Here’s What Louisiana’s Small Towns Looked Like 100 Years Ago—It’s Mesmerizing.
It’s always fun to go through old pictures, right? Well, we’ve gathered up several photos of Louisiana towns to show you what things looked like a hundred years ago. While we did sneak a few bigger cities in here, most are smaller towns. See if you can guess the town before you read it in the description. Think you can get them all correct?
Kids pull a float in a parade during the Rice Festival in Crowley, 1938.
Manchac lighthouse in 1918
The Solomon Wise Building in Abbeville. The building was completed in 1894, and the photo was taken in 1900.
Women riding down a street in New Orleans in 1912, campaigning for votes for women.
A train leaves the Abita Springs station in 1912.
South Trenton Street in Ruston, 1890s
Canal Street in New Orleans in 1906.
City hall and Milan Cafe in Shreveport, 1916.
A train crossing the Bogue Falaya in 1907. Love the hand painted sign warning people not to walk on it!
Parkerson Avenue in Crowley, 1913.
A market in Morgan City, taken sometime between 1890-1915.
A streetcar in Mandeville in 1910.
Opelousas on Christmas Eve in 1900.
Tchefuncte River Light house in Madisonville, 1918.
Here's Ryan Street in Lake Charles in 1903.
The first passenger train leaving Bogalusa in 1906.
People gathering in Lake Charles in 1902 to vote.
A train cruising through downtown Covington in 1907.
Did you guess any correctly? Let us know in the comments below!
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