Ponchatoula, Louisiana--Madeleine Mathes
Photo and Slide Collection
PONCHATOULA, LOUISIANA Madeleine Mathes took these slides in Spring 1981.
Slide No. 1
Street scene in Ponchatoula, Louisiana.Slide No. 2
Long range view of the Country Market in Ponchatoula, La. which is in the old Illinois Central Depot showing the Mail Car Art Gallery.Slide No. 3
Long range view of the Country Market in Ponchatoula, La. which is in the old Illinois Central Depot showing an unrestored railroad car.Slide No. 4
Long range view of the E. J. Campbell building showing one side. The building dates back to 1904 and now accommodates a pharmacy, an office, a dress shop, and upstairs apartments. E. J. Campbell distributed liquor. A jug with his name and dated 1904 is in the museum.Slide No. 5
Long range view of the E. J. Campbell Building showing the front and a side.Slide No. 6
Side view of the Gateway Hotel which was built in the 1920s and went out of business in the 1950s.Slide No. 7
Side view of the front of the Gateway Hotel.Slide No. 7A
Full front view of the Gateway Hotel.Slide No. 8
The Old Jake Abel’s Store building which dates back to the turn of the century. It has been restored and renovated to accommodate an antiques store and a finance company. The upstairs which was used for storage at the turn of the century, is now used for apartments. Sitting beside the building is Lillie’s Café.Slide No. 9
Hugh Richardson building showing the hardware store.Slide No. 10
Ponchatoula Feed and Seed Store which was built about 1947.Slide No. 11
Ponchatoula Feed and Seed Store. The rail car shown in the slide brings in 8,000 tons of merchandise annually.Slide No. 12
Front view of the Ponchatoula Feed and Seed Store.Slide No. 13
Another view of the Ponchatoula Feed and Seed Store.Slide No. 14 & 15
Ponchatoula Farm Bureau Assn., Inc. which is out of business now.Slide No. 16
Miller’s Barber Shop.Slide No. 17
The Abbott House.Slide No. 18
Paul’s Restaurant at Pine Street and Railroad Avenue.Slide Nos. 19 & 20
Collinswood School Museum sign. The school is restored and renovated as a museum. It was built a few miles west of Ponchatoula in 1876 and was moved to the middle of town during the Bicentennial celebration.Slide NoS. 21 & 22
Collinswood School Museum.Slide No. 23
Kiwanis Park log cabin.Slide No. 24
Detail of the rough stained cypress of Kiwanis log cabin.Slide NoS. 25 & 26
Long range view of a memorial to Arthur Tasker, black reconstruction mayor, buried in Kiwanis Park. Memorial says ARTHUR TASKER, MAYOR OF PONCHATOULA, SEPT. 3, 1876-JAN. 6, 1874, FOUNDED OF TASKER MEMORIAL, A.M.E. ZION CHURCH 1881.Slide Nos. 27-29
Close up view of memorial to Arthur Tasker.Slide Nos. 30-35
Sugar Mill on the Jackson property. This mill is located west of town on the Springfield Highway. The Carriage House Antiques is on the same property.
PONCHATOULA, LOUISIANAMATHES
Madeleine Mathes took these photographs Spring 1981 and donated them to the Center.Pix #
Date of PixSize of PixNo. of PixKind of ImageNegative1 Spring 1981 3 x 5 1 original color print none
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Map of Ponchatoula, Louisiana with a sign across it which ways "Pass a Good Time here!" This is a title page for a photographic booklet on Ponchatoula.
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Map of Ponchatoula, Louisiana and a newspaper called "Thru the Years," with a sign across them saying "Pass a Good Time Here!" This is a title page for a photographic booklet on Ponchatoula.
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Street scene in Ponchatoula, Louisiana.
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Street scene in with the Tourist Information Center sign in the middle of the photograph.
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Tourist Information Center which was the former police station and is in the middle of town.
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Tourist Information Center with two people on the roof of the building.
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Sign pointing tourists to the Country Market and Mail Car Art Gallery.
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Long range view of the Country Market which is in the old Illinois Central Depot.
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Long range view of the Country Market with the Tourist Information Center to the left.
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Close-up view of the old Illinois Central Depot where the Country Market is. PONCHATOULA is in large letters across the front facing the railroad tracks.
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Close-up view of the Country Market located in the old Illinois Central Depot.
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Close-up view of the door of the Country Market with a flat-bed wagon in the foreground.
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Date of PixSize of PixNo. of PixKind of ImageNegative19 Spring 1981 3 x 5 1 original color print none
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A view of the Country Market showing the Mail Car Art Gallery beside it.
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View of "Rawhide," the alligator. His cage is located in front of the Country Market.
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View of the newly restored Mail Car Art Gallery that houses local artists’ works.
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View of an old original mail car parked beside the Mail Car Art Gallery in Ponchatoula, LA.
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This fifty foot sinker cypress log originally eighty feet and perhaps dates back to around DeSoto’s time was recovered from fifteen feet of water in Lake Maurepas by Wayne Norwood. It is located by the Country Market.
