"Tess Crager with stack of books in shop on Zimple Street in 1974."
This file appears in: Basement Bookshop and Library
This file appears in: Basement Bookshop and Library
Basement Bookshop and Library
In the 1930s and 1940s, the center of New Orleans literary life resided at 7221 Zimple Street, the Basement Bookshop and Library. Tess Crager opened the store in a little yellow wood-frame building that once had housed a butcher’s shop. Its earlier…