Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: DeSiard Street

  • A & W Sandwich Shop – 1936

    It seems every town once had an A & W Sandwich shop at one time! This one was located at 326 DeSiard Street. The ad appeared in the 1936 telephone…

  • The Service Station

    This picture shows a building that once stood across the street from Magnolia Cemetery at 1814 DeSiard St. It was a mechanic’s shop called the Service Station. The second floor…

  • Downtown View of DeSiard Street in 1959

    To give you an idea of where you are in this photo, the strip of buildings on the right foreground is the area where Rain the Salon is now. The…

  • Monroe Boys March Off to War

    How about this one? It shows a parade of Infantry soldiers marching off to fight in France during WWI. You can see Allen’s Pharmacy and the Wexler Cigar building in…

  • The Hypolite Filhiol Home

    The below clipping was found in the vertical files. According to the information in the clipping, the home once stood at the corner of Jackson and DeSiard street, where the…

  • A Stall Inside the Old Monroe City Market

  • Blake’s Music Store or Kaliski?

    I really think this one is mislabeled. I can find no Blake’s Music Shop but there WAS Kaliski Music Co. Ltd., located at 322 De Siard Street. Who knows? UPDATE:…

  • 1939 Christmas Fiesta Parade on DeSiard Street

    These last two parade photos I will share show the parade as it was passing by the Style Shop. The first one shows a Drum Major leading her band! I…

  • 1961 Rodeo Parade on DeSiard Street.

    I found this photo in an old magazine. It shows some area Shriners riding horseback down DeSiard Street in the 1961 Monroe Rodeo Parade. The man with his back to…

  • The Wooten-Hyle Implement Company Ltd.

    On December 29, 1909, the Shreveport Times carried this little paragraph in their paper, talking about a new business that had just organized in Monroe: The Wooten Hyle Implement Company,…