Biloxi combines the alluring atmosphere of the Old South with the spirit of the new in a charming four-season resort. Nestling among moss-draped oaks that grow along an irregular peninsular shore-line, the city looks out open the blue waters of the Mississippi Sound. In its interesting history seven flags at different times have flown over the destinies of Biloxi. Handwritten note: “The Hell Hole, bars, bars, bars,”
Same view April 2013, courtesy Google Streetview.
See other Mississippi Streets:
- 1920s Yazoo City
- 1910s Vicksburg
- 1950s New Albany
- 1960s Meridian
- 1930s Camp Shelby
- 1950s Pascagoula
- 1960s Neshoba County Fair
- Drew 1937
- Tupelo 1936
- Vicksburg 1936
- 1940s Gulfport
- 1940s Columbus
- Greenville 1927
- Lexington 1939
- 1910s Meridian
- 1920s Hattiesburg
- Greenville 1939
- 1960s Jackson
- Fulton’s Concrete Highway, c.1940
- 1960s Columbus
Categories: Biloxi
Preservation in Mississippi 
I hope that the Google Street View is from a Sunday, because that is one of the most bleak, lifeless streets, even though it looks somewhat similar (as far as the buildings) to the 1930s postcard.
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It might be a weekend. Ellzey’s hardware has a closed sign in their window and they are only open weekdays. Nowadays the postcard’s hand written note would read ““The Hell Hole, Lawyers, Lawyers, Lawyers,”
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The downtown received the “mall” treatment in the 1970s, courtesy of Urban Renewal money from the feds, and was renamed the Vieux Marche: https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/nom/dist/4.pdf
Although the “mall” was removed in the 1990s, the one-way street pattern remains and seems to serve primarily to cut the downtown off from everyone’s daily lives.
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