McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 047

Title: McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 047
Description: Caption: "Mississippi River Ferry -- New Orleans, June 14, 34." A ferry owned by the Bisso family carrying automobiles and their owners across the Mississippi River near New Orleans. Ferries were extremely important to commerce and other activities along the Mississippi River before the construction of bridges capable of carrying automobile traffic.
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage: New Orleans, Louisiana
Date: 6/14/1934
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb11-047
Language: English
Publisher: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Source: Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject: Mississippi River Ferry
Type: Still Image