highlight the maps historical theme.
Black and white photograph of Armstrongs Secret 9 Baseball Team from New Orleans, 1931. The players, wearing uniforms with Armstrong on them, are posed with bats, alongside coaches or supporters in suits and hats. Handwritten dedication at the bottom.

Published in conjunction with the 2004 exhibition at the Historic New Orleans Collection, From Louis XIV to Louis Armstrong presents six essays addressing various periods and themes in the history of Louisiana—the colonial era, the development of 19th-century New Orleans, the visual arts from 1870 to 1940, and jazz. Underscoring the major areas of emphasis in the Collection’s holdings, From Louis XIV to Louis Armstrong features full-color reproductions of works by Louisiana artists William Aiken Walker, William Henry Buck, Ellsworth and William Woodward, and Robert Wadsworth Grafton, among others, as well as black-and-white and color images of jazz funerals, second-line parades, and various jazz artists and brass bands.

Vintage sheet music cover titled Tin Roof Blues featuring an illustration of a New Orleans street scene with musicians and dancers outside a cafe. The border is decorated with musical notes and stars. Prominent text and artist names are included.
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