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Airline Motors Inn placemat

unknown1989

The Historic New Orleans Collection

The Historic New Orleans Collection
New Orleans, United States

Paper placemat with scalloped edges from the Airline Motors Restaurant in Laplace, Louisiana. The restaurant is pictured, along with other South Louisiana commercial and industrial sites, such as the Bayou Steel Company, Shell Refinery, Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, State Capitol building, the Waterford III nuclear power plant, and others. A schematic map of a section of Airline Highway is shown, with distances from Laplace to New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The lower portion features a map of the lower Mississippi River, titled "Waterway of Industry" showing development along both banks from Port Allen to Algiers, and including industrial and maritime landmarks such as refineries, chemical manufacturers, utilities, and port facilities.

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  • Title: Airline Motors Inn placemat
  • Creator: unknown
  • Date Created: 1989
  • Physical Dimensions: 9 11/16" x 13 3/4"
  • Type: placemats
  • Rights: Physical rights are retained by The Historic New Orleans Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws.
  • Medium: paper (fiber product); ink
  • Art Form: Ephemera
  • Support: lithography
  • Depicted Location: LaPlace (La.), Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.), Mississippi River, Norco (La.), Lake Pontchartrain (La.), Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (La.)
  • Depicted Topic: Industries--Gulf Coast (U.S.)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. and Mr. John H. Lawrence
  • Accession Number: 2019.0207
The Historic New Orleans Collection

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