legacy of Loujon Press

legacy of Loujon Press

Posted on August 25, 2017 3:22 PM | Updated September 22, 2017 8:56 AM

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Gypsy Lou Webb and Noel Rockmore

'Tenants Anyone?' [Gypsy Lou Webb and Noel Rockmore]; photograph by Johnny Donnels; ca. 1980; The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Joan T. Donnels, 2010.0068.1.2(Photograph courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection)

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Gypsy Lou Webb and Charles Bukowski in Tucson; 1967

Charles Bukowski and Gypsy Lou Webb in Tucson; 1967; photograph (reproduction); The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Edwin J. Blair, 2011.0427.30 (Photograph courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection)

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The last edition of The Outsider -- a double issue of #4 and #5 -- published by Loujon Press in Tucson, Arizona in 1968/1969. (From a private collection; photo: NOLA.com staff Sue Strachan)

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Inside front page of the last edition of The Outsider -- a double issue of #4 and #5 -- published by Loujon Press in Tucson, Arizona in 1968/1969. (From a private collection; photo: NOLA.com staff Sue Strachan)

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A list of contributors to the last edition of The Outsider -- a double issue of #4 and #5 -- published by Loujon Press in Tucson, Arizona in 1968/1969. (From a private collection; photo: NOLA.com staff Sue Strachan)

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Pages from the last edition of The Outsider -- a double issue of #4 and #5 -- published by Loujon Press in Tucson, Arizona in 1968/1969. (From a private collection; photo: NOLA.com staff Sue Strachan)

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Allen Ginsberg contribution to the last edition of The Outsider -- a double issue of #4 and #5 -- published by Loujon Press in Tucson, Arizona in 1968/1969. The pressed flower is from the top of Geronimo's grave and according to lore, Gypsy Lou Webb picked enough flowers to hand place individually (usually more than one) into each issue printed. (From a private collection; photo: NOLA.com staff Sue Strachan)

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Gypsy Lou Webb (location and date unknown.) NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archives

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Gypsy Lou Webb checks the type on a press as Frances Swigart looks on at a Magazine Street studio, Feb. 2, 1994. This photo was taken to go with a story by Susan Larson about how a new print by a small publisher would be made from plates of The Outsider, the first issue of which was published 1960, and the final (a double issue) 1968-1969. This edition Edwin J. Blair was the publisher, Swigart the printmaker. Photo G.E. Arnold.

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Edwin J. Blair examines an elaborate book by Henry Miller, published by Loujon Press (Photo by Doug MacCash / NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune).

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Gypsy Lou Webb, New Orleans, March 11, 1991. Photo: G.E. Arnold.