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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 · 42m

... 1001 Loyola Avenue was a key component in the modernization of the city. Three architects worked collaboratively to design the new railroad and transportation terminal in an attempt to consolidate operations.

Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 42m

In 1950 the city of New Orleans issued $15 million in bonds to finance the construction of a brand new railroad terminal -- the Union Passenger Terminal. When it opened in 1954, the new Union Passenger Terminal building at ... (continued)

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"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, so..."

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Taking off into the wind.

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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 3h

“We all fight for money, some for power, but most of all for love. But me, I fight to become a champion.”
~ Jonathan Anthony Burkett

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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 3h

From such emotions springs greed and, more often than not, financial disaster. For those who may have an interest, there is a high-resolution version (67.8MB in TIFF format) available through the Library of Congress.

Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 3h

Potential investors in Law’s Compagnie des Indes would have been wide-eyed to regard such a vast trading territory, from the Great Lakes in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south and would have been tempted by the lure of both quick and huge profits. (continued)