Ready to take a step back in time? These incredible pictures are an amazing time capsule of what life was like in New Orleans over a century ago. From factory workers to Mardi Gras festivities, it’s neat to look back and see how much has changed…and how much has stayed the same.
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Wikimedia Commons Locals shopping at French Market in 1910. Some things never change!
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Wikimedia Commons People gathered around St. Louis Cathedral on Good Friday in the early 1910s.
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Wikimedia Commons Mardi Gras on Frenchman Street in 1910.
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Wikimedia Commons A group of friends dressed up for Mardi Gras dance in the street, 1916.
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Wikimedia Commons Mardi Gras always drew crowds, even back in 1917.
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Wikimedia Commons Employees working in the Elmer Candy Company factory, 1917.
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Wikimedia Commons Couple of gals playing cards in Storyville, sometime between 1911-1913.
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Wikimedia Commons Doctors and nurses dressing wounds at the U.S. Naval Hospital, 1918.
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Wikimedia Commons Two gentlemen from the U.S. Public Health Service visit a building to discuss rat control, 1914.
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Wikimedia Commons In 1914, the bubonic plague was detected in rats in New Orleans, which prompted a major rat eradication.
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Wikimedia Commons People gather around City Hall for a Liberty Loan Drive, 1918.
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Wikimedia Commons The Jesuit High School baseball team in 1918.
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Wikimedia Commons A dedication ceremony of the Jefferson Davis monument in 1911.
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Wikimedia Commons Casual afternoon scene at Reno’s Restaurant in 1912
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Wikimedia Commons A couple of newsboys in 1913.
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Wikimedia Commons The conductors of the streetcar gather around a Magazine Streetcar in 1915.
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Wikimedia Commons Canal Street looks pretty similar to what it did in 1916!
If you enjoyed this article, check out our previous article featuring 21 vintage photos of Mardi Gras throughout the years, and our other article taking a stroll through vintage photos of New Orleans in the 1940s.
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Locals shopping at French Market in 1910. Some things never change!
People gathered around St. Louis Cathedral on Good Friday in the early 1910s.
Mardi Gras on Frenchman Street in 1910.
A group of friends dressed up for Mardi Gras dance in the street, 1916.
Mardi Gras always drew crowds, even back in 1917.
Employees working in the Elmer Candy Company factory, 1917.
Couple of gals playing cards in Storyville, sometime between 1911-1913.
Doctors and nurses dressing wounds at the U.S. Naval Hospital, 1918.
Two gentlemen from the U.S. Public Health Service visit a building to discuss rat control, 1914.
In 1914, the bubonic plague was detected in rats in New Orleans, which prompted a major rat eradication.
People gather around City Hall for a Liberty Loan Drive, 1918.
The Jesuit High School baseball team in 1918.
A dedication ceremony of the Jefferson Davis monument in 1911.
Casual afternoon scene at Reno’s Restaurant in 1912
A couple of newsboys in 1913.
The conductors of the streetcar gather around a Magazine Streetcar in 1915.
Canal Street looks pretty similar to what it did in 1916!
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