Shushan Airport buildings, New Orleans, Louisiana

Subjects: Aerial Views & Panoramas Aviation
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Shushan Airport buildings, New Orleans, Louisiana, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this subject

Aerial view of the Shushan Airport buildings in New Orleans, showing the central terminal, hangars, runways, and landscaped grounds.

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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. 12209 N POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE MADE IN U.S.A. BY E. C. KROPP CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

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Postcard record

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 ('—7' and '3 11') on the message side; no correspondence. Imprint: E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

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Shushan Airport buildings, New Orleans, Louisiana, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/shushan-airport-buildings-new-orleans-louisiana. Accessed October 5, 2026.