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Loyola Stadium at @loyola_nola
Located on campus, Loyola Stadium was home to the university's football team in the 1930s. Loyola Stadium Night shot of Loyola Stadium at Loyola University, New Orleans, 1938. While the venue takes the name of the school, several photographs identify it as "Joseph...
Maison Blanche Halloween #MB Monday
Maison Blanche Halloween wasn't a big deal. Christmas was the big deal. Maison Blanche Halloween Interior shot of the Maison Blanche store in The Plaza at Lake Forest. The store opened in 1974. The store incorporated many of the design features of the one in Clearview...
Maison Blanche Gentilly 1948
Maison Blanche Gentilly was the second store off of Canal Street. Maison Blanche Gentilly Franck Studios photo of Maison Blanche Gentilly in 1948. The department store opened its third store just off Gentilly Boulevard, at Frenchmen Street. This strip mall anchored a...
Express 80 Sunk the Canal Streetcar
Express 80 bus service made it easy to discontinue streetcar service. NOPSI's Express 80 From the late-1960s, riders board a NOPSI bus on the Express 80 route. NOPSI operated this line as an "express" option to its Canal - Lake Vista via Canal Blvd line. The bus,...
Siemens Chargers on the City #TrainThursday
Siemens Chargers on the City of New Orleans, departing NOL. Siemens Chargers at work ALC-42, Siemens Chargers, operate now on Amtrak's City of New Orleans route. AMTK 300 and AMTK126 pull the City out of Union Passenger Terminal, New Orleans, 19-October-2022. The...
Westside Shopping Center #MBMonday
Westside Shopping Center was anchored by MB's fourth location. Westside Shopping Center A re-vamped Maison Blanche Westside was featured in the store's employee magazine, "Shop Talk," on 1-February-1970. The store, opened in 1958, as the shopping center's anchor....
MOW on the Back Belt #TrainThursday
MOW (Maintenance of Way) equipment keeps the trains running. MOW equipment and trucks Norfolk Southern Maintenance of Way (MOW) equipment along the Back Belt in New Orleans. These units perform regular work on the rails to insure quality. These vehicles are a ballast...
Maison Blanche Clearview #MB Monday
Maison Blanche Clearview was a huge department store. Maison Blanche Clearview Architectural rendering of Maison Blanche Clearview, 1968. This is essentially what the store looked like when it opened a year later. This perspective is what you saw as you exited I-10 at...
1201 Canal 1899 #FellmanFriday
The block at 1201 Canal was a row of houses in 1899. 1201 Canal Street 1899 Section of Plate 7 of the Robinson Atlas of New Orleans, 1883, showing square 127 of the 2nd District, 1201 Canal. This block later transformed into Krauss Department Store. Square 127 is...
City Park Miniature Railroad #TrainThursday
City Park's Miniature Railroad dates to the 1890 The Miniature Railroad at City Park This is a 2010 photo of the current incarnation of the City Park railroad, courtesy Mid-City Messenger. A miniature railroad first operated in New Orleans City Park in the 1890s....
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