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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...
Krauss Service Building along Basin Street, 1951
The Krauss Service Building more than doubled the size of the Canal Street favorite. Krauss Service Building 1951 When Leon Fellman built the storefront that became Krauss Department Store, the original two-story building didn't extend even half-way back in the 1201...
Bayou Brief – NOLA History Guy and nonprofit journalism
NOLA History Guy's new connection to the Bayou Brief Bayou Brief I'm pleased to announce that I'm accepting a position with the Bayou Brief. Lamar's dubbed me, Creative Content and Social Media Director. I'll be taking the lead on the publication's social media...
Canal Terminal 1941 – Street Level #StreetcarMonday
The Liberty Monument defined Canal Terminal 1941 Canal Terminal 1941 A NOPSI arch-roof streetcar makes the turn around Liberty Place. This charming photo from 1941 shows one of our classic "green" streetcars circling around the Liberty Monument. After completing the...
Gulf Wind – Louisville and Nashville service New Orleans to Jacksonville
Connecting New Orleans to Florida via the Gulf Wind From 1949 to 1971, the Louisville and Nashville operated passenger service from New Orleans to Jacksonville, Florida, via their Gulf Wind train. While the service sounded like a classic "name train," it was actually...
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