It’s always fun to look back through old photographs to see how much has changed, and what has stayed the same. We’ve gathered up 15 photos from 1900-1950 so you can see what New Orleans was like way back when things were more simple, and there were a lot more horses running around.
- Madame John’s Legacy Building, 1920
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- Crescent City Golf Tournament, City Park, 1938
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- Streetcars in Carrollton neighborhood, 1901
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- Milk Cart doing through the streets of New Orleans, 1901
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- Crowded day on Canal Street in 1902.
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- Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop, 1903
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- Central Grocery, 1906
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- French Market, 1910
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- Conductors in front of a Magazine Street car at the Arabella car barn
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- General Office at Elmer Candy Company in New Orleans, 1917
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- Napoleon House, 1934
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- Audubon Zoo, 1938
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- Pontchartrain Beach entrance, 1939
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- City Park footbridge, 1942
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- Long Vue Dining Room, 1947
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That’s shopkeeper Salvatore Lupo behind the counter.
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