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Entrance Stage Right: 1910
... this nice street scene is still extant! Definitely has a New Orleans vibe. (The Gallery, DPC, Florida, Pensacola) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/18/2014 - 12:03am -

Pensacola, Florida, circa 1910. "Palafox Street, American National Bank Building." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Still thereA susprising amount of the architecture in this photograph, foreground and background, is still standing and functional. View Larger Map Delightful to see-That so much of this nice street scene is still extant! Definitely has a New Orleans vibe. (The Gallery, DPC, Florida, Pensacola)
Entre Nous: 1937
... she orders that high-priced rouge, too. All the way from New Orleans!" (The Gallery, Ben Shahn, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Small Towns) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 11:44am -

1937. Just between you and me in Crossville, Tennessee. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. That's a cackle aboutThat's a cackle about something VERY naughty. I can tell. "Lawsy, would you look at that?""That Ida Mae Jenkins is driving in a new Ford, and her husband Edgar not even cold in the ground!" "I declare, Pearlie Sue, some people just have no manners. No manners at all! You know she orders that high-priced rouge, too. All the way from New Orleans!" (The Gallery, Ben Shahn, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Small Towns)
Old Union: 1937
... be buying that much longer Old Union beer was brewed in New Orleans by the Union Brewing Company. The company went out of business in ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/14/2014 - 5:03pm -

January 1937. "Man who works in the packinghouse at Deerfield, Florida." Our second visit to this pop stand. Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration View full size. Softly snarling, darlingInteresting face. At first glance I thought, "I'd let him buy me a beer." But on closer inspection, that's not exactly a smile. Won't be buying that much longerOld Union beer was brewed in New Orleans by the Union Brewing Company. The company went out of business in 1939, just two years after this photo, though the old brewery building is still standing. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Eateries & Bars, Florida)
Stuyvesant Dock 1900 (Colorized)
Colorized version of Stuyvesant Dock 1900 New Orleans. Built and operated by the Illinois Central Railroad. View full ... 
 
Posted by RR Jim - 06/08/2012 - 10:21pm -

Colorized version of Stuyvesant Dock 1900 New Orleans. Built and operated by the Illinois Central Railroad. View full size. Shorpisimo!Masterful! Feels like I'm in a switch tower, live. Superb!You've hit the tipping point perfectly where I had to look closely and think - "is it, or isn't it, colourised?" Nice subject, too. (Colorized Photos)
Three Boys
... Not much known - inherited from an Uncle who lived in New Orleans. Original image. View full size. Faces Their faces make ... 
 
Posted by mictohunan - 09/20/2011 - 10:42pm -

Not much known - inherited from an Uncle who lived in New Orleans. Original image. View full size. FacesTheir faces make them look so old already. The kid on the right looks really bummed. Hard TimesThose guys really knew what "hard times" were. The good old days weren't so good for them. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Kids)
The Streetcar I Desired: 1957
New Orleans, June 15, 1957 -- on the same day that I took the Canal Street ... 
 
Posted by prrvet - 03/23/2018 - 10:51am -

New Orleans, June 15, 1957 -- on the same day that I took the Canal Street photo pictured here, my goal was to find a streetcar that still retained the destination for the Desire line, made famous by playwright Tennessee Williams. In 1957 the Desire line had used buses for almost 10 years, but I approached the operators on their break at the foot of the Canal Ferry loop and asked them if they could roll the destination sign to "Desire" to allow me a photo shoot. The first three or four cars only contained signs for the two remaining streetcar lines, Canal and St. Charles. Then on about the fifth try, bingo, Car 910's signs still had the full complement of abandoned streetcar lines, so the kindly motorman set it for Desire and continued on his rest break until I had completed my photographic endeavor. 35mm Kodachrome by William D. Volkmer. View full size. No Desire for that monumentSeen in the background here at its original location at the base of Canal is the controversial monument to the Battle of Liberty Place, 1874. Erected in 1891, it commemorated (in no uncertain terms) the efforts of the White League, which was revolting against the Reconstruction-backed, integrated state government in a skirmish that ultimately killed 30 people. Later, words were added to the monument that the battle helped to solidify "white supremacy"in the South. Declared a public nuisance in the 1990's, the monument was moved (due to construction) to a warehouse for a time, then placed back on view again but in a nearby, less prominent location before finally being dismantled entirely in the early morning hours of April 24, 2017. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
USS Palm Beach: 1968
... and displaced 700 tons. She was built by Higgins Boats in New Orleans during WW2 as an AKL and served as an internal engine repair ship ... 
 
