It’s always fun to flip through old photos, whether they’re old family photos or historical photos, there’s just something that lures us in. All of the photos below show what life in Louisiana was like from 1900-1925, an interesting glimpse into our past.

1. Christmas Eve on Main Street in Opelousas in 1900.
Public Domain/Wikimedia
2. Picking cotton at Angola State Farm in 1900.
Andrew David Lytle Sr./Wikimedia
3. Voting Day at the Lake Charles Courthouse in 1902.
Public Domain/Wikimedia
4. The first passenger train arrives in Bogalusa, 1906.
Public Domain/Wikimedia
5. A train runs through Covington, 1907.
Tolson & Schonberg, Public Domain/Wikimedia
The passenger train was a popular mode of transportation, connecting several towns in St. Tammany Parish and also New Orleans. Today, the rail has been converted into a 30+ mile pathway called the Tammany Trace, a great trail for hikers and bikers alike.
6. A 7-year old oyster shucker in Dunbar, 1911.
Lewis Hine - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration/Wikimedia
7. A 9-year old shucker, 1911.
Lewis Hine - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration/Wikimedia
8. A train passing through Abita Springs, 1912.
Public Domain/Wikimedia

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9. A delivery boy stops for a photo in Shreveport, 1913.
Lewis Wickes Hine; National Child Labor Committee Collection - Library of Congress/Wikimedia
10. Morgan City High School Class of 1913.
Public Domain/Wikimedia
11. The Buddie Petit Band, 1920
Manfred Selchow/Wikimedia
Buddie Petit was a talented jazz cornetist, playing all over New Orleans in the early 1900s. He even was lured out to Los Angeles for a brief time, before coming back to New Orleans and spending the rest of his life in the Big Easy.
12. Golfing at the New Orleans Fair Grounds, 1921.
Times-Picayune Archive, Public Domain/Wikimedia
13. A volunteer fire company parade strolls through Gretna, 1922.
Times-Picayune Archive, Public Domain/Wikimedia
14. A fun day on the grounds of the Madison Parish courthouse in Tallulah, 1922.
Haw Kirkpatrick/Wikimedia
15. The Morgan City High School Basketball Team, 1923.
Morgan City High School, Public Domain/Wikimedia
16. The McDonogh School Girls Basketball Team, 1911.
Times-Picayune Archives, Public Domain/Wikimedia
17. Conductors pose around a New Orleans streetcar, 1915.
Times-Picayune Archives, Public Domain/Wikimedia

Want to explore some more? Check out these fascinating photos from life in Louisiana in the 1930s, and be sure to check out our previous article where we take a stroll down Mardi Gas memory lane, where you can see what some of the earliest parades looked like!

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