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Canal Street : New Orleans' great wide way / Peggy Scott Laborde and John Magill.

Title
Canal Street : New Orleans' great wide way / Peggy Scott Laborde and John Magill.
Author
Laborde, Peggy Scott.
Publication
Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub. Co., 2006.

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Additional Authors
Magill, John T.
Description
239 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
Summary
"Canal Street: New Orleans? Great Wide Way tells the history and social life of New Orleans? main thoroughfare, from its inception in 1807 to its current revival and rebuilding post-Hurricane Katrina. This exhaustive urban history recalls, celebrates, and documents the contributions Canal Street made to New Orleans? cultural, artistic, commercial, religious, and political landscape" -- publisher website (November 2006).
Subject
  • Canal Street (New Orleans, La.) > Pictorial works
  • Canal Street (New Orleans, La.) > History
  • New Orleans (La.) > Pictorial works
  • New Orleans (La.) > Social life and customs
  • New Orleans (La.) > History
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Pictorial works
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The early days -- Shopping -- That's entertainment -- Hotels -- Signs from above -- As meeting place -- Social issues -- The Christmas season -- Mardi Gras -- Streetcars -- Trains -- The custom house -- The river end -- Beyond downton: Mid-city -- Down to the cemetaries -- Hurrikane Katrina.
ISBN
158980337X
LCCN
  • ^^2006010529
  • 9781589803374
OCLC
  • 67383371
  • SCSB-12152490
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library