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Lugger Landing, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1901

Subjects
Fisheries & WhalingShips & BoatsWaterfronts & Harbors
Card type
Private mailing card
Date
Postmarked February 22, 1903 (Early)
Front of Lugger Landing, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1901, 1903 private mailing card postcard
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Back of Lugger Landing, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1901, 1903 private mailing card postcard
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About this postcard

The view shows the Lugger Landing on the New Orleans waterfront: a plank wharf crowded with dock workers and fishermen, with a fleet of sailing luggers — the shallow-draft oyster boats of the Louisiana coast — moored side by side, their tall masts and furled sails rising against the sky. Luggers like these worked the oyster beds of Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Borgne and the Mississippi Sound and landed their catch at wharves along the New Orleans riverfront and lakefront. The card is a color print made from a photograph by the Detroit Photographic Co., issued in 1901.

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 Sincerely, Madame and Sir.

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.
PostmarkedFebruary 22, 1903, 16:30
Addressed to
Mrs. A. J. McGorrin

4238 Wentworth Ave., Chicago, IL

Postcard record

Postmarked
PublisherDetroit Photographic Co.
Series5367
ConditionFair
Place addressedMrs. A. J. McGorrin, 4238 Wentworth Ave., 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 FEB 22 4:30 PM 1903. Undivided-back private mailing card (Act of May 19th, 1898); front carries a 1901 copyright line; pencil dealer notation running up the right edge; light edge/corner wear and slight soiling.

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Lugger Landing, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1901, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lugger-landing-new-orleans-louisiana-circa-1901. Accessed October 24, 2026.