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Lugger Landing, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903

Subjects
Fisheries & WhalingShips & BoatsWaterfronts & Harbors
Card type
Private mailing card
Date
c. 1903 (Early)
Front of Lugger Landing, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903, c. 1903 private mailing card postcard
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Back of Lugger Landing, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903, c. 1903 private mailing card postcard
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About this postcard

The view looks across the New Orleans waterfront at Lugger Landing, where a plank wharf is crowded with dock workers and fishermen. A fleet of sailing luggers lies moored side by side, their tall masts and furled sails rising against the sky. These shallow-draft boats worked the oyster beds of Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Borgne, and the Mississippi Sound and landed their catch at wharves along the riverfront and lakefront. The sender's note mentions coming to New Orleans for the fete and Mardi Gras, placing the waterfront scene in the city's carnival season. The mention of flowers in bloom fits New Orleans's mild late-winter climate, when visitors from colder cities came south for Carnival and for their health.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Friend:- Here we are Madame and I in the Sunny South enjoying the gulf breeze shade and all kinds of flowers in bloom. We came for the fete, Mardi Gras and a trip for our general health, a change. Will write you when we return With best regards we remain Lovingly, Madame and Luca.

PublisherDetroit Photographic Co.
THE LUGGER LANDING, NEW ORLEANS. 5367. COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC CO. --- PRIVATE MAILING CARD. Authorized by Act of Congress of May 19th, 1898. (POSTAL CARD—CARTE POSTALE.) PLACE STAMP HERE. DOMESTIC: ONE CENT. FOREIGN: TWO CENTS. THIS SIDE IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE ADDRESS.
PostmarkedNew Orleans, LA, February 22, 1903, 16:30
Addressed to
Mrs. A. T. McGovern.

4238 Kenworth Av. Chicago, IL

Postcard record

Postmarked, New Orleans, LA
PublisherDetroit Photographic Co.
Series5367
ConditionFair
Place addressedMrs. A. T. McGovern., 4238 Kenworth Av., Chicago, IL
Place depictedNew Orleans, LA
NotesHandwritten message in ink covers the left half of the front; white margin around the image; worn, rounded corners and light soiling. Postmark: NEW ORLEANS, LA. FEB 22 4:30 PM 1903. Undivided-back private mailing card (Act of May 19th, 1898); front carries a 1901 copyright line (Detroit Photographic Co.) and the caption "THE LUGGER LANDING, NEW ORLEANS," series 5367; pencil dealer notation (R 2342 / 6x2 / 6-1) running up the right edge; light edge/corner wear and slight soiling.

Cite this card

Lugger Landing, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903, postcard, c. 1903. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lugger-landing-new-orleans-louisiana-1903. Accessed November 3, 2026.