John E. Kuhlman photographed New Orleans from 1948 through the late 1970s. Beyond his work as a portrait and wedding photographer, he left behind an extraordinary record of the mid-20th century jazz and music scene — gathered here for the first time through the preservation efforts of his daughter, Susan Morris.
These images capture a world now passed: the Onward Brass Band on a tree-lined North Claiborne Avenue before the interstate; Alphonse Picou and George Lewis on Bourbon Street; Pete Fountain and George Girard at Lenfant's with the Basin Street Six; Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Liberace in performance and backstage — and Hank Williams' New Orleans wedding.
John E. Kuhlman photographed New Orleans from 1948 through the late 1970s. Beyond his work as a portrait and wedding photographer, he left behind an extraordinary record of the mid-20th century jazz and music scene — gathered here for the first time through the preservation efforts of his daughter, Susan Morris.
These images capture a world now passed: the Onward Brass Band on a tree-lined North Claiborne Avenue before the interstate; Alphonse Picou and George Lewis on Bourbon Street; Pete Fountain and George Girard at Lenfant's with the Basin Street Six; Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Liberace in performance and backstage — and Hank Williams' New Orleans wedding.