Daily Picayune
1901

The Picayune's Map of New Orleans

The Picayune's Map of New Orleans

DESCRIPTION: Scarce lithographed map of New Orleans, Louisiana published by The Picayune [1] newspaper in 1901. Shows both the West End Railroad and the Ponchartrain Railroad, both now long gone.

The Mississippi River is shown devoid of bridges but with nine ferry crossings. The first bridge across the Mississippi in Louisiana was not built until 1935. Several paddlewheel steamboats are shown underway in the river

The Picayune newspaper was started in 1837 in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1914 The Picayune merged with the Times-Democrat to form the Times-Picayune.

[1] The Picayune was named after a Spanish coin used in Florida and Louisiana worth about six and one-half cents in the 1850s.

CREATOR: Daily Picayune

PUBLICATION DATE: 1901

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Mississippi River, Lake Ponchartrain

CONDITION: Very good.  Clean with no issues. Left bottom margin cut a bit short. On thin paper

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 18 " x 15 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 90

PRICE: $400

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