"Chartres side of the Omni Royale Orleans Hotel"
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This photograph shows the Chartres Street side of the Omni Royale Orleans Hotel. If you look towards the left of the image, the word "CHANGE" is clearly visible. Originally there was a sign that read, “NEW ORLEANS EXCHANGE.” This sign and the columned wall it rest on is the only remnant of the St. Louis Hotel & Exchange..
This file appears in: St. Louis Hotel & Exchange: Auctioning Off Lives
St. Louis Hotel & Exchange: Auctioning Off Lives
Numerous 19th-century travelers who frequented New Orleans for business and pleasure described the slave auction block in St. Louis Hotel. Sensationalism aside, visitors recorded their surprise at the…