Derby Gisclair
@derbygisclair.bsky.social
New Orleans based published author, speaker, amateur photographer, and dilettante historian. #baseball #boxing #horseracing #steamboats #nolasky #nola #neworleans #history #quotes Sorry but no DMs, no crypto, no porn, no requests for money.
Difficult to imagine, but quite a common sight during holiday time in New Orleans was the turkey peddler shown in this 1885 illustration from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. How this gentleman could manage to herd his flock of turkeys up... (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Difficult to imagine, but quite a common sight during holiday time in New Orleans was the turkey peddler shown in this 1885 illustration from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. How this gentleman could manage to herd his flock of turkeys up... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“The problem with winter sports is that -- follow me closely here -- they generally take place in winter.”
~ Dave Barry
#quotes #WinterSports
~ Dave Barry
#quotes #WinterSports
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“The problem with winter sports is that -- follow me closely here -- they generally take place in winter.”
~ Dave Barry
#quotes #WinterSports
~ Dave Barry
#quotes #WinterSports
The first train to arrive at the new Union Passenger Terminal pulled in on January 8, 1954, and was photographed by Leon Trice. The Sunset Limited arrived at 4:35pm on track 12 right on time and, just as promptly, the Panama Limited became ... (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The first train to arrive at the new Union Passenger Terminal pulled in on January 8, 1954, and was photographed by Leon Trice. The Sunset Limited arrived at 4:35pm on track 12 right on time and, just as promptly, the Panama Limited became ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
Ospreys generally pair for life, but if mating is unsuccessful, will sometimes "divorce." A female Osprey will choose her mating partner based on the quality and location of the male's nest.
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #birds #nature #photography
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #birds #nature #photography
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Ospreys generally pair for life, but if mating is unsuccessful, will sometimes "divorce." A female Osprey will choose her mating partner based on the quality and location of the male's nest.
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #birds #nature #photography
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #birds #nature #photography
This is the New Orleans Polie Department’s booking photograph of twenty-three year old Margie Allen of Hamilton, Texas, taken on November 4, 1912, on a charge of robbery. She was accused by Andrew J. Carlisle, a salesman from Little Rock ... (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is the New Orleans Polie Department’s booking photograph of twenty-three year old Margie Allen of Hamilton, Texas, taken on November 4, 1912, on a charge of robbery. She was accused by Andrew J. Carlisle, a salesman from Little Rock ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
The twin theatres -- the Crescent Theatre and the Tulane Theatre -- were accessed by an arcade that ran between the two theatres from Baronne Street, shown here in a 1906 photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company (LoC). The Crescent Theatre was ...(continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworlean #history
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The twin theatres -- the Crescent Theatre and the Tulane Theatre -- were accessed by an arcade that ran between the two theatres from Baronne Street, shown here in a 1906 photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company (LoC). The Crescent Theatre was ...(continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworlean #history
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The mound of earth seen in the background of this 1954 photograph by Bob Wall shows what was arguably the highest land point in the city of New Orleans – Monkey Hill. The popular play spot was not a natural formation, but rather the ... (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The mound of earth seen in the background of this 1954 photograph by Bob Wall shows what was arguably the highest land point in the city of New Orleans – Monkey Hill. The popular play spot was not a natural formation, but rather the ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
New Orleans read the details of the assassination of John F. Kennedy on Friday, November 22, 1963, in the Saturday morning paper. An entire generation can remember in sometimes vivid detail where they were and what they were doing ... (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New Orleans read the details of the assassination of John F. Kennedy on Friday, November 22, 1963, in the Saturday morning paper. An entire generation can remember in sometimes vivid detail where they were and what they were doing ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
From humble beginnings as a root beer stand in 1926 opened by L.S. Harvey in Springfield, Ohio, the Frostop brand and business expanded after World War II with the rise of the car culture and the popularity of drive-in restaurants. (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
From humble beginnings as a root beer stand in 1926 opened by L.S. Harvey in Springfield, Ohio, the Frostop brand and business expanded after World War II with the rise of the car culture and the popularity of drive-in restaurants. (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The little wooden church built in 1886 by six Jesuit brothers skilled in carpentry and woodwork was built on land purchased for $22,500 ($605,000 today) from the remaining parts of the Foucher Tract. The "little" Jesuit church was not intended to ... (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The little wooden church built in 1886 by six Jesuit brothers skilled in carpentry and woodwork was built on land purchased for $22,500 ($605,000 today) from the remaining parts of the Foucher Tract. The "little" Jesuit church was not intended to ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We appreciate everyone who came out last night to see Take Me Out to the Ballgame. My sincere apologies for not being able to make the event but this new strain of the flu has gotten the better of me. (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We appreciate everyone who came out last night to see Take Me Out to the Ballgame. My sincere apologies for not being able to make the event but this new strain of the flu has gotten the better of me. (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
The horse I bet on was so slow, the jockey kept a diary of the trip.
~ Henny Youngman
#quotes #HorseRacing
~ Henny Youngman
#quotes #HorseRacing
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The horse I bet on was so slow, the jockey kept a diary of the trip.
~ Henny Youngman
#quotes #HorseRacing
~ Henny Youngman
#quotes #HorseRacing
Martin’s Cinerama was a unique, state-of-the-art movie theatre opened in 1963 at 3615 Tulane Avenue that featured three synchronized 70mm projectors on an immense curved movie screen. It opened with The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm ... (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Martin’s Cinerama was a unique, state-of-the-art movie theatre opened in 1963 at 3615 Tulane Avenue that featured three synchronized 70mm projectors on an immense curved movie screen. It opened with The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
Before Ripley's Believe It Or Not, New Orleans had the Eugene Robinson Museum and Theatre which was located at 126 Canal Street. Although this 1886 advertisement read Grand Opening, it was actually ... (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Before Ripley's Believe It Or Not, New Orleans had the Eugene Robinson Museum and Theatre which was located at 126 Canal Street. Although this 1886 advertisement read Grand Opening, it was actually ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In conjunction with our Third Thursday Lecture tonight at the East Bank Library at 4747 West Napoleon in Metairie, here we see a panorama of Canal Street from 1910 that shows no fewer than thirteen streetcars that would cover every neighborhood ... (continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In conjunction with our Third Thursday Lecture tonight at the East Bank Library at 4747 West Napoleon in Metairie, here we see a panorama of Canal Street from 1910 that shows no fewer than thirteen streetcars that would cover every neighborhood ... (continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
In February 1880, the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey erected a square marble stone near the center of Lafayette Square, which marks exactly Latitude North 29° 56.867 Longitude West 090° 04.167 or approximately 20-yards northeast of the retaining wall ...(continued)
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#nolasky #nola #neworleans #History
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In February 1880, the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey erected a square marble stone near the center of Lafayette Square, which marks exactly Latitude North 29° 56.867 Longitude West 090° 04.167 or approximately 20-yards northeast of the retaining wall ...(continued)
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #History
#nolasky #nola #neworleans #History
"Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you."
~ Jeremy Clarkson
#quotes #AutoRacing
~ Jeremy Clarkson
#quotes #AutoRacing
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you."
~ Jeremy Clarkson
#quotes #AutoRacing
~ Jeremy Clarkson
#quotes #AutoRacing