Skacel, Bill
1946

Pictorial Cartoon map of Vieux Carre New Orleans by Bill Skacel

Bill Skacel's Cartoon Map of Vieux Carre New Orleans

DESCRIPTION: Original, scarce pictorial map of the Vieux Carre or French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana by artist Bill Skacel ca. 1946. The humorous, historical "Cartoon Map of Vieux Carre in New Orleans" was produced ca. 1946 as a folded nine-panel tourist-oriented mailer with the verso containing space for an address as well as facts and photos of the New Orleans Vieux Carre.

Skacel takes a humorous angle at depicting Vieux Carre locations and culture in the post-WWII era. Two cartoon are puzzling- 1) four images of a young girl with pigtails wearing a sweatshirt bearing the letter "K" , that could possibly, represent a Catholic girl's school student or someone close to Skacel, and 2) at bottom right a matron crocheting a rug? with steel wire. These cartoons include locations of:
  • The Absinthe House, now the Old Absinthe House
  • Pirates Alley
  • Tabarry (Tabary) Theater
  • Napoleon House
  • A pelican
  • Blacksmith shop of Jean Lafitte
  • Cabildo prison

Bill Skacel ()


During the post-WWII era, artist Bill Skacel produced numerous pictorial or "cartoon maps" as folding mailers including one of the New Orleans Vieux Carre (French Quarter) as well as of other states including Wyoming, Montana, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio.

CREATOR: Skacel, Bill

PUBLICATION DATE: 1946

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: N/A

CONDITION: Very good.  Clean with pinholes at the fold intersections. 1.5" tear closed archivally from verso with tiny loss of image above St. Louis Cathedral.

COLORING: Offset litho color.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 11 " x 17 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 90

PRICE: $400

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