Going to her first communion

Image

cj1585.jpg

Title

Going to her first communion

Subject

New Orleans (La.)
Women -- New Orleans
Streets -- New Orleans

Description

A young white woman stands on a sidewalk looking at the camera. She is dressed in a white dress and veil, and black shoes and tights. Two older white women stand behind her, both dressed in black, one standing on a step of a building and looking at the camera, the other standing on the sidewalk and looking at something she is holding in her left hand. Buildings line the street on both sides.

Creator

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940

Source

Image from opposite page 15 of Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley by Clifton Johnson, 1906

Publisher

Jones Library Special Collections

Date

undated

Rights

This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.

Relation

From the Clifton Johnson Collection

Type

Photographs

Identifier

CJ1585

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

7 x 5

Citation

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940, “Going to her first communion,” Digital Amherst, accessed December 23, 2024, https://digitalamherst.org/items/show/4491.