Angelo Brocato. Ursulines St French Quarter. Ice cream shop here 1921 - 1981.
Cigars & Tobacco. Camp Street, Central Business District. Probably for Lannis Bros Cigars, here c. 1889 - 1905.
J. Disimone’s Restaurant. Carondelet Street, Uptown. The “597” was the address before 1895 renumbering.
4)“For Restful Sleep”. Broad, Mid-City. Sandman logo of Crescent Bed factory here 1910-1961. @noladon #NOLA#NewOrleans#GhostSigns#Tiles#TilesTuesday
Well, these all are a form of commercial advertising from the time. Meant to be eye catching - but in a pleasant rather than annoying way, and clearly taking pride in work.
Interesting since the Koch Bros hostile takeover of the US Libertarian Party predated their takeover of the GOP. (I've wondered if the former was sort of a practice run for the latter.)
I look in on some US "ex-pat" in Central America discussion groups. While governments are still welcoming people with $, things seem to already be changing on the ground.
Formerly it was mostly just "gringo tax" - expect to be charged more than locals for everything. But now more people recounting open hostility.
New Orleans stale beer signs volume II, Regal edition. (Regal was brewed by American Brewing Company on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter c 1891-1961)
Elizabeth's Restaurant, Bywater (old signage since restored)
During Prohibition, American Brewing Company officially made soft drinks and "near beer" (as no-alc was called at the time), but Federal raids showed they were also illegally producing real beer during some of that time.
Coffee & Company, Lakeview - while Lakeview did come back after the Federal Flood, alas they did not.
3)Luzianne - the brand is still around, but this sign can no longer be seen Uptown on Marengo Street.
Old New Orleans Signs: "Give Me Your Telephone Number" edition
1)Lower Garden District. FAX number too.
2)Mid-City. Dance Hall.
3)Algiers. Call Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph before you dig!
4)Uptown. TWinbrook exchange number. (New Orleans switched to numbers in the 1960s but the sign lasted into the 2010s.)