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Dutch Andrus led his own band and performed with many area musicians. He and his wife owned and operated Oak Electric, an appliance repair shop located at 8116 Oak Street.

These newspaper clippings were contributed by Cheryl Andrus Falgoust, whose father, jazz trumpeter Dutch Andrus, owned and operated Oak Street Electric from the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s. The clippings seem to be from the merchants' newsletter…

Among the stories associated with World War II and women workers on the homefront, the role of women transit operators is one of the faintest. Though never as celebrated as the role of women factory workers, "motorettes" and "conductorettes" were…

Photograph provided by members of the Engelbracht family. The New Orleans Pure Food Bakery was located at the corner of Oak and Dublin Streets. 8140 Oak is best remembered for serving as a Mc Kenzies Bakery in later years. It currently is the Oak…

This image dates from the early 1940s.