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"St. Charles Street from Canal, New Orleans, LA." Photo looking upriver on the 100 and 200 blocks of St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans Central Business District, circa 1910.

Various commercial buildings are seen on both sides of street of the closer block, including shops, a pharmacy, hotels, and restaurants. Visible signs include "Peter Fabacher & Bros Restaurant", "Furnished Rooms", "Fox the Hatter", "Kolb", "Traverse Diamond Setting Up Stairs", "Spencer Business College Day and Night", "C.J. Michel Co", "Pressing", "Curio Store", "Strafford Hats"; multiple signs for "Cumberland Telephone Telegraph Company, Local and Long Distance Telephone Pay Station".

At right an automobile parked by the curb has a sign reading "For Hire by Hour or Trip". At left a street clock shows the time as 8:00.

At corner of Common Street a streetcar and an other automobile are seen. In the next block is the St. Charles Hotel.
Date circa 1910
date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Detroit Publishing Company photograph, via Library of Congress website [1]. High res TIF contrast adjusted, border cropped, and converted to .jpg before uploading to Wikimedia Commons.
Author Uncredited photographer for Detroit Publishing Company
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