Derby Gisclair
@derbygisclair.bsky.social
New Orleans based published author, speaker, amateur photographer, and dilettante historian. #baseball #boxing #horseracing #steamboats #nolasky #nola #neworleans #history #quotes Sorry but no DMs, no crypto, no porn, no requests for money.
Before One Shell Square: This multi-story office building in the Central Business District of New Orleans to consolidate offices that were scattered throughout the city in the Richards Building and the Maritime Building. (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Before One Shell Square: This multi-story office building in the Central Business District of New Orleans to consolidate offices that were scattered throughout the city in the Richards Building and the Maritime Building. (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
Map Monday: An 1863 bird's eye view of the city of New Orleans drawn by J. Wells and engraved by W. Ridgeway for Virtue & Company of New York. New Orleans had been part of the United States for sixty years when this map was made. The lower border ... (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Map Monday: An 1863 bird's eye view of the city of New Orleans drawn by J. Wells and engraved by W. Ridgeway for Virtue & Company of New York. New Orleans had been part of the United States for sixty years when this map was made. The lower border ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
These are the pseudo-Democrats who caved to Trump. You will have them to thank when the "promise" of a vote on the ACA goes down in flames and your healthcare costs go through the roof. Someone should look into what they were promised under the table.
#Democrats #Politicians
#Democrats #Politicians
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
These are the pseudo-Democrats who caved to Trump. You will have them to thank when the "promise" of a vote on the ACA goes down in flames and your healthcare costs go through the roof. Someone should look into what they were promised under the table.
#Democrats #Politicians
#Democrats #Politicians
The Third Thursday Lecture Series
An added bonus for our next presentation -- Edward and I will be selling and signing a variety of our books following our lecture on November 20, 2025, at the East Bank Regional Library. Give the gift of history this holiday season!
#nolasky #nola #neworleans
An added bonus for our next presentation -- Edward and I will be selling and signing a variety of our books following our lecture on November 20, 2025, at the East Bank Regional Library. Give the gift of history this holiday season!
#nolasky #nola #neworleans
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Third Thursday Lecture Series
An added bonus for our next presentation -- Edward and I will be selling and signing a variety of our books following our lecture on November 20, 2025, at the East Bank Regional Library. Give the gift of history this holiday season!
#nolasky #nola #neworleans
An added bonus for our next presentation -- Edward and I will be selling and signing a variety of our books following our lecture on November 20, 2025, at the East Bank Regional Library. Give the gift of history this holiday season!
#nolasky #nola #neworleans
Dear Democrats: Let's see if you can at least get this right...
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Dear Democrats: Let's see if you can at least get this right...
With the increased number of large steamships moving between Central America and New Orleans bringing bananas into the port, it became necessary, and more efficient, to use this banana elevator to carry the large stalks of bananas from the ship’s ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
With the increased number of large steamships moving between Central America and New Orleans bringing bananas into the port, it became necessary, and more efficient, to use this banana elevator to carry the large stalks of bananas from the ship’s ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
And so it was all for nothing. These senators have abandoned their constituents and irreparably harmed the country for the "promise" of a future vote. Such naive trust makes one wonder what was promised under the table.
#Democrats #GOP #PoliticiansSuck
#Democrats #GOP #PoliticiansSuck
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
And so it was all for nothing. These senators have abandoned their constituents and irreparably harmed the country for the "promise" of a future vote. Such naive trust makes one wonder what was promised under the table.
#Democrats #GOP #PoliticiansSuck
#Democrats #GOP #PoliticiansSuck
St. Charles Avenue used to be automobile row in the early days of the industry, and this building at 901 St. Charles Avenue on the corner of St. Joseph Street, was actually in the heart of automotive district that stretched from Canal Street up ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
St. Charles Avenue used to be automobile row in the early days of the industry, and this building at 901 St. Charles Avenue on the corner of St. Joseph Street, was actually in the heart of automotive district that stretched from Canal Street up ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than those you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
~ Mark Twain
#quotes #MarkTwain
~ Mark Twain
#quotes #MarkTwain
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than those you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
~ Mark Twain
#quotes #MarkTwain
~ Mark Twain
#quotes #MarkTwain
The Lhote Lumber Yard was one of several businesses they operated along the Old Basin Canal (Carondelet Canal), shown here in an 1881 engraving. This image illustrates their yard offices on North Franklin at the turning basin and lumber yards that ...(continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The Lhote Lumber Yard was one of several businesses they operated along the Old Basin Canal (Carondelet Canal), shown here in an 1881 engraving. This image illustrates their yard offices on North Franklin at the turning basin and lumber yards that ...(continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
Designed to call attention to the voters of New Orleans for the need to approve the issuance of $5million in bonds for the construction of Moisant Airport to replace the current airport at the lakefront built in 1934, Mayor Robert Maestri’s ... (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Designed to call attention to the voters of New Orleans for the need to approve the issuance of $5million in bonds for the construction of Moisant Airport to replace the current airport at the lakefront built in 1934, Mayor Robert Maestri’s ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The house photographer captured this group enjoying cocktails (note the absence of the traditional Hurricane glasses) at Pat O’Brien’s. Robert Tallant (third from left) was an author and editor on the WPA’s Louisiana Writer’s Project. (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The house photographer captured this group enjoying cocktails (note the absence of the traditional Hurricane glasses) at Pat O’Brien’s. Robert Tallant (third from left) was an author and editor on the WPA’s Louisiana Writer’s Project. (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
The Third Thursday Lecture Series
Are you a fan yet? Please join us on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 7:00pm for our next presentation -- "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." Both Edward and I will be talking about streetcars and baseball. This should be fun!
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
Are you a fan yet? Please join us on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 7:00pm for our next presentation -- "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." Both Edward and I will be talking about streetcars and baseball. This should be fun!
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Third Thursday Lecture Series
Are you a fan yet? Please join us on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 7:00pm for our next presentation -- "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." Both Edward and I will be talking about streetcars and baseball. This should be fun!
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
Are you a fan yet? Please join us on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 7:00pm for our next presentation -- "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." Both Edward and I will be talking about streetcars and baseball. This should be fun!
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
Located at the foot of Canal Street, the Louisville & Nashville Passenger Station provided rail service from 1902 until 1954. From a modest one-story brick building in 1902, the station was quickly expanded over the early years to the ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Located at the foot of Canal Street, the Louisville & Nashville Passenger Station provided rail service from 1902 until 1954. From a modest one-story brick building in 1902, the station was quickly expanded over the early years to the ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Young Men’s Business Committee (Y.M.B.C.) sponsored a program to make the public aware that jaywalking was illegal. As part of the campaign to draw awareness to this, a display was set up on the corner of Baronne and Common Streets and ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Young Men’s Business Committee (Y.M.B.C.) sponsored a program to make the public aware that jaywalking was illegal. As part of the campaign to draw awareness to this, a display was set up on the corner of Baronne and Common Streets and ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history