{"product_id":"mugnier-george-francois-new-orleans-and-bayou-country-photographs-1880-1910-by-george-francois-mugnier","title":"Mugnier, George François.  New Orleans and Bayou Country. Photographs (1880–1910 by George François Mugnier.","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdited and introduced by Lester Burbank Bridaham, former director of the Louisiana State Museum. Barre Publishers, 1972. Hardcover, fine with very good protected dust jacket that has a few short closed edge tears.128 pages. 127 photographs. Summary:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-71\"\u003eNew Orleans and Bayou Country: Photographs (1880–1910) by George François Mugnier\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-71 citation-end-71\"\u003e (edited by Lester Burbank Bridaham and published in 1972) is a visual survey documenting southern Louisiana at the turn of the 20th century.\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-70 citation-end-70\"\u003eFeaturing over 100 black-and-white photographs reproduced from glass-plate negatives, the collection captures the social, economic, and architectural landscape of New Orleans alongside the surrounding bayou and plantation regions.\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-69 citation-end-69\"\u003eMugnier's crisp, unvarnished imagery preserves a pivotal transitional era in Louisiana history, detailing French Quarter streetscapes, bustling riverfront commerce, rural agricultural labor, and everyday life across diverse social classes.\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Modern historians and art enthusiasts celebrate the book as a vital primary document of turn-of-the-century American life and a showcase of Mugnier's technical mastery of early landscape and documentary photography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gary Saretzky Photo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48829857562818,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0593\/3115\/0018\/files\/IMG_2381.jpg?v=1789588440","url":"https:\/\/store.saretzky.com\/products\/mugnier-george-francois-new-orleans-and-bayou-country-photographs-1880-1910-by-george-francois-mugnier","provider":"Gary Saretzky Photo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}