Madame John's Legacy, New Orleans, LA, circa 1939

Subject: Residences
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Madame John's Legacy, New Orleans, LA, circa 1939, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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A two-story historic French Quarter house with a deep gallery porch supported by slender green posts, green shutters, and hanging plants, set against a larger red-brick building and a blue sky with clouds.

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PublisherA. Hirschwitz

Madame John's Legacy In the New Orleans' French Quarter --- Madame John's Legacy at 632 Dumaine Street, in the New Orleans French Quarter, is the oldest building in the Mississippi Valley. This old structure, immortalized by George Washington Cable's Creole stories, has a long colorful history dating back to 1726 when the first owner, Jean Pascal, a sea captain from Provence, France, came to New Orleans. Here Captain Pascal lived with his wife and daughter until he was slain by the Natchez Indians in the massacre of 1729. The building is of the raised cottage plan- tation type and of entirely different structure than most of the other houses in the French Quarter.

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Publisher	A. Hirschwitz
Series	9A-H781 NEW ORLEANS—AMERICA'S MOST INTERESTING CITY
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Madame John's Legacy, New Orleans, LA
Place depicted	French Quarter, New Orleans, LA
Place mentioned	New Orleans, LA
Publisher	New Orleans, LA
Notes	Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; white margin along top edge of scan. No postmark, stamp, or address — unused card. Divided-back Curt Teich linen-era card with printed caption on back; dealer pencil marks "#59" and "1-" at lower right. Light toning/soiling.

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Madame John's Legacy, New Orleans, LA, circa 1939, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/madame-johns-legacy-new-orleans-la-circa-1939. Accessed November 2, 2026.