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Rebel Route to Tennessee #TrainThursday
Gulf, Mobile, and Northern's Rebel Route connected New Orleans to Jackson, Tennessee. Rebel Route The "Rebel," operated by Gulf, Mobile, and Northern Railroad, at Terminal Station in Faubourg Treme, late 1930s, early 1940s. It's unclear whether this train is departing...
Municipal Auditorium 1932
The Walmsley administration held a banquet at the Municipal Auditorium in 1932. Morris FX Jeff Municipal Auditorium Franck Studios photo of the New Orleans Municipal Auditorium in 1932. The city opened the facility on May 30, 1930. Since it opened, the Municipal...
Masonic Funeral Procession
Photo of a Masonic funeral procession from the late 1940s/early 1950s. Masonic Funeral Procession Officers of Axiom Lodge #216, Free and Accepted Masons, Prince Hall Affiliation (PHA), lead a funeral procession. Undated photo Axiom Lodge dates to 1951, so photo is...
Canal Street Postcard
This Canal Street Postcard was printed in 1903. Canal Street postcard Detroit Publishing Company postcard of Canal Street, New Orleans, from 1903. The photographer stands on the roof of the Custom House, looking towards the lake. The foreground shows the 500 block....
Henry Clay Monument Map
The Henry Clay Monument stood on Canal Street from 1860 to 1901. NOTE: If you see something else interesting on these maps, speak up! Le'ts talk about it. Henry Clay Monument A private group raised money to build a monument to American statesmen Henry Clay in 1860....
Wrecked Streetcar – NOPSI 888 #StreetcarSaturday
NOPSI 888, a wrecked streetcar, outside Carrollton Station. Wrecked streetcar The running joke is, when there's a streetcar-versus-automobile confrontation, the streetcar wins. While this is true, it doesn't mean the streetcar comes out unscathed. Such was the case on...
Historic Old New Orleans Guidebook
Historic Old New Orleans was published in 1938. Historic Old New Orleans Guidebook Cover illustrations for a pamphlet, "Historic Old New Orleans," published in 1938. The pamphlet is subtitled, "America's Most Interesting City." The front cover displays the title, but...
Pontchartrain Railroad Station
The Pontchartrain Railroad station in Faubourg Marigny was on Decatur Street. Pontchartrain Railroad Station The Pontchartrain Railroad operated from Faubourg Marigny to Port Pontchartrain, in Milneburg. While the lake terminus extended out onto a shipping pier, the...
Suicide Oak City Park
City Park contains some of the oldest trees in New Orleans, including Suicide Oak. Suicide Oak Postcard from the V.O. Hammon Publishing Company, early 1900s. This tree got its name because sixteen men took their lives over a period of twelve years, in the 1890s into...
Kenner Sanborn Maps
Kenner Sanborn maps offer insight into the city in 1926. Kenner Sanborn maps This plate shows a section of Kenner, LA. Fire insurance companies used these maps to set rates for customers. Kenner Sanborn maps provide the underwriter with details on structures, streets,...
St. Alphonsus Church 1950s
St. Alphonsus Church in the Irish Channel is one of the "Redemptorist" churches. St. Alphonsus Church Photo by Franck Studios of St. Alphonsus Church on Constance Street in the Irish Channel. HNOC dates the photo at 1953, but some of their records are off. I'm not...
1964 Transit Improvement
1964 Transit Improvement Program ended the Canal streetcar line. 1964 Transit Improvement Flyer updating riders on the 1964 Transit Improvement Program. New Orleans Public Service, Incorporated (NOPSI) planned the removal of streetcars from the Canal Street line for...
1201 Canal Street 1919 #KraussFriday
1201 Canal Street viewed from the Elks Building. 1201 Canal Street John Tibule Mendes took this photo of Krauss Department Store and the train station on 30-March-1919. Mendes stood on the roof of the Elk's Home, just across Canal Street, at 127 Elks Place. Leon...
Southern Railway Southerner to NYC #TrainThursday
Southern Railway Southerner train ran from New Orleans to New York City. Southern Railway Southerner Two EMD E-6 "A" units pull the Southern Railway Southerner train, southbound over Lake Pontchartrain. The photo is undated, but likely from the late 1940s/early 1950s....
Washington Hotel Milneburg
The Washington Hotel in Milneburg attracted guests and groups from across New Orleans. Washington Hotel The hotel opened in 1832. Pontchartrain Railroad operations began two years earlier. The railroad connected Faubourg Marigny with Port Pontchartrain (Milneburg)....
Twelve Months New Orleans June
Twelve Months New Orleans June, continuing the series by Enrique Alferez Twelve Months New Orleans June This image is the sixth in a series of images by Enrique Alferez, published by Michael Higgins as "The Twelve Months of New Orleans." Higgins published the...
Godchaux Building 1916
The Godchaux Building stood in the 501 block of Canal Street. Godchaux Building Postcard of Canal Street, 1916. The Godchaux Building, at 527 Canal, rises in the foreground, right. The 501 block numbering begins with the building across the Dorsiere Street from the...
