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Transit Maintenance – NOLA History Guy Podcast 2020-03-22
Transit maintenance on Canal Street is our photo breakdown this week Transit Maintenance This is a wonderful photo, just to enjoy. It offers a lot to break down as well. The scene is 1901 or 1902, Canal Street, right by the rear of the Liberty Monument. Prior to...
Zoom Talk 2020-03-19 – Golden Age of Canal Street
Zoom Talk 2020-03-19 https://www.dropbox.com/s/e0mrfn3mftjm4dz/zoom_0.mp4?dl=0 I've presented this talk to several groups in the last year or so. With everyone holed up because of Covid-19, I did the talk yesterday (19-March) via Zoom. It's a bit long, because I was...
Colorized Sherman – William Tecumseh Sherman and staff
Colorized Sherman and his staff during the Southern Rebellion Colorized Sherman I just love good colorization of old photos. Came across this one today, via a group I moderate (and I encourage you to consider) on the Book of Zucker, Vintage America Uncovered. The...
Southern Rebellion Irish – NOLA History Guy Podcast
Southern Rebellion Irish - talking about the Irish socially in Antebellum New Orleans Southern Rebellion Irish While a number of Irish families in New Orleans rose to the upper levels of society by the Southern Rebellion, those in the city who wanted to maintain an...
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...
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