New Orleans in the Thirties offers a nostalgic view of life in New Orleans half a century ago through photographs and reminiscences. It was a time when Robert Maestri was mayor, the St. Charles streetcar made a complete loop, and the Pelicans won the Dixie Series in baseball. Moreover, it was a time when doctors made house calls and women donned gloves to go shopping. Fascinating period photographs accompany intimate and loving descriptions of the Crescent City of the thirties, capturing the mood and magic of that decade. This volume brings to life the New Orleans of the past and allows the reader to discover-or rediscover-the character of that time and place. The author's recollections will appeal to non-New Orleanians, that is, to anyone who grew up in America during the depression era. She recalls, for example, the leisurely pace of pre-television society in which radio held a powerfully unique role, as well as the headline fashions of the day and the cultural mores that now may seem quaint to many. Mary Lou Widmer, a native New Orleanian, is president of the South Louisiana Chapter of Romance Writers of America. She has written several articles for New Orleans publications, and is the author of Night Jasmine , Beautiful Crescent , and Lace Curtain . Widmer is also the author of New Orleans in the Twenties , New Orleans in the Forties , and New Orleans in the Fifties , all published by Pelican.
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Mary Lou Widmer, a native of New Orleans, is former president of the South Louisiana Chapter of Romance Writers of America. She has written several novels set in New Orleans. A certified descendant of settlers in the area prior to the Louisiana Purchase, she is a member of the Louisiana Colonials and the Daughters of 1812. She is also the author of New Orleans in the Twenties, New Orleans in the Thirties, New Orleans in the Forties, New Orleans in the Fifties, New Orleans in the Sixties, and Margaret, Friend of Orphans, all published by Pelican.
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IN THE EARLY thirties, from the second-story porch of the family duplex on Orleans Street, I had a perfect view of the Scenic Railway in Stock's Amusement Park on City Park Avenue. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Orleans, City Park, Canal Street, Pontchartrain Beach, World War, Aunt Hazel, Byron Levy, Mardi Gras, Spanish Fort, Charles Streetcar, Courtesy Mary Lou Widmer, French Quarter, New Basin Canal, Lake Pontchartrain, Maison Blanche, Orleans Street, Audubon Park, Father Anthony, Good Friday, Loew's State, Mother Cabrini, New Orleanians, Uncle Charlie, Charles Avenue, Glenn Miller New!
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IN THE EARLY thirties, from the second-story porch of the family duplex on Orleans Street, I had a perfect view of the Scenic Railway in Stock's Amusement Park on City Park Avenue. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Orleans, City Park, Canal Street, Pontchartrain Beach, World War, Aunt Hazel, Byron Levy, Mardi Gras, Spanish Fort, Charles Streetcar, Courtesy Mary Lou Widmer, French Quarter, New Basin Canal, Lake Pontchartrain, Maison Blanche, Orleans Street, Audubon Park, Father Anthony, Good Friday, Loew's State, Mother Cabrini, New Orleanians, Uncle Charlie, Charles Avenue, Glenn Miller New!
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- The Mississippi River by Rh Value Publishing in Front Matter
- Hot in the City - French Quarter (Ellora's Cave Presents, Hot in the City) by Lacey Alexander on page 161
- Moonlight Serenade by Warner Brown on page 166
- The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck on page 168
- For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway on page 168
- New Orleans Architecture: The University Section (New Orleans Architecture Series) by Friends Of The Cabildo in Back Matter
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