Historic New Orleans
Detailed App Info:
Application Description
The Historic New Orleans Collection presents an app with a view into the past. Discover New Orleans's yesteryears as the Historic New Orleans App determines your location and shares photos from the 1900s through 1950s taken in the same spot.
With the Historic New Orleans App, you can:
•Find historic photos based on your location
•Browse the photoset and zoom in for details
•Share the photos, complete with accompanying metadata
•Learn more by viewing each photo’s record in The Historic New Orleans Collection’s online catalogue
•Use the augmented reality Guide Me! function to find the site of each historic photo
•Use the augmented reality Guide Me! function and your phone’s camera to superimpose the historic view upon the present-day view, blend them together, and create an image that can be saved and emailed to friends.
All photos are from The Charles L. Franck Studio Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Charles L. Franck (1877–1965) was a commercial photographer in New Orleans; his studio was purchased in 1955 by Albert Bertacci (1935–2005). Tens of thousands of photographs and negatives from the Franck and Franck-Bertacci studios, held at The Historic New Orleans Collection, chronicle the face and growth of Louisiana, and New Orleans in particular, during the 20th century.
With the Historic New Orleans App, you can:
•Find historic photos based on your location
•Browse the photoset and zoom in for details
•Share the photos, complete with accompanying metadata
•Learn more by viewing each photo’s record in The Historic New Orleans Collection’s online catalogue
•Use the augmented reality Guide Me! function to find the site of each historic photo
•Use the augmented reality Guide Me! function and your phone’s camera to superimpose the historic view upon the present-day view, blend them together, and create an image that can be saved and emailed to friends.
All photos are from The Charles L. Franck Studio Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Charles L. Franck (1877–1965) was a commercial photographer in New Orleans; his studio was purchased in 1955 by Albert Bertacci (1935–2005). Tens of thousands of photographs and negatives from the Franck and Franck-Bertacci studios, held at The Historic New Orleans Collection, chronicle the face and growth of Louisiana, and New Orleans in particular, during the 20th century.
Requirements
Your mobile device must have at least 16.11 MB of space to download and install Historic New Orleans app. Historic New Orleans was updated to a new version. Purchase this version for $0.00
If you have any problems with installation or in-app purchase, found bugs, questions, comments about this application, you can visit the official website of LookBackMaps jumpSLIDE networks LLC at http://www.hnoc.org/app.html.
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