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Cartier Bus at Carrollton?
The Cartier Bus line ran in Gentilly. Cartier Bus Photo from Aaron Handy, III, of two streetcars and a "old looks" bus at Carrollton Station in the mid-1970s. Here's his caption from the "Vintage New Orleans Transit" group on the Book of Face: "Charley cars 951 and...
Gym Liturgy #BOSHSunday @BMHSCrusaders
Gym Mass is a key part of the holistic education offered at Brother Martin High School. Gym Mass Brother Louis Couvillon, SC, leads the students, faculty and staff of Brother Martin High School in the celebration of the Eucharist, Fall of 2009. Brother celebrates a...
Twelve Months New Orleans September
Twelve Months New Orleans September, continuing the series by Enrique Alferez Twelve Months New Orleans August This image is the ninth in a series of images by Enrique Alferez, published by Michael Higgins as "The Twelve Months of New Orleans." Higgins published the...
Private Utility Companies in New Orleans
New Orleans has always had private utility companies. Private Utility Companies There's a lot of talk in the wake of Hurricane Ida of privatizing the electric utility in NOLA. Electricity has been private since the 1880s. The New Orleans Railway and Light Building...
Southern Railway Park in Faubourg Treme
Southern Railway Park stood just off from the tracks leading to Terminal Station. Southern Railway Park Franck Studios photos of Basin Street turning towards the lake in the late 1950s. The two parking tracks inside Southern Railway Park are visible on the left. Prior...
Freret’s Cenotaph
Freret's Cenotaph remained on paper when the Washington Artillery chose another design. Freret's Cenotaph "Front elevation design for the Washington Artillery Monument (tomb)." by James Freret. Like most architects in New Orleans, Freret worked on spec. He drafted...
Maison Blanche World War I
Advertising for Maison Blanche World War I focused on readiness. Maison Blanche World War I Two ads in the Times-Picayune, 24-August-1917, illustrate the targeting of Maison Blanche World War I. The smaller ad ran on page two, whereas the large ad ran on the back page...
St. Aloysius Bonds
St. Aloysius bonds, a private issue to finance the completion of the new building. St. Aloysius bonds. Advertisement in the Times-Picayune, 15-April, 1925, for St. Aloysius bonds to finance the completion of the "new" school building. The Bond Department of Marine...
Unpacking 900 Canal Street
Streetcars and Walgreens at 900 Canal Street! 900 Canal Street This Peter Ehrlich photo from 2008 features some next details. Most notably, NORTA 968 runs inbound on the Canal Street line. This was the period post-Katrina where the Canal and St. Charles lines crossed...
Unpacking 1200 Canal Street
Unpacking 1200 Canal, including neon, radio, and streetcars. Unpacking 1200 Canal Street Franck Studios photo, shot from Canal and Basin Streets, looking towards the river. HNOC dates this at approximately 1932. The fleur-de-lis lampposts and relatively-new...
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