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1 The Morris henry Hobbs Collection is one of the largest groups in the division?s fine-print collections; the detailed French Quarter views and courtyard scenes are the most popular of all the New Orleans etchers of the 20th century. Many years ago, his etching tools and the miniature press for printing his ?postage stamp? series were acquired for the Collection; and, recently, local artist Ed Walker donated Hobbs?s larger press. With this donation, the press returns to one of its earlier locations: it had once been given by Hobbs to the Orleans Gallery, whose artists used it in their rented space in THNOC?s present library.
The earliest photographic process was the daguerreotype, invented in Paris in 1839 and introduced in New Orleans the next year. One of these antebellum photographs was recently donated by Clyde Cucullu: a portrait of Joseph Gustave Cucullu, a son-in-
law of Louisiana Governor Louis A. Wiltz and the great-grandfather of the donor. It was probably made in the mid-1850s and has been kept in its original hinged, wooden carrying case. The case has also protected a rare relic of the Civil War. Resting inside is a miniature handmade Confederate flag with an inscription in French, stating that the flag was made at the birth of Joseph?s son, Louis Anatole Cucullu, on January 8, 1864, near the end of the war. Family tradition says that it was pinned to the infant?s crib.
Amateur photographers often provide more personal views of life than do most professionals. Their photosxmay not be as valuable as daguerreotypes, but the scenes and events they document are frequently as rare. The photographer is usually unknown, as is the case in several recent donations. The first is the gift of James J. Jacobsen and may be the only extant view of a building that/once stood near present-day PaAline\ Street. It was made in 1897 and inscribed with the title ?Club Houston [the] Miss. River.? The building was probably destroyed in the setback of the levee at tfhe turn of the century.
Three/other snapshots\were sent to THiyOC by the Siskiyou County Museum of Yreka, California. One
Flag, daguerreotype of Joseph Gustave Cucullu (1989.119.1,2)