This 1940 Buick, photographed next to the Criminal Courts Building, was involved in a negligent homicide accident on Burma Road in March, 1945. Some cars find unique ways to avoid traffic jams. This undated photo shows a Pontiac station wagon, modified into a Hy-Rail inspection car, gliding along the tracks of the Public Belt Railroad at Canal Street, ca. Well, not quite, but for a number of years, Volkswagens entered the country through the port of New Orleans on their way to being markets all along the Gulf Coast. In 1962 alone, sixty vessels brought more than 23,000 of the German vehicles into the port.
Some cars find spacious parking spaces to rest in.
Some cars will carry just about anybody just about anywhere. Taxicabs have an important place on the streets of the Crescent City as they carry convention visitors and other tourists around to our town's many attractions. The City Archives documents the city's taxi business through its collection of Taxicab Bureau records . This photograph was taken in the new Taxicab Inspection Station during the month of February, 1957. Some cars help catch the bad guys.