LOUISiana Digital Library

[Admin]

Someone recently sent me an email titled "Ain't Dere No More" with a group of photos depicting New Orleans past. One, captioned "K&B - Canal" just didn't seem right, as the street did not appear to be Canal. Some Googling found the archive in the subject line of this thread, with the same photo and accurate information pertaining to the location. It was actually a K&B at the SE corner of St. Charles and Common. Next door was a leather goods shop which would later relocate to Canal St, which may have caused the original confusion.

http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/CLF,75

As an aside, I also used Google Maps "street view" to scope out the location as it looks today. The building now houses a Gulf Coast B&T, and the leather goods shop is now a Subway. Ah, progress.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=200+st+charles+new+orleans&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=59.076726,105.292969&ie=UTF8&ll=29.956738,-90.068793&spn=0.008013,0.012853&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=29.952218,-90.069768&panoid=xfYWVAjDzjba7cQYipnwIA&cbp=2,153.9675282301069,,0,-25.59519673494345

Anyway, after browsing the archive a couple of days, I recalled a user on TOB who asked about a certain Lautenschlager Market in the Marigny. I typed the name into the advanced search page, and voila! So, for "stingray78", here you go:

http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/CLF,3979

Pictures are clickable to zoom in on finer details.

Some other searches to try: audubon zoo, katz, theater, bakery, lakeside, sears, schwegmann, maison blanche, woolworth.

Main page: http://louisdl.louislibraries.org
Advanced search page: http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm4/search.php

You can search individual collections or all at once. Reference URLs are provided to easily link to individual photos.

[Jeeves]

That source is a gold mine! Mrs. Fury and I have been using it for years.

[expatorleanian]

Thanks for reminding me about that website. The exciting thing to me is that Charles Franck was my great-grandmother's brother.

[Admin]

Some then/now fun with the archive and Google Street View.

Then:http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/CLF,9212

Now: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2000+Metairie+Rd,+Metairie,+Jefferson,+Louisiana +70005,+United+States&sll=29.99631,-90.143423&sspn=0.016019,0.025706&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=29.989304,-90.145032&spn=0.00801,0.012853&t=h&z=16&cbll=29.98529,-90.145838&panoid=0XAra_CjNGuWDpIE9EH61g&cbp=1,122.87617666565889,,0,2.250624151320765

Move down Atherton Dr. to see the houses visible at far right in the archive photo.

[Admin]

Gulf Station, 2300 block Metairie Rd.

http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/CLF,5904

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=2000+Metairie+Rd,+Metairie,+Jefferson,+Louisiana +70005,+United+States&sll=29.956738,-90.068793&sspn=0.008013,0.012853&ie=UTF8&lr=lang_en&cd=1&geocode=FfCKyQEdvH-g-g&layer=c&ll=29.983185,-90.149486&spn=0.000501,0.000803&t=h&z=20&cbll=29.982903,-90.149546&panoid=k6az_pdtAYl5GhvxN8rkew&cbp=2,263.9451799927942,,0,3.3939205511000416

[Jeeves]

Here are some images of that block back in 2003 as they demolished the buildings to make way for a new bank:

http://images102.fotki.com/v394/photos/7/77640/811354/2003_0101s0003-vi.jpg

http://images102.fotki.com/v395/photos/7/77640/811354/2003_0101s0004-vi.jpg

http://images102.fotki.com/v397/photos/7/77640/811354/TheEnd-vi.jpg

Popular Old Metairie watering hole, Pat Gillen's, is the dark green building in the center. Loyal customers salvaged parts of the saloon before the wrecking equipment went to work on it.

[Admin]

You know, it's funny, I never set foot in Pat Gillen's, but just seeing the name in the archive photo sparked a response like, that had to have been a local icon. Wasn't the bldg at the far left with the garage door a place you could buy darts stuff?

[Jeeves]

Yes, it was. The owner was also sort of a shade tree mechanic. When cars started coming out with on board computerized engine systems he figured out what was making my "check engine" light come on. There was also a shop called "Chocolate Soup", but danged if I can remember what business they were in.

[Admin]

I want to say I remember it as being a kids' clothing boutique.

[Jeeves]

Bingo! You are correct, sir! It was a kids clothing store! There was also an unfinished furniture store in there, too. The store was finished, the furniture they sold wasnt!