An edition of New Orleans city guide (1938)

New Orleans City Guide

Looking back at the Future

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An edition of New Orleans city guide (1938)

New Orleans City Guide

Looking back at the Future

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Language
English
Pages
430

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Subjects
New Orleans history, Guidebooks, Description and travel
Places
New Orleans (La.), La Nouvelle-Orléans (Louis.)
Times
1938

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Cover of: New Orleans City guide
New Orleans City guide
1972, Somerset Publishers
in English
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New Orleans city guide.
1952, Houghton Mifflin
in English
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Cover of: New Orleans city guide
New Orleans city guide
1938, Houghton Mifflin Company
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: New Orleans City Guide
New Orleans City Guide: Looking back at the Future
1938, Houghton Mifflin Company
Hardcover in English

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Table of Contents

FOREWORD v
By Harry L. Hopkins, Federal Administrator, Works Progress
Administration
FOREWORD vii
By Robert S. Maestri, Mayor of New Orleans
PREFACE ix
By Lyle Saxon, State Director, Federal Writers' Project.
NEW ORLEANS OLD AND NEW xix.
GENERAL INFORMATION xxv.
CHURCH GUIDE xxvii.
HOTEL AND OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS xxxiii.
NIGHT LIFE xxxvii.
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES Ixi.
Amateur and Professional Sports Events.
RESTAURANTS liii.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS Ixiii.
I. NEW ORLEANS: THE GENERAL BACKGROUND.
NATURAL SETTING 3.
HISTORY 7.
GOVERNMENT 40.
RACIAL DISTRIBUTION 43.
II. Economic and Social Development.
Commerce, Industry and Labor 47.
Transportation 51.
Folkways 56.
Social Life and Social Welfare 67.
Education 72.
Sports and Recreation 77.
Radio 84.
Newspapers 88.
Arts and Crafts 90.
Literature 109.
Theater 123.
Music 131.
Architecture 145.
Science 156.
Creole Cuisine 163.
The Carnival 174.
Cemeteries 186.
Some Negro Cults 199.
Gay Times in Old New Orleans 212.
Gardens 220.
III. Sectional Descriptions and Tours
French Quarter Tour 229.
Water-Front Tour 270.
Motor Tour 1 (Canal Street to Lake-Front) 286.
Motor Tour 2 (Bayou Road to City Park) 304.
Motor Tour 3 (Audubon Park to Universities) 313.
Motor Tour 4 (Irish Channel to Garden District) 345.
Algiers Tour 358.
Here and There 363.
Environs
Plantation Tour 371.
St. Bernard - Plaquemines Tour 379.
New Orleans - Covington Tour 384.
Plaquemines - Delta Tour 387.
New Orleans - Grand Isle Tour 391.
Checklist of Some Noted Personalities 395.
Chronology 399.
Street Names in New Orleans 403.
Place Names 405.
Glossary 407.
Bibliography 411.
Index 417.

Edition Notes

Series
American guide series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
917.63
Library of Congress
F379.N5 F34

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
lxii p., 2 l., [3]-430 p.
Number of pages
430
Dimensions
2 x 12 x 5 inches

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7147771M
Internet Archive
neworleanscitygu00federich
Library Thing
0138566

Work Description

This book was developed through the Works Progress Administration by writers of the Federal Writer's Project of New Orleans in 1938. The book focuses on the early history of New Orleans and development of history, government, racial distribution, economic and social development, local and regional tours and maps.

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