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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...
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