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A close-up of the "O" mint mark on a New Orleans $10 gold piece. By the early twentieth century, the U.S. Treasury had mints operating in New Orleans, Denver, San Francisco, and the main center in Philadelphia, which more than met the demand for minted money. In 1904, the government ceased the minting of the silver dollar, which accounted for ...
The area that would become Storyville is shown in the pink block numbered 63 on this 1887 Sanborn fire insurance map of New Orleans.. Though developed under the proposed title The District, the eventual nickname Storyville originated from City Councilman Sidney Story, who wrote the legislation and guidelines to be followed within the proposed neighborhood limits.
Their winning bid protects their investment and gives them full control over the high-rise. The new owners, Plainfield Direct, are remaining tight-lipped about their plans for the building. On December 19, 2007, Plainfield Direct paid the City of New Orleans $608,000 in back taxes and announced plans to spend $10 million on environmental ...
Bella Cabakoff was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and moved to Columbus, Ohio as a toddler. [4] At 21, she became the youngest buyer for the Lazarus department store chain. In 1951, after spending over 20 years with Lazarus, she and her husband Harry Wexner opened a women's clothing store named Leslie's (after their son) on State Street.
The exterior of a video rental store in Austin, Texas (closed in 2020) A display case of DVDs in a former Blockbuster video rental store. A video rental shop/store is a physical retail business that rents home videos such as movies, prerecorded TV shows, video game cartridges/discs and other media content.
During one raid, about 450 machine guns were discovered in the I Goldberg store basement in Philadelphia. In 1929, the New York City Police Department complained that most of their confiscated guns were bought in Philadelphia. The $500,000 worth of European liquor and champagne seized in a raid on a barge near Mount Holly, New Jersey was traced ...
The famous Illinois home featured in the 1990 Christmas classic first hit the market for $5.25 million in May 2024 ... New year, same old real estate market: The high mortgage rates, scarce ...
It first hit the brand new, 3-month-old Calvary Baptist Church, which had its steeple ripped off, parts of its roof blown off and caved in, and a wall crumble, causing an estimated $20,000 in damage. A 350- foot -tall (110 m ) radio tower was blown over, a smoke stack at a Pecos Laundry was bent over, and an abandoned bottling plant partially ...