Posted by Bobby Shafto - 09/19/2014 - 7:35pm -

A picture from the bridge of the USS Palm Beach (AGER-3) taken in the Norwegian Sea in the summer of 1968. She was 170 feet long and displaced 700 tons. She was built by Higgins Boats in New Orleans during WW2 as an AKL and served as an internal engine repair ship in the Pacific. Note the twin 20mm mounts covered in tarps. She was also armed with four .50 caliber machine guns, ten Thompson submachine guns, seven .45 cal pistols and one M-1 carbine. Palm Beach was the sister ship of the ill fated USS Pueblo. View full size. [Did you take this photo? If not, who did? -tterrace] Palm Beach pictureWe had a closed bridge with an open bridge above it. All the ship control functions were handled on the closed bridge. Shorpy has another picture of the Palm Beach which I took in Holy Loch, Scotland tied up alongside a submarine and a submarine tender. [It was too small to publish in the Gallery. -tterrace] Who took the picture?I did. I was her First Lieutenant/Gunnery officer. [Thanks. That's info that's good to include in your captions. -tterrace] Ride Captain, Ride!Did this vessel have an outdoor bridge? If so, it must have been a cold ride while on watch. Please post anymore photos that you might have, I always was fascinated by the small sigint ships of that era. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Louisiana: c. 1880s
This has to be either Covington, Louisiana or New Orleans. My mother told me these are probably my great-great grandfather, ... great-great grandmother, Jessie Allan. They lived in both New Orleans and Covington. There is no writing on the back. He went to ... 
 
Posted by catsoldpics73 - 07/12/2011 - 4:08pm -

This has to be either Covington, Louisiana or New Orleans. My mother told me these are probably my great-great grandfather, John Mayne, and his wife, my great-great grandmother, Jessie Allan. They lived in both New Orleans and Covington. There is no writing on the back. He went to Trinity College in Dublin and was going to be a priest but decided not to and moved to New Orleans, where he met Scottish Presbtyrian lass, Jessie Allan. Jessie and her sister Johanna had come over from Scotland as very young women looking for their older brother after their parents died, or so the story goes. They never found their brother. Jessie met and married John. Johanna went back to Scotland. The kids were raised Catholic but Jessie remained Presbtyrian until on her deathbead, when she converted because she "wanted to be where her family was." View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Cotton On The Levee (Colorized)
Colorized from Shorpy. New Orleans, circa 1903. "Mule teams and the levee (and the flotsam)." View ... 
 
Posted by DonW - 01/11/2012 - 2:07pm -

Colorized from Shorpy. New Orleans, circa 1903. "Mule teams and the levee (and the flotsam)." View full size. Almost missed seeing this one!Don, Another great job of colorizing that displays a very natural look I really appreciate. I almost missed seeing this one since it was posted on January 4th but somehow ended up on page 7 of the colorized section. I hope others don't miss seeing this one. (Colorized Photos)
Biloxi Bakery Workers, 1913 - Biloxi, MS
... Klein Sr. is in the middle - arms folded. Famed for his New Orleans style french bread, he operated the bakery until his retirement in ... 
 
Posted by FredKlein - 05/19/2007 - 5:42pm -

The Biloxi Bakery workers of 1913 - the founder, Fred Klein Sr. is in the middle - arms folded. Famed for his New Orleans style french bread, he operated the bakery until his retirement in 1964. His three sons operated the bakery until 1973 when it was demolished to make way for an urban renewal project - that subsequently failed! No air conditioning, no overhead lighting (except for the gas mantle globed lamps), just lots of flour! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
First Class Sanitary Barber (Colorized): 1935
... what it might have looked like in color. This one from New Orleans (1935) caught my eye. View full size. Brilliant ... 
 
Posted by Dennis Klassen - 04/19/2014 - 11:48pm -

Colorized from this Shorpy original. Shorpy features so many great photographs it's like a banquet table for those of us who like to colorize. Dave always has something to catch your attention and makes you curious about what it might have looked like in color. This one from New Orleans (1935) caught my eye. View full size. Brilliant colourisationAs always, Dennis (Colorized Photos)
Playboy Club: 1968
... The club was on Bienville Street in the French Quarter, New Orleans. [It was actually a block over at at 727 Iberville, which now ... 
 
