1956 Press Photo Illustration of New Orleans Cotton Exchange interior in 1871

Interior of the exchange Louisiana - the new building of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange now approached completion. The Cotton Exchange presented a more modern interior today as it celebrated its 85th birthday, but this is how it looked when it was begun way back in 1871. And know why it was built? To take the trading of cotton out of saloons, where it had been practiced up until then, and put it all under one roof.

Photo is dated 1956.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.