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Maison Blanche Advertising 1905
Maison Blanche advertising in the 1905 Jambalaya, Maison Blanche Advertising Ad for Maison Blanche in the 1905 edition of Jambalaya, Tulane University's yearbook. Maison Blanche opened in the Mercier Building, at the corner of Canal and Dauphine Streets, in 1897....
Twelve Months New Orleans November
Twelve Months New Orleans November, continuing the series by Enrique Alferez Twelve Months New Orleans November This image is the eleventh in a series of images by Enrique Alferez, published by Michael Higgins as "The Twelve Months of New Orleans." Higgins published...
Tombs, Ovens, All Souls
Tombs, Ovens, All Souls, the preparation was all for today. Tombs, Ovens, All Souls. Illustration from the 1870s, A Cemetery Walk, (Tombs and "Ovens.") shows the scene in a New Orleans cemetery. The tombs on the right are typical of the city's older cemeteries,...
Twelve Months New Orleans October
Twelve Months New Orleans October, continuing the series by Enrique Alferez Twelve Months New Orleans October This image is the ninth in a series of images by Enrique Alferez, published by Michael Higgins as "The Twelve Months of New Orleans." Higgins published the...
Metairie Cemetery Traffic Pattern
Metairie Cemetery traffic pattern was important on All Saints Day. Metairie Cemetery traffic pattern Ad in the Times-Picayune, 28-October-1962, for Metairie Cemetery. The cemetery stood next to the New Canal for over eighty years. The city filled in the canal in...
Amtrak Anniversary Locomotive
Follow-up to yesterday's post featuring an Amtrak Anniversary Locomotive. Amtrak Anniversary Locomotive Yesterday's post featured the Amtrak Crescent #20, northbound to New York City. On Monday, I went over to where the Back Belt crosses Marconi Boulevard, rather than...
Amtrak Crescent #20 Celebrates 50
The Amtrak Crescent #20 celebrates the railroad's 50th! Amtrak Crescent #20 celebrates Amtrak Crescent #20, about 20 minutes after departing Union Passenger Terminal, New Orleans (NOL). P42DCs AMTK 75 and 161 pull a consist of 3 coaches, 1 cafe' car, 2 sleepers, and 2...
600 Tchoupitoulas, 1843
Several of the buildings in this illustration of 600 Tchoupitoulas are still standing. 600 Tchoupitoulas George Sully painted this watercolor of the 600 block of Tchoupitoulas Street around 1843. The painting depitcts several three-story buildings on the downtown side...
Riding along Tchoupitoulas – St. Mary’s Market
Riding along Tchoupitoulas offers a view of the "sliver along the river, including St. Mary's Market. St. Mary's Market St. Mary's Market, seen here in this photograph from McPherson and Oliver, in 1864ish. This is the location of the original market. It stood where...
901 Canal Then/Now
901 Canal Then/Now shows the block in 1910 and present day. 901 Canal Then/Now Two views of the 901 block of Canal Street, one from an old postcard from 1910, the other from this afternoon. While the contemporary shot appears timeless, the old postcard is a very...
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