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Bagur Southern Souvenier Postcard
The Bagur Southern Souvenir Company produced postcards of New Orleans. Bagur Southern Souvenir "Greetings from New Orleans" postcard, published by the Dexter Press company, of Pearl River, NY. Bagur Southern Souvenir Company sold a wide range of products. They hold...
NOPSI 924 becomes NORTA 450 #StreetcarSaturday
NOPSI 924 came home as NORTA 450 on the Riverfront line. NOPSI 924 From my book, New Orleans: The Canal Streetcar Line (2004), NOPSI 924 sits at Carrollton Station. The streetcar operated on the Riverfront line until 1997. The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority...
City Park Trees 1910
City Park Trees, palm and oak, near the McFadden house. City Park Trees Palm and oak trees in front of the original house that later became the McFadden mansion. It's now part of City Park New Orleans. The Library of Congress (LOC) dates this photo as circa 1910. That...
Westbound Railroads from New Orleans
Westbound railroads from New Orleans originated with the NOOGW. Westbound railroads The New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad offered service to the West of New Orleans. We've talked about NOOGW in previous posts, but this particular map contains some...
Metairie Cemetery 1905ish
Metairie Cemetery at the turn of the 20th Century. Metairie Cemetery Detroit Publishing Company postcard of Metairie Cemetery, circa 1905. The state granted the Metairie Cemetery Association a charter in 1872. So, at the time of this photo, the cemetery was about...
Pumping Station 6 Metairie @SWBNewOrleans
Pumping Station 6 drains 17th Street Canal. Pumping Station 6 Drawings from Historic American Building Survey LA-1235, Pumping Station 6, Orpheum and Hyacinth Streets. This pumping station spans the 17th Street Canal, just north of Metairie Road. Built in 1899, it's...
Norman Mayer Library @NOLALibrary
The Norman Mayer Library branch of NOPL serves Gentilly. Norman Mayer Library Franck Studios photo (via HNOC) of the Norman Mayer Library. This branch of the New Orleans Public Library opened in 1949. The London Avenue Canal breach during the Federal Flood of 2005...
Southern Yacht Club 1900s
Southern Yacht Club still stands at the entrance to the New Canal. Southern Yacht Club Postcard from the Detroit Publishing Company of the Southern Yacht Club on Lake Pontchartrain. The club stands at the entrance to the New Canal. A local photographer shot this...
Arlington Saloon 1897 #TheMascot
Tom Anderson advertised his Arlington Saloon in The Mascot. Arlington Saloon Ad for the Arlington Saloon and Restaurant, 10-12 N. Rampart Street (later 112 N. Rampart, when the city's address scheme changed) in the 3-April-1897 edition of The Mascot. Anderson and the...
Twelve Months New Orleans April
Twelve Months New Orleans April, continuing the series by Enrique Alferez Twelve Months New Orleans April 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...
Department Store Ads – Godchaux’s
Department store ads over generations are fun. Department Store Ads Ads for Godchaux's Department Store. The first appeared in the Loyola Maroon in 1929. The second demonstrated the store's sort for the New Orleans Opera Guild. It appeared in the program for "Romeo...
Southern Belle Observation Car #TrainThursday
The Southern Belle Observation Car ended a classic streamlined train. KCS Southern Belle Train Postcard showing the observation car on the Southern Belle, the premier train of the Kansas City Southern Railroad. The Southern Belle train ran from Kansas City to New...
Custom House preliminary design 1851
This Custom House preliminary design evolved over the 1850s. Custom House New Orleans The Custom House occupies the 401 block of Canal Street. The final design became the building still standing. The Custom House functions as a federal office building. Additionally,...
Stephen Massicot 1898 #BOSHSunday
Stephen B. Massicot was a "promising young Orleanian." Stephen Massicot Obituary for Mr. Stephen Massicot (click for a PDF copy), who passed away on June 4, 1898. This column ran in the Daily Picayune on Wednesday, June 8, 1898. Massicot graduated from St. Aloysius...
Desire Line 1978
The Desire line operated as bus service in 1978. Desire Line Photo of a NOPSI bus on the Desire line in 1978. Here's Aaron's caption from Vintage New Orleans Transit: Inbound NOPSI Flxible New Look bus 325, a Streetbus Named Desire-Florida, crosses Saint Ann Street on...
Krauss Discount Shoes 1955
Krauss discount shoes, a staple of the department store. Krauss discount shoes Ad in the Times-Picayune, 27-March-1955, for Krauss Department Store. Krauss announced a new "Discount Shoe Department" here, in a Sunday edition of Da Paper. While I usually prefer to make...
Map of the Great Conflagration
Map of the Great Conflagration in New Orleans, 21-March-1788. Great Conflagration You've likely seen this map before, since it dramatically shows the extent of damage. The fire began on Good Friday, March 21, 1788. The starting point was the home of Don Vincente Jose...
