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NOLA History Guy Podcast 22-June-2019 – WWI, Voudou
Two short segments on NOLA History Guy Podcast 22-June-2019 NOLA History Guy Podcast 22-June-2019 We're back after a week off, while we celebrated LT Firstborn's master's degree! The submariner earned a master's in Military History from the US Army Command and General...
WWII Lunchbox Lecture Wednesday June 19th by NOLA History Guy
Come see NOLA History Guy at the National WWII Museum for a WWII Lunchbox Lecture WWII Lunchbox Lecture Edward Branley presents a WWII Lunchbox Lecture, this Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at the National World War II Museum. The talk will be in the Orientation Center of...
NOLA History Guy Podcast 8-June-2019 – Industrial Canal and USCT
Two short-form pieces this week on NOLA History Guy Podcast 8-June-2019 NOLA History Guy Podcast 8-June-2019 We hope you enjoyed our conversations with Derby Gisclair over the last two weeks. Back to short-form this week, with our pick from Today in New Orleans...
Krauss Department Store 1910 – The store’s first expansion
Krauss Department Store 1910 - the first expansion of the 1903 building. Krauss Department Store 1910 Leon Fellman built the two-story building at Canal and Basin Streets in 1902. He leased it to the Krauss brothers. They opened "a veritable trade palace" that...
Streetcars Canals Baseball #StreetcarMonday in Mid-City
Streetcars Canals Baseball in Mid-City New Orleans Streetcars, Canals, Baseball! In one of our podcast conversations with Derby Gisclair, we discussed aerial photos of Heinemann Park/Pelican Stadium. Derby explains the neighborhood around the stadium used by the...
NOLA History Guy Podcast 1-June-2019 – Baseball in New Orleans
Talking baseball! Derby Gisclair conversation on NOLA History Guy Podcast 1-June-2019 NOLA History Guy Podcast 1-June-2019 We have a LONG "long-form" podcast today! It's our second conversation with S. Derby Gisclair, author and historian, about his book, Baseball in...
NOPSI Patriotic Support – Memorial Day Memory #StreetcarMonday
During World War II, NOPSI Patriotic Support traveled the street rails. NOPSI Patriotic Support When America went to war in Europe, New Orleans stepped up and did her part to support the cause. In World War I, the retailers on Canal Street regularly used their...
NOLA History Guy Podcast 25-May-2019 Doberge and Baseball
Talking Baseball on NOLA History Guy Podcast 25-May-2019 Early Baseball in New Orleans by S. Derby Gisclair NOLA History Guy Podcast 25-May-2019 Our first long-form pod in a while! We feature this week a conversation with S. Derby Gisclair on his book, Early Baseball...
Bus Stop Iroquois Street Gentilly before the Seminary
Riders wait for the Broad line at a bus stop Iroquois Street Gentilly Bus Stop Iroquois Street Gentilly Bus stop at Gentilly Blvd. and Iroquois Street, 10-Jun-1946. This Franck Studios photo has a court docket number in the corner. I haven't looked up why NOPSI...
NOLA History Guy Podcast 18-May-2019 – French Market and The Beast
More Southern Rebellion in NOLA History Guy Podcast 18-May-2019 NOLA History Guy Podcast 18-May-2019 Two segments as we've been doing for NOLA History Guy Podcast 18-May-2019. We discuss the French Market and Mayor Cantrell's ideas on re-vamping the market in the...
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