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Our Story · Boothville

Boothville,
then and now

Postcards, papers and photographs of Boothville from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

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1recent photos
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1930s17 items · Historic American Buildings Survey Sa…Commons
1940–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHistoric American Buildings Surve…, 1934: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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Boothville, decade by decade

1930s17 items
Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer November 30, 1934 DETAIL - Frank's Island Lighthous…CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Phot…1934Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer, November 30, 1934 DETAIL OF INSCRIPTION ON NORTH E…CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Phot…1934Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer, November 30, 1934 DETAIL OF NORTH ELEVATION SHOWIN…CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Phot…1934Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer, November 30, 1934 DETAIL OF WINDOW (NORTH ELEVATIO…CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Phot…1934Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer, November 30, 1934 LOOKING UP NORTHSIDE OF TOWER - …CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Phot…1934Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer, November 30, 1934 VIEW OF TOWER ACROSS BLIND BAY M…CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Phot…1934Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer, November 30, 1934 VIEW OF TOWER FROM THE NORTH - F…CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Phot…1934BoothvilleChurch1938CommonsBoothvilleChurch19381938BoothvilleDockSitters1938CommonsBoothvilleDockSitters19381938BoothvilleOrangeGrowerCommonsBoothvilleOrangeGrower1938Oranges on treesLOCOranges on trees1938Natives of Boothville, Louisiana on dockLOCNatives of Boothville, Louisiana on dock1938Residents at Boothville, Louisiana sitting on dockLOCResidents at Boothville, Louisiana sitting on dock1938Front yard of orange growerLOCFront yard of orange grower1938Church in the orange growing sectionLOCChurch in the orange growing section1938Untitled photo, possibly related to: Natives of Boothville, Louisiana on dockLOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Natives of Boothville,…1938Untitled photo, possibly related to: Church in the orange growing sectionLOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Church in the orange g…1938
1940s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 photo
FEMA - 17943 - Photograph by Robert Kaufmann taken on 10-26-2005 in LouisianaCommonsFEMA - 17943 - Photograph by Robert Kaufmann taken on 10-26…2005

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer November 30, 1934 DETAIL - Frank's Island Lighthous… (1934) and it appears here side by side.

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