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CyberInk's Antique New Orleans Postcards
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Introduction
Aren't these postcards beauties? Since I love antiques, and love New Orleans, it seemed fitting that I should start a collection.
Admittedly, I don't know a lot about paper antiquities -- especially postcards. I have no idea of the value of my small, but growing collection. All I know is that 1) I like 'em, and 2) I bought them on E-bay for (what seemed like) quite a deal.
One of the first things you'll notice about these postcards is that the color seems strange. This is, from what I understand, because back before the advents of color photography and four-color (CYMK) process printing -- special artists would "strip in" the color by hand for the printing plates. The effect, although dated and admittedly strange to us now, renders the underlying black-and-white photos both mystical and glorious.
I hope you enjoy my collection. Let me know what you think of it . . . and if you have any antique New Orleans (or other) postcards yourself!
(Also, you'll find more Antique New Orleans Postcards here, although these are scans of postcards that I are not [yet] in my collection.)
Click on any of the postcard photos below for a more detailed view.
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Romantic New OrleansThere are numerous hand-colored photos of New Orleans in this postcard folder -- too many for me to scan at the moment -- but the linen cover portrays a Vieux Carre courtyard and fountain — similar to that of The Court of Two Sisters restaurant that sits between Bourbon & Royal Streets. |
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Pirate's Alley"Through this alleyway the pirates were taken to the Cabildo jail, hence the name. Also known as Orleans Alley, separating the Cabildo from the old St. Louis Cathedral, it extends for one block from Royal Street to Chartres Street. Here the atmosphere of old France and old Spain still prevails." (Also, check out this postcard's reverse side, with descriptive text.) |
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Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1This old linen postcard (from the 1940's) depicts a view of one of New Orlean's "Cities of the Dead" — final resting place of voodoo priestess Marie LeVeaux. The reverse reads: "The most intriguing of New Orleans' burial places, the Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1 — there are three — has been in use for 175 years, with some of the inscriptions still decipherable dated 1800. Here lies the bodies of Paul Morphy, the famous chess player; Gayarre, the historian; Etienne de Bore, who first made granulated sugar; and Charles LaSalle, brother of the famous explorer." And, at bottom, "New Orleans — America's Most Interesting City." (Also, check out this postcard's reverse side, with descriptive text.) |
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Famous Lace GrillworkYet another linen, "Natural Color Postcard" of the 1940s, this one reads: "Iron Grille in Old New Orleans. One can see much hand-hammered wrought iron work, beaten by Negro slaves into its present designs. This is one of the most famous iron-lace balconies in America." From what I can tell, this balcony stands at the corner of Charters and St. Peter Streets, at the north corner of Jackson Square in the Vieux Carre. (Also, check out this postcard's reverse side, with descriptive text.) |
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