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In 1933, a predecessor to Club My-O-My, the Wonder Bar, opened up with underground drag shows. [1] The Wonder Bar was located in the French Quarter at 125 Decatur Street. [1] In 1936, the Wonder Bar was raided by police. Owner Emile Morlet requested an injunction in court, but was denied on grounds that the club was a menace to morality. [2]
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Ernest Joseph Bellocq (19 August 1873 – 3 October 1949) [2] was an American professional photographer who worked in New Orleans during the early 20th century. Bellocq is remembered for his haunting photographs of the prostitutes of Storyville, New Orleans' legalized red-light district. [3] These have inspired novels, poems and films.
Lee Van Grack Many things come to mind when you think of New Orleans, Louisiana: The Big Easy, Bourbon Street, the French Quarter, beignets, fleur-de-lis, Fat Tuesday, NOLA, jazz, and Mardi Gras ...
There is some controversy about who can claim the title of oldest bar in the state, but The Brick Saloon in Roslyn dates back to 1889 and features a 100-year-old bar, its own basement jail cell ...
In 1938, General Lewis Kemper Williams [4] (1887-1971), a World War I veteran, Brigadier General in World War II, [5] [6] businessman, and honorary Consul General of Monaco in New Orleans, [7] and his wife, Leila Hardie Moore Williams [8] (1901-1966) bought two properties in the French Quarter, the Spanish Colonial Merieult House on Royal Street and a late 19th-century residence next to the ...
The couple, who posed as brother and sister across the U.S., would seek their victims the same way they had met, with Fernandez seducing the women through the ads posted in magazines and newspapers.
It is based upon the founding donation of more than 600 works from New Orleans businessman Roger H. Ogden's private collection. Since this original donation the museum's collection of paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, wood and crafts has grown to include more than 4,000 works donated from individuals and ...