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Madame John's Legacy, New Orleans, Louisiana

Subject
Residences
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Madame John's Legacy, New Orleans, Louisiana, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Madame John's Legacy, New Orleans, Louisiana, c. 1930 linen postcard
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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 plantation type and of entirely different structure than most of the other houses in the French Quarter. POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE 9A-H781 GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) 5-A. HIRSCHWITZ, NEW ORLEANS, LA. NEW ORLEANS—AMERICA'S MOST INTERESTING CITY
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ConditionVery good
Place depictedMadame John's Legacy, New Orleans, LA
Place depictedFrench Quarter, New Orleans, LA
Place mentionedNew Orleans, LA
PublisherNew Orleans, LA
NotesLinen-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, Louisiana, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/madame-johns-legacy-new-orleans-louisiana. Accessed October 5, 2026.