Jump to content

File:CanalClaiborne1871Flood.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (2,313 × 1,147 pixels, file size: 963 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Artist
Alfred Waud  (1828–1891)  wikidata:Q2226717
 
Alfred Waud
Alternative names
Alfred Rudolph Waud
Description American artist, illustrator and photographer
Date of birth/death 2 October 1828 Edit this at Wikidata 6 April 1891 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Edit this at Wikidata Marietta Edit this at Wikidata
Work period American Civil War
Work location
United States of America (1850) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q2226717
Description

Flood in New Orleans, 1871.

View shows Canal Street at Claiborne, after the breech of the Hagan Avenue Levee protecting the city from Lake Pontchartrain while the lake was swollen from the Bonnet Carree Crevasse.
Date originally published in "Every Saturday", July 8, 1871.
Medium engraving illustration by Alfred R. Waud & Samuel S. Kilburn
Source/Photographer From [1].
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.
Other versions from same source with subsidiary illustrations:

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

media type

image/jpeg

checksum

9f9d73ccbdbdde63bfc7ff541b1a5342eab68de1

determination method or standard: SHA-1

data size

986,242 byte

height

1,147 pixel

width

2,313 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current22:37, 28 October 2006Thumbnail for version as of 22:37, 28 October 20062,313 × 1,147 (963 KB)InfrogmationFlood in New Orleans, 1871. View shows Canal Street at Claiborne, after the breech of the Hagan Avenue Levee protecting the city from Lake Pontchartrain while the lake was swollen from the Bonnet Carree Crevasse. Engraving illustration by Alfred R.

The following page uses this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CanalClaiborne1871Flood.jpg"