tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58974664806539683332024-03-13T00:08:42.125-07:00Vintage PostardsTour Creolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10882256215757551262noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897466480653968333.post-41321224717229131002013-09-30T06:59:00.002-07:002013-09-30T06:59:58.788-07:00A Romanticized Postcard from 1947<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Before the world turned Creole New Orleans into a cajun myth, people
came here for the Creole mystique. This postcard of the Old Absinthe
House postmarked 1947 shows that the city's main selling point was
history. New Orleans was a living museum then. (It still is, actually.)Tour Creolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10882256215757551262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897466480653968333.post-82967110675857908212013-07-05T06:45:00.001-07:002013-07-05T06:47:18.003-07:00The St. Charles Hotel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The St. Charles Hotel was the Americans answer to the Creole's St. Louis Hotel.</div>
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<a href="http://old-new-orleans.com/NO_StCharlesHotel.html" target="_blank">Here is a fascinating and well-written history.</a></div>
Tour Creolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10882256215757551262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897466480653968333.post-40777264106080546532013-07-05T06:41:00.002-07:002013-07-05T06:41:15.504-07:00Old Absinthe House, 1908<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Despite Lafitte's Blacksmith's Shop's claim to being the oldest bar in the United States, The Old Absinthe House actually predates it. In the 1880's they had an annex in Jackson Square - <a href="http://nolamyths.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-ghost-of-muriels-restaurant.html" target="_blank">Click here for a view of their branch location.</a>Tour Creolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10882256215757551262noreply@blogger.com0