Busy Scene on the Levee
This file appears in: Gallatin Street: An Introduction
The Port of New Orleans was one of the economic centers of the South in the antebellum period. Gallatin Street, only two blocks from the river, became a haven for the deckhands and longshoremen.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 1, 1881
Library of Congress
This file appears in: Gallatin Street: An Introduction
Gallatin Street: An Introduction
A small, two-block stretch called Gallatin Street, now called French Market Place, was once the headquarters of vice in New Orleans. A visitor to the street in 1873 described the scene for the Times-Picayune:
"Gallatin street is wet and…