Shushan Airport buildings, New Orleans, LA, circa 1934

Subjects: Aerial Views & Panoramas Aviation
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1934 (Linen)

Back of Shushan Airport buildings, New Orleans, LA, circa 1934, c. 1934 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

An aerial view shows the Shushan Airport administration building and two hangars on the New Orleans lakefront. The administration building held the passenger lobby, airline ticket offices, a post office, and stations for the U.S. Weather Bureau and Department of Commerce. The hangars were fireproof, each 100 by 200 feet, with electrically operated doors. The surrounding grounds were planted with evergreens and flowering shrubs. The airport opened in 1934 and was later renamed Lakefront Airport.

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PublisherE. C. Kropp Co.

SHUSHAN AIRPORT BUILDINGS, NEW ORLEANS Shushan Airport Administration Building and two Hangars, constructed at a cost of over $1,000,000, are the most modern and beautiful found on any airport. The former contains a spacious passenger lobby, offices of the U. S. Airways Station, Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau Station, Post Office and Air Line Ticket and General Offices, etc. The Hangars are of modern fire-proof construction, each 100' x 200', with electrically operated doors. The grounds around these buildings are planted in countless evergreens and flowering shrubs, plants, etc.

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Postcard record

Publisher	E. C. Kropp Co.
Series	12209 N
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Shushan Airport, New Orleans, LA
Place mentioned	New Orleans, LA
Place mentioned	Shushan Airport Administration Building, New Orleans, LA
Publisher	Milwaukee, WI
Notes	White border; linen texture. No postmark and no stamp — unused card. Divided back with linen texture and white border. Pencil dealer/inventory marks ('— 17' and 'E11') on the message side; no correspondence. Imprint: E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

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Shushan Airport buildings, New Orleans, LA, circa 1934, postcard, c. 1934. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/shushan-airport-buildings-new-orleans-la-circa-1934. Accessed November 2, 2026.