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  Saturday  February 8  2003    12: 20 AM

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Impressions of Old New Orleans — part 1

Copies of Arnold Genthe’s 1926 photographic book on New Orleans seem to go for around $100-400 depending on condition, but I lucked out and found a water-soaked one for $15. While many of the pages are damaged and stuck together, I thought it was important to at least see the book in order to see how the photographs were captioned.


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Impressions of Old New Orleans — part 2