Related Ephemera
Images of newspaper articles, books, papers, and letters related to artist Dan Whitney and his Bohemian compatriots in the 1920s French Quarter.
Image above: The first clue author Catherine Whitney discovered on her journey to learn more about her estranged grandfather, artist Dan Whitney. The 1925 marriage of her grandparents made the front page of the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper.
A rare original copy of Sherwood Anderson & Other Famous Creoles, by William Faulkner and William Spratling in 1926. Only a few hundred copies were printed originally, but there’s a wonderful reprint available. Click here to purchase the reprint from your favorite local bookstore.
Dixie Bohemia by John Shelton Reed, profiles all 43 of the artists and friends who were included in the Faulkner and Spratling’s original book. Click here to purchase from your favorite local bookstore.
A rare original copy of Sherwood Anderson & Other Famous Creoles, by William Faulkner and William Spratling in 1926. This copy is signed by many of the people caricatured inside, including Dan Whitney.
Dan Whitney and Catherine Wainwright attended a French Quarter costume ball for the arts in 1925. From a society page spread in the Times-Picayune, photos by Pops Whitesell