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NOPSI 921 Arch Roof – Nighttime on St. Charles Avenue, 1971 #NOLAstreetcars #StreetcarMonday
NOPSI 921 was one of 35 arch roofs that survived. NOPSI 921 St. Charles Avenue at night. This photo, by Roger Puta, shows NOPSI 921 as it's just made the turn from Canal Street, onto St. Charles, for its outbound run on that line. NOPSI 921 survived the massive...
Smokey Mary – The Pontchartrain Railroad in the 1860s #TrainThursday
Smokey Mary linked Faubourg Marigny to Milneburg for almost a century Smokey Mary The Pontchartrain Railroad operated from 1831 to 1930. The trains ran out to the fishing village of Milneburg. A port facility developed along the lakefront at Milneburg. The railroad...
Kolb’s Restaurant and the Fading Signs project
Kolb's Restaurant arguably has a "fading sign" right out front. Kolb's Restaurant I had three targets in mind in the 100 block of Canal Street for the Fading Signs book. One was the "Russell Stover" in the sidewalk tiles at the entrance of what used to be the candy...
City Park Line – Trackless Trolleys #Backatown #StreetcarMonday
City Park Line connected Mid-City and the French Quarter City Park Line The Orleans Railroad Company opened the City Park line on July 1, 1898. It connected the French Quarter with Mid-City, mostly via Dumaine Street. Orleans RR merged into New Orleans Railway and...
Mr. Bingle 1952 – Maison Blanche Canal Street
Mr. Bingle 1952 - Jingle, Jangle Jingle Mr. Bingle 1952 In 1947, Emile Alline was the display-window manager for Maison Blanche. He took his family up to Chicago that fall, for a family trip. While up there, he applied a professional eye to Christmas displays along...
Single-truck Streetcars on Canal Street, 1905 #streetcarmonday
Single-truck Streetcars were the first electrics in New Orleans Single-Truck Streetcars Streetcar operating companies phased out mule power in the mid-1890s. So, the single-truck streetcars replaced the "bobtails", as the first electric cars in the city....
Fading Ads Contest – Week 1
Fading Ads Contest Fading Ads Contest Thanks to everyone who submitted suggestions and photos of fading ads around New Orleans. Some of them I had, some I didn't, and everyone suggesting something was entered into the contest. Da Winnah! Kirk Landry is our winner!...
CONTEST – Help me find “Fading Ads” in New Orleans and the suburbs
CONTEST time! Help us find "fading ads" Contest time! I've submitted the proposal for Fading Ads of New Orleans to The History Press! It's looking good that they'll accept the proposal and the book will move forward. That means I need fading ads! You guys are always...
Vernon Smith turned NORTA 29 into “The Littlest Streetcar”
Vernon Smith gives NORTA 29 a personality! Vernon Smith I had the privilege of attending a book event last Friday, at St. Francis Xavier Parish, on Metairie Road. There were over twenty authors there. I knew many of the authors. I also enjoyed meeting some new folks,...
Feibleman’s, 1923 – Leon Fellman’s family renames his store
Feibelman's replaces Leon Fellman's upon the passing of the patriarch Feibleman's Store The department store operated at 800 Canal Street, corner Carondelet, for eleven years. The store was Leon Fellman's until 1920. The store's name changed when Leon Fellman passed...
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