Dunn, Michael Fitzgerald (sold)
Michael Fitzgerald Dunn (1842 - March 25, 1913) was a New Orleans Irish-American lithographer and stationer active in the late 19th century. He partnered for a time in the 1879s with Thomas Fitzwilliam from offices at 76 Camp Street, before establishing his own firm, M. F. Dunn and Brothers. They were based at 70 Camp and at 67 Washington Ave, New Orleans. Dunn operated one of the first steam presses in New Orleans.
'No city in the United States has a deeper interest in the subject of trade with Mexico, Central and South America than New Orleans.'
Mapa de las Lineas de Trasporte Tributariasa a los Intereses Comerciales de Nueva Orleans Preparado para la Bolsa Mercantil Mexicana. Centro y Sur Americana por Julio Popper.
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This is a 1883 Julius (Julio) Popper Spanish-language shipping and trade map promoting New Orleans as a center of trade with Latin America. It was almost certainly issued in anticipation of the 1884-85 Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, the first World's Fair held in New Orleans. Although nearly 20 years had passed, New Orleans in 1883 was still recovering from the repercussions of the American Civil War (1861-1865) and Reconstruction. It was, nonetheless, central to U.S. ambitions for national commercial growth. (more details)