Posted by darryl_pearson - 10/24/2014 - 6:46pm -

Driving back from Pensacola, Florida after my Navy School graduation in 1968, my friends and I decided to stop by the Playboy Club in Biloxi, Mississippi. That is me with my foot on the Caddy. One friend is taking the photo; the other friend is inside. The guys out front against the wall are unknown to me. I looked for the building, but I guess it has been torn down. I only had the numbers "729" on the wall of the building to work with. Biloxi Playboy Club?!The club was on Bienville Street in the French Quarter, New Orleans. [It was actually a block over at at 727 Iberville, which now houses the "Penthouse Club." The upper portion of the building seems a close match. -tterrace.] (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Out Standing in Their Field
... detailed: Lafayette Square and Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans, Port of New Orleans, and family farmhouse locations nearby New Orleans. View full ... 
 
Posted by Christoph Traugott - 02/17/2017 - 8:15pm -

Found in an attic, M. A. Seeds (Seed Dry Plate Co.) and Hammer Dry Plates (Ludwig F. Hammer of St. Louis). Locations detailed: Lafayette Square and Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans, Port of New Orleans, and family farmhouse locations nearby New Orleans. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Tedesco's Oyster Shop - About 1930's
... was born in Termini Imerese, Sicily, Rosa was born in New Orleans, LA. but her parents were born in Ustica, Sicily. Sorry, the ... is very faded. I do not know where the shop was located in New Orleans, but the interesting thing to me about the picture is to the right ... 
 
Posted by Larie - 06/20/2011 - 1:26pm -

These are my grandparents Salvatore and Rosa Cristina Tedesco in their oyster shop. Salvatore was born in Termini Imerese, Sicily, Rosa was born in New Orleans, LA. but her parents were born in Ustica, Sicily. Sorry, the picture is very faded. I do not know where the shop was located in New Orleans, but the interesting thing to me about the picture is to the right there is a sign "2 dozen oysters for 25 cents". Oh how we wish that was the cost of oysters now! View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Mardi Gras: 1961
... are over, the nation settles into a deep freeze, except in New Orleans, where all attention turns to Mardi Gras. For all the people you ... 
 
Posted by HarahanTim - 02/12/2013 - 9:33pm -

Mardi Gras Day Feb 14, 1961. The holidays are over, the nation settles into a deep freeze, except in New Orleans, where all attention turns to Mardi Gras. For all the people you see costumed on Mardi Gras, it begins at home. I am in the bear costume, at 3 years old. My older brothers are a cowboy, and a circus master riverboat gambler, and my sister is a bunny rabbit. After the family picture, we would head to the parades. It must not have been a very cold winter that season, as the exposed water pipe is not wrapped! If we had a forecast of a "hard" freeze (mid 20's or below), Dad would wrap it for the rest of the season. View full size. Riverboat GamblerA minor correction. My oldest brother, back right, was actually dressed as a Riverboat Gambler. I would have bet he was a circus ring master! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Night in the Big Easy: 1941
Canal Street, New Orleans, in 1941, and all of the revelers are off the street. Some to the ... 
 
Posted by Don Struke - 09/13/2010 - 10:26am -

Canal Street, New Orleans, in 1941, and all of the revelers are off the street. Some to the Jung Hotel, perhaps, now closed (owned by a successor hotel chain) since Katrina. Photo taken by the father of one of my best friends. View full size. Jung HotelI stayed in that hotel in 2003. It's 1500 Canal St and was the Radisson when I stayed there. Last time I was by there was this past winter, and it was closed up....it closed after Katrina. This end of Canal St was coming back prior to the hurricane, but it's once again fallen back into seediness. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Ellen Was a Twinkle in Her Eye
... Little Minister" in 1947 at Eleanor McMain High School in New Orleans. My mother, Mary Elizabeth Gant (Russell) played the widow ... 
 
Posted by HarahanTim - 03/02/2020 - 4:47pm -

The senior class play "The Little Minister" in 1947 at Eleanor McMain High School in New Orleans. My mother, Mary Elizabeth Gant (Russell) played the widow (seated), the minister was played by Jerry Campbell. The "gypsy", was played by one Betty Pfieffer. Betty's daughter would go on to a bit more acclaim in front of audiences. Betty is the mother of Ellen DeGeneres. View full size. VersoThe back of the photo. My mother, who died in 2018, considered Betty one of her closest high school friends. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Mother and Child: 1915
... my grandfather, Larry Fallon. I would have tagged this for New Orleans but it could have been taken either at their house in New Orleans or my great-great-grandfather's (Elise's father-in-law) house in ... 
 