St. Aloysius Commencement 1894 #BOSHSunday
St. Aloysius Commencement in 1894 was a simple ceremony. St. Aloysius Commencement The St. Aloysius Commencement ceremony in 1894, as covered by the Daily Picayune, was a simple ceremony, as the school: ...closed its session yesterday without any of the special...
Desire Buses begin 1948 #StreetcarSaturday
Desire Buses begin on 30-May-1948. Desire Buses New Orleans Public Service, Incorporated (NOPSI) converted their Desire line from streetcars to buses over Memorial Day Weekend in 1948. This flyer, distributed on transit lines across the city, explained the change....
Pirate’s Alley Postcard
Pirate's Alley Postcard from the early 1900s. Pirate's Alley Postcard This Pirate's Alley Postcard presents the New Orleans landmark from Royal Street to Chartres Street. The Newberry Library, University of Illinois, retains the original copy as part of the Curt Teich...
Railroad Connections
Railroad connections in New Orleans via the Clio streetcar lines. Railroad connections The 100-200 blocks of St. Charles Avenue, seen from Canal Street, 1890. The Crescent Billiard Hall is foreground, left, with a tailor shop in the retail space on the first floor....
800 Block Canal Street 1910
The 901 block Canal Street in 1910 looks almost the same today. 901 block Canal Street Detroit Publishing Company postcard of the 901 block Canal Street, in 1910, possibly as late as 1915. While much of the Detroit Publishing collection dates to 1900-1905, the...
Main Entrance, Brother Martin High, 1971
The main entrance at Brother Martin High School in 1971. BMHS Main Entrance From Yesterday 1972, this photo shows the main entrance to Brother Martin High School in its third year of existence. To the left is the oeriginal Cor Jesu building. To the right is the lobby...
French Quarter Mini-bus #StreetcarSaturday
French Quarter mini-bus offered an alternative to standard-size buses. French Quarter mini-bus NOPSI 1002, a "Flxette" from the Flxible Company, going down Chartres Street in 1980. NOPSI operated a "French Quarter" line, replacing standard buses with these minis. They...
Krauss 1938 #KraussFriday
Krauss 1938 shows the badge of the Eighth National Eucharistic Congress. Krauss 1938 The Catholic Church in the United States held its Eighth National Eucharistic Congress in New Orleans. The Congress ran from 17-October to 20-October, 1938. Since Krauss Department...
Metairie Cemetery Main Entrance 1900
Metairie Cemetery main entrance in the early 1900s. Metairie Cemetery main entrance Postcard from the V. O. Hammon Collection, Newberry Library, University of Illinois. The Metairie Cemetery main entrance at Pontchartrain Boulevard and Metairie Road, in the early...
Canal Street passenger train departing #TrainThursday
Canal Street passenger train departs the Louisville and Nashville station. Canal Street passenger train A K-5 class locomotive owned by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad departs the L&N terminal, around 1950. This Canal Street passenger train was a common...
NORTA 2007 #StreetcarSaturday
NORTA 2007 is a 2000-series Von Dullen arch roof streetcar. NORTA 2007 on the Riverfront A Von Dullen streetcar, NORTA 2007, operating on the Riverfront line, 10-June-2019. Photo by/courtesy of Michelle Callahan. While the 400-series streetcars, built in 1997,...
Krauss 1903 #KraussFriday
Krauss 1903 was the first year of the store's operation. Krauss 1903 Front-page ad in The Daily Picayune for Krauss Department Store, May 15, 1903. The store opened to the public in April of 1903. So, at this point, Krauss was about a month old. The ad features a...
Norfolk Southern Track Geometry @nscorp
Norfolk Southern track geometry uses NS 33 and NS 34. Norfolk Southern Track Geometry NS 33 and NS 34 passed along the Norfolk Southern Back Belt at the end of March. The pair are loaded with equipment that simulates car loads and sensors to pick up how those loads...
Cypress Grove Cemetery
Cypress Grove was also known as Fireman's Cemetery. Cypress Grove Cemetery Theodore Lilienthal photo of Cypress Grove Cemetery, ca. 1882. The cemetery stands at the end of Canal Street, at City Park Avenue. The Firemen's Charitable and Benevolent Association (FCBA)...
Hot 5 Kid Ory
Hot 5 Kid Ory gets less attention than the band leader, Louis Armstrong. Hot 5 Kid Ory It's no surprise that articles about the Hot 5 focus around Pops, but Hot 5 Kid Ory influenced the Chicago jazz scene in the 1920s. This publicity photo for the band presents (l-r)...
Phillis Wheatley School
Phillis Wheatley School is located in Faubourg Tremé. Phillis Wheatley School Photo of an architectural model of Phillis Wheatley School, designed by Charles Colbert, in 1954. Colbert's widespread praise for the school's mid-century modern design. While the school was...
Maison Blanche Tire Store
Maison Blanche tire store on Airline Highway in Metairie. Maison Blanche tire store The "Greatest Store South," Maison Blanche operated a Tire Store at 1920 Airline Highway, in Metairie, from the late 1950s to the 1970s. The store was in between the store at S....
