Canal Street and the Maison Blanche, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910

Subjects: Commercial Buildings Streetcars & Trolleys Street Scenes
Card type: Real photo
Date: c. 1961 (Chrome)

Back of Canal Street and the Maison Blanche, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910, Erwin Müller, Switzerland, c. 1961 real photo postcard — Back

About this subject

A busy early 20th-century city street with multiple streetcars on tracks, several early automobiles and horse-drawn wagons, pedestrians on sidewalks, and tall commercial buildings. A large sign for Stein-Bloch Lazard's Smart Clothes hangs at left.

Postcard Details

Message · German, in pen

beim [illegible] hier ist es sehr [illegible] sehr viel [illegible] heute [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]

Translation

at the [illegible] here it is very [illegible] very much [illegible] today [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]

PublisherDover Publications

16. Canal St., built over a shallow canal that divided the old French Quarter from the American sector, became the main shopping street of New Orleans. This view of the old Maison Blanche shows the electric streetcars, which had started operation in 1892, replacing mule-drawn cars. Canal St. and the second Maison Blanche [illegible] 1910. (Courtesy the Library of [illegible] [illegible]rtment Store, ca: [illegible] © 1961 by Dover Publications, Inc. Standard Postcard Co. of [illegible] From [illegible]

Addressed to

Erwin Müller

Englischviertelstr. 34, 8032 Zürich, Switzerland

Postcard record

Condition	Good
Place addressed	Erwin Müller, Englischviertelstr. 34, Zürich
Place mentioned	New Orleans, LA
Notes	Black-and-white real photo; no border; minor edge wear/tear at top. Postmark: [illegible] circular machine cancel with wavy lines. Modern Dover Publications reprint (© 1961) of a 1910 New Orleans photo; divided back, glossy.

Cite this card

Canal Street and the Maison Blanche, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1961. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/canal-street-and-the-maison-blanche-new-orleans-louisiana-ci. Accessed October 5, 2026.