A photo of St. Charles Avenue converted to a digital pastel drawing makes for an interesting un-pack.
Digital Pastel Drawing
Interesting artwork/enhancement. From the Internet Archive:
Public domain photo of St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans in the early twentieth century that was altered with the Topaz DeJPEG plug-in, then the Topaz DeNoise plug-in, then the Topaz Clarity plug-in (cityscape effect), then JixiPix Artoon (vectoon effect), then the Topaz Clean plug-in (edge boost effect), then the Topaz ReStyle plug-in (rolling hills at dawn effect), then the Alien Skin Exposure X2 plug-in (clarity, contrast, and vibrance adjustments), then the Topaz Clarity plug-in (flower effect), then the Topaz ReStyle plug-in (brilliant sea shore effect), then the Topaz Detail plug-in (spring landscape effect), then the Alien Skin Exposure X2 plug-in (saturation and tone adjustments), then the ON1 Photo 10 plug-in (vibrancy brush), then the Topaz Impression plug-in on the base image (pastel 2 type 12 set to solid), and then the Photoshop paintbrush. Public domain image courtesy of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
If someone familiar with these artistic tools, feel free to explain them to me, like I’m a kid with my box of 64 Crayola Crayons (includes sharpener).
Unpack
The third incarnation of the St. Charles Hotel, in the background, opened in 1896. The New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad electrified in 1894, so early 20th century fits. On the left, Imperial Shoes stands at 120 St. Chatrles. Meyer, the Hatter, is just out of the shot, at 112 St. Charles. Pokorny’s Shoes is just up from Imperial. On the right, the Hotel Crescent, at 121 St. Charles, includes Fox The Hatter on the ground floor. Kolb’s Restaurant opened in 1899 in the next building up, 125 St. Charles. The iconic neon sign for Kolb’s appears later. After Kolb’s comes the City Hotel, which took over the corner from the Louisiana Club.
Streetcars
The New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad Company electrified the Carrollton line (now the St. Charles line) in 1894. By 1899, streetcar operators merged into the New Orleans Traction Company,, then the second incarnation of the New Orleans City Railroad Company. The St. Charles line operates on its current route here, coming inbound on Carondelet, looping on Canal, then outbound on St. Charles. The city had yet to rip up the second and third tracks in the 100 block of St. Charles. They’re just visible at the bottom of the photo. Compare this with the unpack of a 1890 photo.
The colorization of this photo is quite the treat!
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