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Full view of the E. J. Campbell building which dates back to 1904 and now accommodates a pharmacy, an office, a dress shop, and upstairs apartments. E. J. Campbell distributed liquor. A jug with his name and dated 1904 is in the museum.
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Close-up view of the E. J. Campbell building.
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Long-range view of the E. J. Campbell building.
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View of the E. J. Campbell building showing half of the top front and one side of the building.
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Side view of the front of the E. J. Campbell building.
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Date of PixSize of PixNo. of PixKind of ImageNegative45 Spring 1981 3 x 5 1 original B&W print none
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Close-range view of the bottom floor of the E. J. Campbell building.
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Full front view of the Gateway Hotel built in the 1920s and went out of business in the 1950s.
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Side view of the Gateway Hotel.
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Back view of the Gateway Hotel.
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Sign in front of the Collinswood School Museum. The school is restored and renovated as a museum. It was built a few miles west of Ponchatoula in 1876 and was moved to the middle of town during the Bicentennial celebration.
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View of the Collinswood School Museum.
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Full view of the Collinswood School Museum.
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Long-range view of the Collinswood School Museum located next to the Gateway Hotel.
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Side view of the Collinswood School Museum with the Gateway Hotel sent above the top of the museum.
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Side view of the Collinswood School Museum showing the front half of the Museum.
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Long range view of the Collinswood School Museum with the Gateway Hotel to the left of the photograph.
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Close-up view of the Collinswood School Museum showing the front porch.
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Date of PixSize of PixNo. of PixKind of ImageNegative61 Spring 1981 3 x 5 1 original B&W print none
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The Ponchatoula Feed & Seed Store which was built about 1947.
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Side view of the Ponchatoula Feed & Seed Store.
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View of the Ponchatoula Feed & Seed Store.
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This sign for the Ponchatoula Farm Bureau Assn., Inc. is about fifty feet away from the Ponchatoula Feed & Seed Store. It is out of business.
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View of the old Jake Abel’s Store building which dates back to the turn of the century. It has been restored and renovated to accommodate an antiques store and a finance company. The upstairs which was used for storage at the turn of the century is now used for apartments.
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Front view of the old Jake Abel’s Store building.
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Side view of the old Jake Abel’s Store building.
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Front view of the Hugh Richardson Building which has been renovated and restored. It dates back before 1900 and presently contains a hardware store, finance office, and apartment upstairs.
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Long range side angle view of the Hugh Richardson building.
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A side view of the Hugh Richardson building with the Guy Smith House seen at right of photo.
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Close range of the top and front of the Hugh Richardson building taken from the side.
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Side back view of the Hugh Richardson building.
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Date of PixSize of PixNo. of PixKind of ImageNegative82 Spring 1981 3 x 5 1 original color print none
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Close range view of the Hugh Richardson building.
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Close range view of the Hugh Richardson building showing the detail on the building. The plaque says Geo. L. Mesker & Co. Iron Works, Evansville, Indiana.
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Close range view of the Hugh Richardson building showing iron work detail on the building.
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Full view of the Guy Smith House built in the 1920s when the cypress mills were active. It is beside the Hugh Richardson building.
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Close range view of the Guy Smith House.
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View of the renovated Edwards House built in 1910.
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Close range view of the renovated Edwards House showing the front door and steps and part of the porch.
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View of Kiwanis Park, a place for recreation.
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View of the Kiwanis Park sign with the log cabin built of rough cypress in the background.
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Close range view of the log cabin built of rough cypress in 1950 in Kiwanis Park.
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View of the memorial to Arthur Tasker, black reconstruction mayor, buried in Kiwanis Park. Memorial says ARTHUR TASKER, MAYOR OF PONCHATOULA, SEPT. 3, 1876-JAN. 6, 1874, FOUNDED OF TASKER MEMORIAL, A.M.E. ZION CHURCH 1881.
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These colorful buildings all have interesting details and date back to the turn of the century.
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Date of PixSize of PixNo. of PixKind of ImageNegative101 Spring 1981 3 x 5 1 original color print none
A metal plaque on one of the colorful buildings which reads G. L. Mesker, Evansville, Indiana.
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The yellow Hotel Apartment Building is another example of renovation and the combination of a ground floor business with living accommodations upstairs.
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View of the Yellow Hotel Apartment Building.
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View of The Bank Apartment Building.
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View of a building which was once owned by Fritz Pflanze from Germany. Around the early 1920s it was a restaurant run by the Pflanze family. The building is yellow gold with olive trim. The Western Auto building can also be seen in the photograph. This building was a drugstore owned by Mr. Blass Spiller, a relative of Alfred Spiller. This building is pink and is in need of restoration.
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View of a "Louisiana Cypress Tree."
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Sign which is in front of the "Louisiana Cypress Tree."
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Street scene in Ponchatoula, Louisiana.
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Street scene in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, showing a railroad crossing.
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A train at a railroad crossing.
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Train caboose, Illinois Central Gulf.
