Firemen's Cemetery, date unknown
Frosch Brothers Liberty Bakery
Gayarri Place, bet. 1880-1900
Gibson Hall, Tulane University, ca. 1895
Girod house, Chartres Street, 1934
The Girod house, third floor, 1934
Girod Street Cemetery demolished make way for Civic Center.  Read more & see more photos.
Gravier Street, 1880
Italian Society Tomb,
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1
Judah P. Benjamin Public School, 1906
Lafayette Square, 1906 
Out and About
Anhauser-Bush Ice Cream, between 1880-1900
Anhauser-Bush Ice Cream Shop and
Oyster Saloon, between 1880-1900
H. G. Hill Store at the corner of Carrollton Avenue and Willow Street (across Carrollton from the current Nix Branch Library); 1929
Canal Bank & Trust, Carrollton Ave. & Oak Street. 1933.
Above, the arcade of the Crescent and Tulane
Theaters, 1907;  right, the Dauphine Theater.
New Orleans' first electric "trolley bus"- notice that it's connected to the streetcar lines still located in the middle of the neutral ground.  In the background is Mater Delorosa Catholic Church, Carrollton Avenue; 1939.
The Decatur Street Fire Station; 1939.
City Park, bet. 1880-1920
Claiborne Green, 1875
Female Orphan Asylum and, in the background,
St. Theresa's Catholic Church; bet. 1868-1898
Left, sign reads"Southern Coffee Mills Garage;" this company provided the coffee for the French Quarter's famous Morning Call, pictured above in about 1900.
Scene of a buggy accident on Esplanade Avenue, bet. 1880-1900
Decatur and Barracks Streets, ca. 1886
Above and right, Hibernia Bank's main branch, 1920's
Butchers at the French Market, bet. 1880-1890
Loew's State Theater, Canal Street,
late 1920's
The house that candy built: home of the founder
of Elmer's Candy Company.
Above, Central Grocery Store, in the French Quarter, 1905;  right, unknown grocery store, 1930's
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in front of the Gallier Hall
Carrollton Gardens, park once located at
the foot of Carrollton Avenue, 1956
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