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derbygisclair.bsky.social
Derby Gisclair
@derbygisclair.bsky.social
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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.
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 11h
Thanks!
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 15h
Keeping its eyes on the prize.

#nolasky #nola #neworleans #birds #photography
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 16h
The second iteration of the St. Charles Hotel, designed by George Purves, opened to great fanfare on January 8, 1853.
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 16h
They truly spared no expense to ensure that the St. Charles Hotel would rise phoenix-like from the ashes, spending a total of $800,000 (approximately $28.4 million today) to complete the restoration and refurnishing. (continued)
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 16h
Messrs. Hall and Hildreth, owners, wisely formed a new holding company called the St. Charles Hotel Company to recapitalize and revitalize the venture. Among their new Board of Directors were local businessmen James Robb, John Gaines, H.S. Buckner, Louis DeSaulles, and W.P. Atwood. (continued)
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 16h
It was described as the most expensive service ever produced in the country. It was known as “the St. Charles pattern.” Local goldsmiths and jewelers Hyde & Goodrich custom also crafted two sets of gold and silverware for the hotel in their Chartres Street facility. (continued)
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 16h
... elegant silver service utilized in the dining rooms of the new St. Charles Hotel, the total cost of which was $25,000 (approximately $885,000 today), designed and executed by Hitchcock & Company for the Ames Manufacturing Company of New York. (continued)
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 16h
The horrific fire of January 18, 1851, that consumed the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans was national news, as was its rebuilding and reopening. This illustration from Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing Room Companion from March 19, 1853, depicts the ... (continued)

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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 17h
It's Wednesday, so...
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 17h
Remember, she also said that she intended to subpoena each and every member of the Warren Commission to testify in front of her JFK assassination committee. Forget that they have all been dead for decades. The fact that she is ignorant of that fact makes her laughable on so many levels.
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 17h
It's Wednesday, so...
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 17h
Arrest them all!!!
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 17h
It's Wednesday, so...
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 17h
Hoping to provoke or spark an incident.
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 17h
It's Wednesday, so..
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 17h
It's Wednesday, so...
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 17h
It's Wednesday, so...
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 18h
It's Wednesday,so...
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 18h
It's Wednesday,so...
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 18h
Track them down and arrest them all.
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 18h
It's Wednesday, so...
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 19h
It's Wednesday, so...
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 19h
It's Wednesday, so...
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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 19h
It's Wednesday, so...