Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: DeSiard Street

  • Bustling DeSiard Street in the late 1920s

    This is a DeSiard Street photo that sits on top of a shelf in the Genealogy Department of the Ouachita Parish Public Library. It shows a traffic policeman directing a…

  • DeSiard Street circa 1910

    Imagine getting stuck behind this caravan in rush hour traffic! William A. Bozone’s Grocery is the building on the left. According to the 1912 City Directory, it was located at…

  • “New” Five Points

    This is an interesting aerial shot looking straight up DeSiard. Louisville curves off to the left. It may not look familiar, since the 165 overpass is not there yet! Do…

  • DeSiard Street in the 1920’s

    Nice color postcard looking up DeSiard Street from Endom Bridge.  Notice the trolley tracks in the streets?

  • Monroe Fire of 1871

  • Turn of the Century DeSiard

    This is a rare, grainy photo I found!  It shows men erecting a pole (probably electric!) on the corner of Jackson and DeSiard Streets.  To give you an idea, the…

  • 300 Block of DeSiard Street, circa 1922

    This breaks my heart and fascinates me at the same time.  Using the 1924 city directory, I was able to determine that the wallpaper store on the right was located…

  • St. John and DeSiard from another angle!

    I found this old postcard online a while back and it was probably taken around the same time as yesterday’s photo.  You are looking up DeSiard Street.  The bank building…

  • The Corner of DeSiard and St. John Streets

    The last photo I will post from the scrapbook in the collection of Ouachita Parish Public Library’s Special Collections is a shot down St. John Street.  You can see the…