Posted by catsoldpics73 - 09/12/2011 - 11:51am -

The lady is my great-grandmother, Elise Hindermann Fallon, and the baby is my grandfather, Larry Fallon. I would have tagged this for New Orleans but it could have been taken either at their house in New Orleans or my great-great-grandfather's (Elise's father-in-law) house in Pass Christian, MS. My grandfather was an only child and his parents eloped. Elise was actually disowned for a time but, since there are pictures of her father with my grandfather, I believe they made up. I think that Herr Hindermann didn't want her marrying an "Irishman", even though Paul Fallon was 1/2 German on his mother's side, born in the U.S, and from a family with money. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
SS Mayo Brothers: 1942
... Delta Shipbuilding Company Launching December 14, 1942 New Orleans, Louisiana. Ship Name - SS Mayo Brothers Namesake - Charles ... 
 
Posted by Larie - 05/30/2011 - 8:16am -

I don't know too much about the picture except what is on the picture and information from the internet. This is one of my father, Charles Tedesco's pictures. Delta Shipbuilding Company Launching December 14, 1942 New Orleans, Louisiana. Ship Name - SS Mayo Brothers Namesake - Charles and William Mayo MC Hull No. - 318 Ship Type - Standard Laid Down - October 28, 1942 Launched - December 14, 1942 Fate - Scrapped 1965 More information | View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Payday 1906 (Alternate Take)
New Orleans circa 1906. "Payday on the levee." An alternate version of this ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/21/2012 - 10:50am -

New Orleans circa 1906. "Payday on the levee." An alternate version of this post. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. (The Gallery, DPC, Railroads)
Panama Limited
... by the Illinois Central Railroad between Chicago and New Orleans. From my collection. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by russ - 06/22/2008 - 8:51pm -

Circa 1910 postcard showing the dining car galley on the famous Panama Limited, an all-Pullman passenger train operated by the Illinois Central Railroad between Chicago and New Orleans. From my collection. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Dastugue Pharmacy
... at 4138 Magazine Street, at the corner of Milan, in New Orleans. The owner was Paul F. Dastugue Sr. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Cherie - 09/18/2011 - 11:24pm -

The Dastugue Pharmacy was located at 4138 Magazine Street, at the corner of Milan, in New Orleans. The owner was Paul F. Dastugue Sr. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
At the A-G-V-A
... (American Guild of Variety Artists), French Quarter New Orleans. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by jnc - 06/24/2008 - 10:29pm -

Revelers posed in front of the, at the time Mob influenced union AGVA (American Guild of Variety Artists), French Quarter New Orleans. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Streetcar by Night: 1976
On a visit to New Orleans in May 1976, I stayed at the Hummingbird Hotel, which was like a ... 
 
Posted by Angus J - 03/23/2018 - 4:51pm -

On a visit to New Orleans in May 1976, I stayed at the Hummingbird Hotel, which was like a scene from "A Streetcar Named Desire." The window at the front of the room looked out onto St. Charles Street, and every so often a streetcar would roll by. On a warm, humid night, the open windows of the streetcar afforded a cooling breeze and a great view of the City. And they still do on the St. Charles line. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Mexican Vacation, 1941
... Cycle and had a car and driver take her and a friend from New Orleans to Mexico City. At one point, they were chased by bandits on ... 
 
Posted by catsoldpics73 - 02/10/2012 - 11:45pm -

This is my great-grandmother, Elise Hindermann Fallon in Mexico in 1941. She was going to see a special production of Wagner's Ring Cycle and had a car and driver take her and a friend from New Orleans to Mexico City. At one point, they were chased by bandits on horseback. She was a bit of a pistol (she eloped with my great-grandfather). (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Fez
... been - somewhere down south, if I were to hazard a guess. New Orleans, or on the way there, maybe. Why I'm wearing a fez and pedal ... 
 
Posted by koley5 - 12/08/2010 - 1:48pm -

Writing on the photo says 1961, but I'm not sure which family vacation this might have been - somewhere down south, if I were to hazard a guess. New Orleans, or on the way there, maybe. Why I'm wearing a fez and pedal pushers, well, I'm completely stumped. The woman with the handbag is my maternal grandmother, Margaret McClure. View full size (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Klemm Family: c.1907
... Maggie, Frank Peter (in front), and William to the right. New Orleans, Louisiana about 1907. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member ... 
 
Posted by Larie - 03/17/2018 - 12:58pm -

Frank Joseph Klemm, father, born Germany; Margaret Links Klemm, mother; children Maggie, Frank Peter (in front), and William to the right. New Orleans, Louisiana about 1907. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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