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| After his first year at
what was then Concordia Teachers College (today's Concordia University - Chicago), Al
visited his classmates Ron Wismar and Norm Hellmers in New Orleans. For a larger version of each photograph, click on the thumbnail below. (To return to this page, use your "back" button.) |
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Packenham Oaks at Chalmette, downriver
from New Orleans. |
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Chalmette National Cemetery. Norm and
Al on left. (Note river levee in background.) |
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Lagoon in City Park. The brick building
is the Girl Scout cabin. A group of families (including Norm's and Ron's)
picnicked here for many years. |
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Ron and Norm rowing a rented skiff in
City Park. |
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Al swimming in the Gulf of Mexico near
Henderson Point, Mississippi. |
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Ron on the beach near Henderson Point. |
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Exploring at Henderson Point. (L-R:
Norm, Roger, Mike, Ron.) |
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What did they find? (L-R: Norm, Ron,
Mike.) |
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Norm's family: parents and sister Eileen
in their home on Chatham Drive. |
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Norm's mom Meta in her kitchen. |
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Norm's sister Eileen and Dad. |
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Norm's sister Eileen. |
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Ron's Dad Richard in his Delta Line
office in the Hibernia Bank Building, located in the Central Business District. |
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View from the top of the Hibernia Bank
Building, at that time the tallest building in New Orleans. |
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View from the top of the Hibernia Bank
Building, looking at the New Orleans Civic Center. |
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View from the top of the Hibernia Bank
Building, looking upriver. |
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View from the top of the Hibernia Bank
Building, looking downriver at the bend in the Mississippi River that makes
New Orleans the "Crescent City." |
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Stock prices being posted at the New
Orleans Stock Exchange. |
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The Mardi Gras fountain at Lake Pontchartrain. |
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On "The Bug" at Pontchartrain Beach
amusement park. Left to right: Roger, Ron W., Mike, Norm, and Ron C. |
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Eating seafood at a West End restaurant. (L-R: Norm,
Ron C., and Ron W.) |
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Al tries eating a boiled crab. |
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Al's reaction to boiled crabs. |
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The harbor inspection yacht Good Neighbor,
operated by the New Orleans Port Commission. Ron's Dad arranged this special
tour. |
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Al onboard the Good Neighbor. |
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The Canal Street ferry to Algiers viewed from the
Good Neighbor. |
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The public grain elevator viewed from the Good
Neighbor. |
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Norm and Ron onboard the Good Neighbor. |
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Norm's Dad's business, Neo Fabrics, Inc., then located
in the French Quarter. |
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Norm's Dad Leonard in his office at Neo Fabrics. |
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Probably the home of someone famous in New Orleans,
possibly trumpeter Al Hirt. |
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Ron on the steps of his family's home on St. Claude
Avenue. |
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Ron's family sings along with his beloved Grandma
Lillian. |
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The Wismar family maid, Olivia. |
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Al's hosts say farewell at the Union Train Station. |
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Al went home on the Illinois Central. |
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