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Bottom Right: in a photo of the First Street parlor taken in 1964
is this portrait (The colorization effect is me). It appears to be
of a woman by a First Street parlor fireplace. Another early
resident of 1239 First Street? |
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A closer screenshot before a rather creative colorization... |
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Here is a much closer shot of the parlor fireplace, a zoomed in
screenshot of the same photo |
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Here is the photo with the fireplace and the portrait
together |
You can find a link to the gallery of historic photos and plans for 1239
First Street on
House of Patterns - Original Plans For First Street
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1964 Photo of the First Street parlor. Look to the right of
the mantel, and at what is in front of the firebox, and compare.
This image also appears on
The Witching Hour - The Mayfair House |
Who were the people who once called 1239 First Street home?
The Clapp Family
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Emory Clapp |
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Pamela Orn Starr Clapp |
Interesting history in the resources linked below...
New Orleans Visitors' Guide 1875
Today In New Orleans History: Theodore Clapp
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Theodore "Parson"Clapp |
American Ancestry Vol XII 1899
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Robert Slark Day |
Men and Matters: A Magazine of Fact, Fancy & Fiction, Volume 2
