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Steamboat Landing, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910

Subjects
Steamboats & RiverboatsWaterfronts & HarborsWorkers & Occupations
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Steamboat Landing, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Steamboat Landing, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
Back

About this subject

A busy riverfront levee at New Orleans seen from above, with hundreds of cotton bales stacked in rows on the wharf and workers carrying sacks. Steamboats and a railroad car sit along the water, with smokestacks, warehouses and a smoking steamer in the distance.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Did it get to show Lass we just going to see the Blue Horn today Have a good [illegible]

PublisherA. Selige Pub. Co.
Steamboat Landing. New Orleans, La. --- POST CARD For address only. A. Selige Pub. Co., St. Louis, Mo. No. 4847. (Made in Germany)
PostmarkedNew Orleans, LA, March 4, 1908, 12:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Walter Bell

Shreveport, La

Postcard record

Postmarked, New Orleans, LA
ConditionGood
Place addressedWalter Bell, Shreveport, LA
Place depictedNew Orleans, LA
PublisherA. Selige Pub. Co., St. Louis, MO
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesColored lithograph with handwritten message in ink across the sky and over the cotton bales; wavy cancellation-like lines across the upper sky. No white border visible. Postmark: NEW ORLEANS MAR 4 12-M 1908. Divided back with 'For address only.' printed; 'Made in Germany' imprint. Foxing/stains upper left and top edge; stamp torn at right edge.

Cite this card

Steamboat Landing, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/steamboat-landing-new-orleans-louisiana-circa-1910. Accessed October 5, 2026.