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French Market: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 6:22am.
The Crescent City circa 1906. "The French Market, New Orleans." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
The cart horses
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 11:54am.
It seems a majority of the time we get horses in photos like this, the poor old beasts are rail-thin and beaten down. I always think of the children's story Black Beauty, and the terrible suffering he endured at the hands of men. BB got a happy ending, not so for these poor horses and mules.
The entire street
Submitted by Baldy Cotton on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 7:54pm.
is covered with poo. Exhaust fumes have always been with us.
Garlic's?
Submitted by Lectrogeek68 on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 6:26pm.
At first, I was surprised to discover that today's practice of naming an establishment after the possessive form of a key ingredient apparently dates back a century. Then I realized it's Garic's, not Garlic's.
Still there, 105 years later
Submitted by Vic N' Natly on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 4:48pm.
Garic's is now a set of tourist shops, but dat buildin' still dere, dawlin'.
On his last legs
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 4:47pm.
I wish I could step into this photo and buy some apples for the starving horse. Poor thing, he needs some TLC.
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