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New Orleans getting into the (baseball) game

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

With the Library’s Baseball Americana exhibit taking the field, I wanted Inside Adams to get in the game, so to speak, even if it is with a post that is not business or science themed.  When it comes to sports in New Orleans people usually think of the Saints and the Pelicans. But baseball does …

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New Orleans Then and Now: The French Market

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

This great black and white photo was taken around 1910 and features the French Market in New Orleans.  It’s not too far from Mme Begues, the subject of a recent blog post. The location of the French Market – near the Mississippi River and later the railroad tracks – has long been a place for …

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New Orleans Then and Now: The Mint Edition

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

This is a picture of the building that served as the US Mint branch on Esplanade Avenue on the edge of the French Quarter in New Orleans. The Mint in New Orleans was in operation during two separate periods – from 1838 to January 1861 and again from 1879 to 1910. While it hasn’t been …