Storeyville and the Bayous

SOMETHING in the region of $1.2m (£660,000) was taken at a July 31-August 1 sale held by the Neal Auction Company of New Orleans and two 20th century photographs (one reproduced right) were among the more successful lots.

Following the death of photographer Ernest J. Bellocq in 1949, a set of glass plate negatives of his…

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