Cabildo Courtyard 1940
Cabildo courtyard, captured in a 1940 postcard. Cabildo courtyard "Courtyard and Prison Rooms in the Cabildo." This postcard, from the Curt Teich Postcard Archives Digital Collection at the Newberry Library, University of Illinois, is from a photo by Bill Leeper. It...
Spring Week 1976 #BOSHSunday
Spring Week mini-classes replaced third quarter exams in 1976. Spring Week Brother Gaspar Rodrigue, SC, conducting a "gourmet cooking" class for Spring Week at Brother Martin High School, 1976. Brother Gaspar lived across the street from the school, on Elysian Fields,...
West End Streetcar #StreetcarSaturday
West End Streetcar line ran until 1950. West End Streetcar NOPSI 933, running on the West End Streetcar line. Undated photo, between 1948 and 1950. This is the end of the line, out by Lake Pontchartrain. The streetcar ran from the the river, up Canal Street, turning...
Krauss Warehouse Building #KraussFriday
Krauss warehouse building on Iberville Street supported the store. Krauss warehouse building The Krauss Company used this seven-story building at 201 N. Front Street (Front and Iberville) as warehouse space in the 1930s to the 1960s. The store, located at 1201 Canal,...
Sharkey’s Trumpet
Sharkey's Trumpet was a gold-plated award from the NOJC. Sharkey's Trumpet Mrs. Myra Menville presents an award trumpet to Sharkey Bonano in 1955. Bonano, who was born in Milneburg, played with a number of legends of New Orleans Jazz, including Freedie Newman and...
Richards and Gillette in Milneburg #JazzTuesday
Richards and Gillette were a married couple and jazz act. Richards and Gillette Bob Gillette and his wife, Shirley Richards, posing on the railroad tracks in Milneburg in 1952. Gillette played the banjo. He played with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, then Bix...
Maison Blanche 1909
Maison Blanche 1909, just after the "new" store was completed. Maison Blanche 1909 Detroit Publishing Company photo of the tallest building on Canal Street, the Maison Blanche Building. The department store demolished the old (1884) Mercier Building at 901 Canal...
Brother Leo Godin, SC #BOSHSunday
Brother Leo Godin in the "Bursar's Office," in the late 1970s. Brother Leo, SC Working the Brother Martin High School bookstore was Brother Leo Godin, SC's job in the late 1970s. Note the all-khaki uniform of the time. I can't identify the student in this photo. If...
Red Streetcars Uptown #StreetcarSaturday
Red streetcars uptown aren't as common a sight as they used to be. Red streetcars uptown David Mora (@davidmora on Twitter, @davidnola on Instagram) shares some absolutely wonderful photos of New Orleans. He always posts stuff that lifts my spirits, like this photo of...
Twelve Months New Orleans May
Twelve Months New Orleans May, continuing the series by Enrique Alferez Twelve Months New Orleans May This image is the Fourth in a series of images by Enrique Alferez, published by Michael Higgins as "The Twelve Months of New Orleans." Higgins published the...
May 1862 – NOLA History Guy Podcast 01-May-2021
NOLA History Guy Podcast 01-May-2021 discusses Butler's goals in New Orleans. NOLA History Guy Podcast 01-May-2021 We're back! Since we're starting on May 1st, let's talk about the occupation of New Orleans in 1862. Consider these goals Butler had when he came to New...
Bus accident 1950
This bus accident, on the Gentilly line, involves a NOPSI bus, a car, and a building. Bus accident 1950 NOPSI 1547, a White Motor Company bus, operating on the Gentilly line. At 6:40 AM on 26-May-1950, Franck Studios documented a bus accident at Royal Street and...
US Navy Mortar Schooners
US Navy Mortar Schooners shattered Fort Jackson in 1862. US Navy Bomb Vessels Photo of a bomb vessel of the type that blasted Forts Jackson and St. Phillip on the Mississippi River, 18-23 April, 1862. Captain David Porter commanded twenty-one of these US Navy mortar...
Knights Templar Train 1924 #TrainThursday
Knights Templar train en route to New Orleans. Knights Templar train A special train, operated by the Texas and Pacific Railroad (T&P), arrives at New Orleans, 27-April-1924. The Knights Templar held their triennial convention in the city that year. The Texas and...
USS Cayuga 1862
USS Cayuga participated in Farragut's attack on Forts Jackson and St. Phillip. USS Cayuga An Unadilla-class gunboat, Cayuga was launched on 10-Oct-1861, at Portland, CT. After final fitting-out at the New York Navy Yard, she was commissioned on 21-Feb-1862. Upon...
Entering Metairie Cemetery 1930s
Entering Metairie Cemetery before the expressway, 1930s. Entering Metairie Cemetery Franck Studios photo of Metairie Cemetery, from the 1930s. The perspective is from the Metairie Road side. The original entrance to the cemetery stands just behind the photographer....
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