Federico Macaroni Manufacturing 1917

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Federico Macaroni Manufacturing operated a pasta factory at 1000 Chartres in the Vieux Carre. Federico Macaroni Manufacturing Happy St. Joseph's Day! There were several pasta factories in the Vieux Carre at the start of the Twentieth Century. This 1917 photo, part of a New Orleans Chamber of Commerce set, shows the Federico Macaroni Manufacturing Company's first factory at 1000 Chartres. The Federicos demolished the existing building. In 1920, they replaced it with the four-story structure currently in place. The new building suffered severe damage from a fire in 1927. During the Reconstruction period following the Southern Rebellion, Sicilians migrated to...