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The Garden District of New Orleans / Jim Fraiser ; photography by West Freeman.

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The Garden District of New Orleans has enthralled residents and visitors alike since it arose in the 1830's with its stately white-columned Greek Revival mansions and double-galleried Italianate houses decorated with lacy cast iron. Photographer West Freeman evokes the romance of this elegant n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fraiser, Jim, 1954-
Other Authors: Freeman, West
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2012.
Subjects:
Architecture, Domestic > Louisiana > New Orleans > Pictorial works.
Garden District (New Orleans, La.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Pictorial works.
Garden District (New Orleans, La.) > History > Pictorial works.
Historic buildings > Louisiana > New Orleans > Pictorial works.
New Orleans (La.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Pictorial works.
New Orleans (La.) > History > Pictorial works.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Prologue : the Creole/American gumbo boils over
  • The first American suburbs
  • The 1850s Garden District
  • The 1860s Garden District
  • The Garden District in a gilded age
  • A Garden District in the modern age.

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