re: Pictures from days gone by....

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Wow. Lot of empty storefronts over there now

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Malls killed downtown shopping districts.

Online is now killing malls.

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I wish this side of the road parking style would've stuck. Sure looks a lot better than parallel parking.

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Agreed.

You still see that in small towns. The big problem though is you need wider streets.

Gulf Port MS brand purchased by Coca-Cola Co. People swore the formula was change but the only difference was the water.

1932 - Looks like may vaudeville show and a movie.

The Mosconi's were a dancing duo. In one of their sets one of the brothers dressed up like a chick.

Gracie Barrie was a big band singer.

False Faces was a 1932 movie. Lowell Sherman was the director. Peggy Shannon and Lila Lee were actresses in the film.

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Gulf Port MS brand purchased by Coca-Cola Co. People swore the formula was change but the only difference was the water.

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1.First of all, NEVER claim Barq's was a Gulfport brand. It was a Biloxi invention by Biloxi residents.

2. For many years, there WERE 2 different Barq's -- the original Biloxi Barq's and New Orleans Barq's, which was done by a Barq's family protege'. Biloxi Barq's had blue labels/caps, New Orleans version had red.

3. Biloxi Barq's was called "root beer" in labeling and ads while New Orleans was just called "Barq's". In fact, in the 70s and 80s the New Orleans side had an ad campaign: "Is it root beer?"

4. You are right about Coca-Cola buying BOTH versions in the late 1980s and making it their nationwide root beer brand.

5. And the Biloxi water used in bottling back in the day DID make a difference, not just in comparison to the new nationwide version, but between the New Orleans and Biloxi versions back then (Biloxi's was better).

1951

Shreveport

IRA (1972)