St Aloysius Academy 1875 @BMHSCrusaders
St. Aloysius Academy advertises in the Daily Picayune in 1875. St. Aloysius Academy Ad in the Daily Picayune, 19-September-1875, for St. Aloysius Academy. The school opened for the 1869 school term in 1869. The first campus was a house on the corner of Chartres and...
St. John the Baptist Church 1933
St. John the Baptist Church photo from 1933. St. John the Baptist Church Photo of St. John the Baptist Church from 1933. It is part of a Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). While the record lists the location of the church as Dryades Street, the current name of...
Canal Line layover 1947 #StreetcarSaturday
The Canal line layover, on City Park Avenue by Greenwood Cemetery, 1947. Canal Line layover Here's Michael Palmieri's caption to this Elliott M. Kahn photo. NOPSI 843 - NEW ORLEANS - 25 FEB 1947 - ELLIOTT M. KAHN image New Orleans Public Service CEMETERIES LINE car...
New Orleans Militia Officer by Waud
New Orleans Militia Officer in 1862 by William Waud. New Orleans Militia Officer Illustrator William Waud offers detail on the uniform of this militia officer. The handwritten inscription says: "Light blue cap + frock; grey pants white crossbelts; other troops in...
Federico Macaroni Manufacturing 1917
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...
St. Patrick Church 1845
St. Patrick Church 1845 is an engraving of the first "Irish" parish church in New Orleans. St. Patrick Church 1845 From Norman's New Orleans and Environs, this engraving of St. Patrick Church 1845 shows the church at 724 Camp Street five years after its completion....
Jazz Funeral for Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau
Jazz Funeral for Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau Early Jazz Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau was born in New Orleans, in 1888. He was related to many early Jazz musicians. While Pavageau began his career as a dancer, Alcide also played guitar with a number of early Jazz...
New Orleans Map 1764
This New Orleans Map 1764 shows the city as the Spanish took over. New Orleans Map 1764. "Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans," published by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Paris, 1764. Given that the map was published in Paris, it was likely drawn in 1763. This puts it at the end of...
Basketball Championships #BOSHSunday
Brother Martin High School has a rich history of basketball championships. Basketball Championships Crusader forward Leroy Oliver (1975) goes up over Felton Young of Holy Cross in second-round district play, 1974. Center Rick Robey (1974) looks on, hoping he doesn't...
Canal Street turnaround 1955 #StreetcarSaturday
Canal Street turnaround at "Liberty Place," 1955. Canal Street Turnaround These photos by William T. Harry show turnaround operations on Canal Street. The engineering firm, Ford, Bacon, and Davis designed the loop in 1899. The firm consulted with the second...
Norfolk Southern MOW
Norfolk Southern MOW equipment on the New Orleans #BackBelt. cross-posted to NewOrleansRailroads.com Norfolk Southern MOW Maintenance-Of-Way (MOW) equipment seen recently on the Norfolk Southern "Back Belt." This equipment does crack clearing and ballast balancing....
Lake Pontchartrain Seawall
Lake Pontchartrain seawall is the first level of flood protection in Orleans Parish. Lake Pontchartrain Seawall John Tibule Mendes photo of the Lake Pontchartrain Seawall, not long after its completion in 1932. The Orleans Levee Board (OLB) began the seawall project...
Hebrew Rest Cemetery Gentilly 1961
Hebrew Rest Cemetery, just off of Elysian Fields Avenue and Gentilly Boulevard. Hebrew Rest Cemetery This aerial shot of Gentilly captures both sections of Hebrew Rest Cemetery. Latter and Blum commissioned this aerial set. The set documents the development of...
New Orleans Opelousas Great Western Railroad 1850s
New Orleans Opelousas Great Western Railroad in the 1850s. New Orleans Opelousas Great Western Railroad From a collection of pamphlets and other documents, this image is titled, Sketch showing the ROUTE of the New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad through...
Labiche Legendre Baronne Street
Labiche Legendre Baronne Street shoe store in the 1930s. Labiche Legendre Baronne Street Franck Studios photo of the Labiche and Legendre Shoe Store, 307 Baronne Street, 1933. The store moved from 836 Poydras Street to Baronne that year. Albert V. Labiche and Armand...
AMTK Crescent Plus ATIP Car
AMTK Crescent plus ATIP car on the #backbelt in New Orleans. cross-posted to New Orleans Railroads. AMTK Crescent plus ATIP Amtrak Crescent #20 Northbound on the NS #BackBelt, 15 minutes out of Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans (NOL). The red car directly behind...
Greenwood Cemetery 1930s
Greenwood Cemetery 1930s via a Franck Studios photo. Greenwood Cemetery 1930s The Fireman's Charitable and Benevolent Association (FCBA) incorporated in 1834. Its purpose was initially as a burial society. Firefighting was a volunteer job in the 19th Century. If a...
Sacred Heart Canal Old/New 1924
Sacred Heart Old/New - view of the new church before the old was demolished. Sacred Heart Old/New John Tibule Mendes shot this photo of Sacred Heart Old/New on 2-March-1924. He captured a moment, just after the completion of the parish's new church and before the old...
