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Hokus Pokus Liquor store on Lee Street, and its famous "Flying Ghost" neon sign
Alexandria radio and TV station history
Take another ride down Third Street in Alexandria
England Air Force Base ... photographs, stories, maps, memories and more ... click to take a tour of the base now
Herbie K's Restaurant and Oyster Bar, Lee Street, Alexandria, Louisiana

The Don Theater

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Greetings from Alexandria Louisiana

The "new" City Hall with the Guaranty Bank Building in the background
Back of the "new" Alexandria City Hall, Third Street facade, 2011 (photograph by the author)

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Alexandria, Louisiana

Rock Garden, City Park

Natatorium, Alexandria City Park
City Park Natatorium and Swimming Pool in Alexandria Louisiana

"Star of the Seas" at Maryhill in Pineville
Star of the Sea on the lake at the Knights of Columbus Maryhill Youth Camp

Masonic Home for Children, Main Building
Main Building, Masonic Home for Children, Alexandria, Louisiana

Steam locomotive at the Jackson Street crossing, Alexandria Union Railroad Depot
Union Railroad Station, Alexandria, La

Third Street, looking south from the corner of Murray Street
Third Street, looking south from the corner of Murray Street

Third Street, looking north, with Wellan's and J.C. Penney's in the foreground

Aerial view of MacArthur Drive in its earlier years, looking south from the Highway 28 interchange
MacArthur Drive aerial from over the LA 28 interchange, looking south, Alexandria, Louisiana Future site of Westgate Shopping Center South Traffic Circle Interchange of MacArthur Drive with Louisiana Highway 28 (Gardner Highway) Twin drive-in theater on current site of Office Depot Borrow pit behind present day Sonic Drive-In Monroe Street Jackson Street Texas Avenue, still a dirt thoroughfare into the 1950s Huddle Elementary School, opened in 1953, on Texas Avenue Drive-in Theater Maryland Avenue MacArthur Drive Airport with hangar and airplnaes parked Borrow pit Heyman Lane

Newspaper ad for Herbie K's ... "The World's Worst Service, the World's Finest Food"
Herbie K's newspaper advertisement in Alexandria Louisiana, 1971

The famous "Flying Ghost" neon sign at Hokus Pokus Liquor on Lee Street (circa 2003)
Neon sign from the 1950s at Hokus Pokus Liquor Store, 2130 Lee Street, Alexandria, Louisiana

Interurban Transportation Company, Alexandria, circa 1924
Interurban Transportation Company, Alexandria, circa 1924

Rosenthal Elementary School, 5th Grade, Class of 1970 - Mrs. Ludeau, Teacher
Rosenthal Elementary School, Class of 1970

Chapman's Grocery and Cooper's Market
Chapman's Grocery, Alexandria Louisiana

Third Street, Alexandria Louisiana, in front of W.T. Grant Co. store
Third Street, Alexandria Louisiana, in front of W.T. Grant Co. store

Shaving Permit - Alexandria Sesquicentennial: 1807 - 1957

Alexandria Air Force Base Louisiana
Patronize Your PX! match book cover
Matchbook Cover from Alexandria Air Force Base

History of Alexandria, Louisiana
The present site of Alexandria was a natural one for settlement due to its location on the Red River in Central Louisiana. The area was originally home to a community supporting the adjacent Spanish outpost of Post du Rapides ... more Alexandria history


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Military Bases in Alexandria and World War II in Central Louisiana

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A&P Grocery Store
Abe’s Pawn Shop
Bentley Hotel
Bert’s Garage
Bolton Avenue Commerce
Bolton High School and Stadium
Bordens Ice Cream
Caplan’s Mens Store
Chenvert-Coty
Commercial Building
Continental Trailways, door
Courthouse Square
Don Theater and Don sign
England Air Force Base
Family Restaurant
Fire Station No. 4 at City Park
Firestone Tire & Rubber on Bolton
Garden District
Giamanco's Suburban Gardens
Guaranty Bank & Trust Company
Gulf Oil (Garden District)
Gulf Oil Station (N. Bolton)
Happy Trails
Harry’s Body Shop
Holsum Bakery
Hokus Pokus
I-49
John Ward Hardware
KCS Southern Belle
Kress
Lee Street business 1 and 2
Library (old)
Masonic Building
Motor Bank
Murrell Clinic
Noah’s Potato Chips
One Hour Cleaners
Our Lady of Prompt Succor School
Palace Grocery
Piggly Wiggly
Post Office
Rapides Avenue - Vanderhoeven
Rapides Parish Courthouse
Rapides Bank, Bolton Avenue Office
Rapides Bank, Main Office
Red River Candy
Reed and Bell Drive-In
Residence - Main Street
Residence - Jackson Street
Rugg Elementary School
Schnack’s Jewelry
Schwartzberg’s Department Store
Service Station
St. James Episcopal Church
Stop Sign on Vance Avenue
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral
Street car tracks
Super 7 Foods
Texada Miller Masterson Davis Clinic
Third Street
Turpin Pontiac 1 2 3
Water Plant
Weiss & Goldring sign
Weiss & Goldring Department Store
Weiss & Goldring tower
Wellan’s Department Store


Alexandria Photos Submitted by Friends of the Retrospective

Alexandria Classified Ads of the Past

Andress Abbott Ford
Antoon's Department Store
Bob Dinnat's Bake Shop - Sam Villard, Owner
Bridges Drug Store
Burger Chef
Chaptico Dairy - Bayou Rapides Road
Chas D'Amico Sports Buffet
Chicola's Supermarket
Cicardo Grocery and Market
D'Amico Shoe Service
Dore & Jakes Barber Shop
Double V Cafe
Duke's Radio Service
Ellington Transfer & Storage
The Fair Store - 1111 Main Street
French Unique Cleaners
Fuzzy's Cafe and Hobo Drive-In
Gem Jewelry Company

Glorioso Grocery
Gravel's Drug Store
Herbie K's
Ideal Liquor Store
Lazarone's Drive Inn
Lomonte's Drug Store
Lawhon and Baker
Lazarone's Drive Inn
Mat's Suburban ESSO Servicecenter
McInnis Supermarket
Morgan & Lindsey
Petrus Feed and Seed
Rachal & Redmond's
Red River Candy Company
Rice Shoe Store - Next Door to Schnacks
Stanley's Body Shop
Jay Merten's Owl Fine Food - 1121 Chester St.
Schwartzberg's
Whittle's Toy & Gift Shop - 93 Bolton Avenue


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