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Vintage Postcard Collection of Alexandria Louisiana: Camp Beauregard
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Scenes from Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. Air view of Camp Beauregard dated 1942. Army life at Camp Beauregard. Postcard from 1915-17. Soldiers' tents at Camp Beauregard. Circa: 1914-17. Hostess Tent. Camp Beauregard. Movie theatre. Circa: 1917. Cooking stoves for mess halls. Postcard from 1914-17. Air view of Camp hospital. Regimental Hospital View. Camp Beauregard. View of hospital ward. Circa 1917. Officers tents. 1914-17. Postcard mailed from Camp Beauregard dated 1915. Opera ...
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Vintage Postcard Collection of Alexandria Louisiana: Camp Livingston
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Greetings from Camp Livingston. The camp was situated generally northeast of Alexandria, off US165, and close. To Camp Beauregard and Esler Field. Main Gate Camp Livingston. Typical Street Scene. Camp Livingston. Camp Livingston Guest House. Circa: 1944. Company Street. Camp Livingston. Dated 1942. Infantry practice march. Camp Livingston. Camp Livingston Street Scene. Circa: 1943. Parade, Camp Livingston. 1944. Service Club. Camp Livingston. 1943 postcard. The worst part of the...
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Vintage Postcard Collection of Alexandria Louisiana: Pools, Parks and Recreation
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Pools, Parks and Recreation. Alexandria's Race Track. Located on McArthur Drive near the site. Of Tractor Supply today. Postcard is from about 1905-08. Baseball Park. The forerunner of Bringhurst field. Near Texas Avenue. Card from 1915-20. Postcard dated 1907. Electric Park. Located near Texas Avenue. This is Kent Park, or as the photo above it says, "Electric Park". It was located at hte end of the streetcar line, Texas Avenue. Located on Masonic Drive. Included herein are sev...
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Vintage Postcard Collection of Alexandria Louisiana: Early Alexandria Store Fronts
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Early Alexandria Store Fronts. Opera House and Rapides Club. 3rd Street. Alexandria, La. Postcard from about 1906. Another postcard dated 1906. A second view of the Rapides Theatre and Club. City Drug Store. Circa: 1905-10. Joseph M. Goldberg. The Jeweler. Third Street, Alexandria. Dated 1916. Alexandria Ice and Cold Storage. Located on Gould Avenue. Later to be renamed Rapides Avenue. Dated 1907. This company would become Central Louisiana Electric Company as time progressed.
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Vintage Postcard Collection of Alexandria Louisiana: March 2015
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No posts. Show all posts. No posts. Show all posts. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Welcome to the Alexandria Collection. We've collected postcards for decades, many about our home town of Alexandria. Presented herein are many of our favorites. We hope they will help others to understand, and appreciate, the history of Alexandria! Alexandria, Louisiana tornado of April 5th, 1907. Alexandria Hotels and Motels. Early Alexandria Store Fronts. Shown on this page are images of several hospitals in the Alexandria ...
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Vintage Postcard Collection of Alexandria Louisiana: Alexandria Hotels and Motels
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Alexandria Hotels and Motels. Included herein are several historic postcards of hotels, motels, inns and other lodging in the Alexandria area. Hotel Bentley . circa 1910-15. This postcard sketch of the Bentley is dated 1909. Bentley Hotel at night 1910-15. Postcard of the Bentley Lobby dated 1910. Side view of Bentley shortly after it was built in 1908. Lobby of the Hotel Bentley postcard. Circa: 1912. Another view of the lobby showing the front desk. Circa: 1910-12. We've colle...
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Vintage Postcard Collection of Alexandria Louisiana: July 2012
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Early Examples of Postcards Before Pictures, Circa 1875-1900. Very early U.S. postcard published about 1875. Published date about 1879. US postcard. Publish date about 1886. Publish date approximately 1893. One cent. Published 1900. Last but not least, a very RARE Civil war era postcard. Addressed to. CaptManuel Bennet. (Confederate Capt.) Evergreen, Louisiana. Mailed from Cotile, Louisiana. On May 12th. Sometime between 1861 and 1865. Probably shortly after the war was over.
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Vintage Postcard Collection of Alexandria Louisiana: Street Scenes in Alexandria
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Street Scenes in Alexandria. Third Street looking toward the Bentley Hotel on right. 1915-20. View of Third Street, 1950's. Second Street looking North toward Bentley Hotel on left. 1912. City Hall on left. Bentley Hotel upper left. Rapides Bank on right. Looking North on 2nd Street. 1915. 2nd Street view of old City Hall built before the Civil War in the 1850's,. Pictured on the left. Postcard is from about 1906. City docks were on the right on the Red River. Night time view of...