Twelve Months New Orleans March Alferez
Twelve Months New Orleans March, continuing the series by Enrique Alferez Twelve Months New Orleans March This image is the third in a series of images by Enrique Alferez, published by Michael Higgins as "The Twelve Months of New Orleans." Higgins published the...
Mystic Club 1963
The Mystic Club 1963 marked the forty-first tableau ball of the krewe. Mystic Club 1963 Mrs. Morell Feltus Trimble reigned as Queen of Mystic Club 1963 ball. The Times-Picayune newspaper recognized the krewe annually by printing a photo of their queen on the Sunday...
NOPSI 801 1953 #StreetcarSaturday
NOPSI 801 outbound to the Cemeteries in the Spring of 1953. NOPSI 801 Our friend Aaron Handy III brings us a Canal Street photo with a bit to unpack! Here's Aaron's caption from the Facebook group, Vintage New Orleans Transit: NOPSI Perley car 801, assigned to Tulane...
Distaff New Orleans First Issue
Distaff New Orleans dropped their first issue in February, 1973. Distaff New Orleans In December of 1972, a group of women journalists, writers, and others came together to produce a feminist publication. They dropped the "preview edition" of Distaff, a journal for...
Eagles Dining on the Texas and Pacific
Eagles dining on the Texas and Pacific was fun and enjoyable. Eagles dining The Texas and Pacific Railroad operated two "name trains." The Texas Eagle operated from St. Louis, MO, to El Paso Texas. The Louisiana Eagle traveled from New Orleans to Forth Worth. The...
St. Louis Cemetery Stereograph
St. Louis Cemetery stereograph Grant Rowles, an amateur photographer and collector, amassed this impressive collection of 389 stereograph photographs. This collection of vintage albumen prints of New Orleans and Louisiana date from mid 1860s to the early 20th century...
Rex Duke Costume 1877
Rex Duke Costume 1877, for a military themed parade and ball. Rex Duke Costume 1877 For the theme, "Military Progress of the World," a Duke of the krewe wore this Teutonic Knight costume. Artist Charles Briton created these concepts. Rex's Sixth Parade The School of...
Benjamin Franklin High 1987
Benjamin Franklin High 1987 transitioned from Uptown to Lakefront. Benjamin Franklin High 1987. Dr. Everett C. Williams poses with OPSB member Mr. John Robbert and students of Benjamin Franklin High 1987. They stand behind an architectural model of the planned campus...
Krewe of Proteus 1901
Krewe of Proteus 1901, featured in the Daily Picayune. Krewe of Proteus 1901 Broadside in the Daily Picayune, February 18, 1901, featuring the floats of the Krewe of Proteus. The Picayune regularly assembled the float design illustrations given to them by the krewes...
Illinois Central’s Mid-Winter Vacation 1916
Mid-Winter Vacation 1916 was a perfect way to warm up. Mardi Gras in 1916 Illinois Central to the Mardi Gras Mid-Winter Escape Preview This is a long-form (3542 words) post telling the story of the "Mid-Winter Vacation" trips promoted by the Illinois Central Railroad...
NOPSI 968 Streetcar South Claiborne #StreetcarSaturday
NOPSI 968 on the South Claiborne Line in 1949 NOPSI 968 One of the 1923-vintage arch roof streetcars, NOPSI 968 traveling along S. Claiborne Avenue. The streetcar approaches the end of the line on October 30, 1949. The Claiborne line ran from downtown/CBD out to S....
Krauss Sugar Bowl 1955 #KraussFriday
Krauss Sugar Bowl 1955 presented store ads for all sports. Krauss Sugar Bowl 1955 Undated photo of a display at Krauss Department Store, December, 1954 to January, 1955. The display presented equipment and memorabilia from the various schools participating in the...
Mexican Gulf Coast Railroad at Proctorville #TrainThursday
Mexican Gulf Coast Railroad terminated at Proctorville, Louisiana. Proctorville, Louisiana Plan for the village of Proctorville (also spelled Proctorsville). The area began as a collection of logging and fishing camps at the mouth of Bayou Yscloskey. A railroad link...
Proteus 1895 Asgard #MardiGras
Proteus 1895 featured a Norse theme. Proteus 1895 Krewe of Proteus 1895 presented the theme, "Asgard and the Gods." Float 15 told the story of Ragnarok, the Last Battle. Be sure to tell your kids that this mythology didn't start with the MCU! Mule Power Occasionally,...
Kid Ory Band LaPlace #JazzTuesday
Kid Ory Band LaPlace from around 1910. Kid Ory Band Laplace Photo from around 1910 of Edward "Kid" Ory and his band. They're in a field in LaPlace, Louisiana, where Ory grew up. The band members include (l-r) Ed Robinson (drums), Ory, Lewis Matthews (cornet), Emile...
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