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Cemetery Scene with Railroad Tracks
Cemetery scene with railroad tracks along I-10. (cross-posted to Pontchartrain Railroad - N Scale) Cemetery Scene Local architect and artist Jeffrey H. Goldman painted this "Cemetery Scene" in 1985. It depicts a cemetery from the other side of a single railroad track....
Canal Street Shopping 1895
Canal Street Shopping 1895 - before the department stores Canal Street Shopping 1895 1895 was part of an interesting transitional time for Canal Street. Christ Episcopal sold their third church, at Dauphine and Canal, in 1884. The Mercier family bought the property....
Closing Time during the Southern Rebellion 1864
Closing time severely restricted New Orleans businesses. Closing Time 1864 Last week, during the CFP National Championship game, some guy on Da Twittah complained that the game was too long. He said folks at the game wouldn't get out until after closing time in New...
Royal Street Photo Breakdown – NOLA History Guy Podcast
Royal Street Photo Breakdown on this week's podcast! Royal Street Photo Breakdown Derby Gisclair shared a neat photo from 1916 earlier this week on social media. The photographer stands in the middle of the 100 block of Royal Street, looking down into the 200 block....
Spanish Map 1798 – Copied/translated in 1875
Spanish Map 1798 is a copy image created in 1875. Spanish Map 1798 My friend Derby Gisclair posts old New Orleans images that catch his eye daily on social media. I love this, because the more of us that promote the city's history, the more people come around to the...
Hickory Creek Private Railcar on the New Orleans #BackBelt
Hickory Creek is an ex-New York Central observation car. Hickory Creek on the #BackBelt The ex-New York Central car, Hickory Creek, brought up the rear on the Amtrak Crescent, on its way to Penn Station on 30-December-2019. I don't know the details of this particular...
Streetcar Ticket – New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad 1868
Streetcar Ticket for the St. Charles Line Streetcar Ticket from 1868 Riders paid for their fare in the 1860s by purchasing a streetcar ticket. This was the style of the ticket for the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad Company (NO&CRR) in 1868. While the...
Walgreens Book Signing on Canal Street 13-December!
Stop by my Walgreens Book Signing! Walgreens Book Signing 13-December Stop by the Walgreens Drug Store, 900 Canal Street, on Friday, December 13th, and buy my books! I'll be signing New Orleans: The Canal Streetcar Line, and New Orleans Jazz, from 3pm-5pm. I'll also...
JC Restaurant in #TheMetrys – #FlashbackFriday
JC Restaurant and Bar, 601 Veterans in #themetrys (x-posted to YatCuisine) JC Restaurant This restaurant was located at 601 Veterans Boulevard, in Metairie. This Franck Studios photo, shot on 9-January-1960, shows how this main drag of Metairie was still...
Zuppardo’s Family Supermarket – From Economical to Metairie
Zuppardo's Family Supermarket opens new, expanded store in #themetrys! (x-posted to YatCuisine) Zuppardo's Family Supermarket - My grocery I've been going to Zuppardo's Supermarket, either the old store on Elysian Fields and Gentilly, or the Metairie store at...
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