Derby Gisclair

The city never moved forward with the large scale installation of moon-towers and they were eventually replaced by conventional street lighting systems.

When the Brush carbon arc lighting system is discussed, they mention lights along the Mississippi River waterfront to light the docks, as well as lights throughout the French Quarter, but these were individual lights, not moon-towers. (continued)

... several blocks. This was the only street where these structures were erected. There were several moon-towers installed at the World Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition grounds which illuminated the fair grounds, but these were eventually dismantled. (continued)

These structures were designed to flood a street intersection with light rather than have individual lights spaced at periodic intervals providing light to a limited area. The moon-towers, seen here in photographs from 1890, ran from Canal Street along Carondelet Street for ... (continued)

... of the arc lighting equipment used in the United States, with New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and New Orleans among its customers. The company experimented with methods of providing illumination to large urban areas through the construction of “moon-towers.” (continued)

... established in 1880 in Cleveland, Ohio, to manufacture and sell the electric street lighting system developed by Charles F. Brush. His street lighting provided better light than gas illumination at one-third the cost, and sales were brisk. Initially, Brush Electric supplied 80% ... (continued)

... a workshop on Union and Dryades Street. They were the exclusive licensee of “the Brush lighting apparatus.” In addition to the 1,000 electric lights installed across the city, the company also installed their patented carbon arc lighting system. The Brush Electric Company was ... (continued)

By the time the World Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition took place in 1884, electricity was no longer a novelty in New Orleans. The Southwestern Brush-Light Company was established in the city in 1881 with offices at 38 Union Street and ... (continued)

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A Yellow Crowned Night Heron being just a tad shy.

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“No matter how good you are, you’re going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you’re going to win one-third of your games. It’s the other third that makes the difference.”
~ Tommy Lasorda

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... in the band of pianist Sweet Emma Barrett. We are fortunate that his recordings made between 1953 and his death in 1995 are still available today.

Trumpeter and band leader Percy Humphrey and his Crescent City Joymakers on stage behind the bar at the Paddock Lounge on Bourbon Street. Humphrey was also the leader of the Eureka Brass Band and for a time also played ... (continued)

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Keepin' its eyes on the prize (and not me).

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... Henry Clay in the left-background. It was labeled "The Pride of New Orleans." Notice the Sett stone paved streets, the deep gutters, and the faint outline of a moontower in the far left background which would have been at the intersection of Canal Street and Carondelet Street.

New Orleans 1891: An enlargement of a stereoscope image from the LoC showing pedestrian, streetcar, and carriage traffic on Canal Street on what looks to be a hazy day, but you can still make out familiar landmarks such as the statue of ... (continued)

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“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
~ Babe Ruth

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... $1,222,520 to construct (about $21 million today) and housed the exchange until its closure in 1964. The property is now occupied by a hotel.

... dismantled in 1918 partly because of structural deficiencies and partly because it had outgrown the space. The new Cotton Exchange building was designed in 1919 by architects Favrot & Livaudais and cost ... (continued)

The first Cotton Exchange Building was built in 1875 at 231 Carondelet Street on the corner of Gravier Street and was replaced in 1881 – 1883 by a much grander building designed by Henry Hobson Richardson. The interior is pictured here. It was ... (continued)

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1974: Best Restaurants

At year-end in 1974, Times-Picayune food writer Jack du Arte ran a poll to determine the best restaurants/chefs in seven categories. My write-in for the best new restaurant would have been Commander's Palace.

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"Oops, just checking. Carry on."

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In other words, "Mr. Trump, we don't need your approval."

The Third Thursday Lecture Series
Just a gentle reminder that there will be no presentation or the month of December, but we are excited to return in January with all new topics on the history of New Orleans. Please spread the word to those in your circle interested in history.

"The tennis ball doesn’t know how old I am. The ball doesn’t know if I’m a man or a woman or if I come from a communist country or not. Sport has always broken down these barriers."
~ Martina Navratilova

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... the Louisiana State Museum and recalls the photographs of Paris shop windows by Eugѐne Atget. Established in 1845 by Leon Godchaux, the company went bankrupt in 1986. Similar hats displays may be seen today at Meyer the Hatter at 120 St. Charles Avenue.

The central display window at Godchaux’s department store at 826 – 828 Canal Street from 1910 featured a collection of men’s hats and recalls a time when men wore hats on a daily basis. This image by John Norris Teunisson is from the archives of ... (continued)

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