I moved to N.O. in the '50's. It was such a great place to live at that time, with very little crime and so much to offer in the way of entertainment for the family. I miss those bygone days.
I'd like to know more about where the visitors went after leaving the FQ. Just before 3:00, the film shows a two lane bridge across what I presume is Lake Pontchartrain. Can you confirm which bridge it is? And what their eventual destination on the other side? I'm super curious.
@@jerrymontalbano3222 Owners could have a 1920 Studebaker in 1952, but you would definitely see Models from 1950-1951-1952. This looks like 1949. I don't understand the obsession with believing that cars were rare. Cars stopped being rare in America during the mid 1910s. Manhattan had over 3,000,000 vehicles in it.
The opening is the Algiers Ferry. The urban areas are Canal Street near the River and Jackson Square. The rest could be almost anywhere, there are no real landmarks. In fact, a lot of that rural footage could be replaced by subdivisions now. If this is really from 1950, a lot of Gentilly, Metairie, and New Orleans East were still almost wilderness cypress swamp. I once saw an aerial photo of Filmore Ave where it crosses London Canal from 1950. It was just Filmore, no side streets, no houses. I grew up on Morton St in Metairie - our house wasn't but until 1962, and I remember nothing but weeds and woods for years after that.
I moved to N.O. in the '50's. It was such a great place to live at that time, with very little crime and so much to offer in the way of entertainment for the family. I miss those bygone days.
My mother was a teenager living in the French Quarter during this time. She misses it a lot. Thanks for the upload. 👍
My mom was also a teenager in the 1950’s... I use to love when she talked about those times....
I was born in 1957 at Southern Baptist Hospital on Napeolan Ave. I grew up in Metairie and worked in New Orleans most of my working years
I'd like to know more about where the visitors went after leaving the FQ. Just before 3:00, the film shows a two lane bridge across what I presume is Lake Pontchartrain. Can you confirm which bridge it is? And what their eventual destination on the other side? I'm super curious.
emily s Must be the original 2-way span to Metairie from 1956, before the second one was finished in 1969.
The first bridge in the film is the Highway 11 bridge over Lake Pontchartrain...the camps were along Hwy 11 south of Slidell
This video was from the late 1940's
Does anyone know what kind of car that is at 5:25?
Looks like Pontiac Streamliner maybe?
1947 Pontiac
Back When New Orleans Wasn't Destroyed By Gang Violence.
This was from the late 1940's, there wasn't any 1950's vehicles.
Probably, but not many people back then had 1952 cars in 1948. Some cars in our families were 3-10 yrs old when bought. 🙂
@@jerrymontalbano3222 Owners could have a 1920 Studebaker in 1952, but you would definitely see Models from 1950-1951-1952. This looks like 1949. I don't understand the obsession with believing that cars were rare. Cars stopped being rare in America during the mid 1910s. Manhattan had over 3,000,000 vehicles in it.
Anybody have a picture of F and M Patio from the 1960s?
Where in the New Orleans area was this?
The opening is the Algiers Ferry. The urban areas are Canal Street near the River and Jackson Square.
The rest could be almost anywhere, there are no real landmarks. In fact, a lot of that rural footage could be replaced by subdivisions now. If this is really from 1950, a lot of Gentilly, Metairie, and New Orleans East were still almost wilderness cypress swamp.
I once saw an aerial photo of Filmore Ave where it crosses London Canal from 1950. It was just Filmore, no side streets, no houses. I grew up on Morton St in Metairie - our house wasn't but until 1962, and I remember nothing but weeds and woods for years after that.