Photomechanical reproductions of photographs of New Orleans, with accompanying text detailing the history of the city.

Includes images of cotton trade, loading docks, steamships, levee scene, monuments, sugar refineries, streetscapes, domestic architecture, barracks, libraries, city halls, court houses, prisons, parks, cemeteries, college buildings and public buildings.

Avery Classics copy: Inscribed "With best wishes from yours sincerely Geo A. Keely. New Orleans, La. March 7th 1913".