Researched by Twin Blends
Researched by Twin Blends
— Vincent Van Gogh
— Jimmy Cannon
The Louisiana State Fair of the Past
Researched by Twin Blends
We are twin brothers and best friends who grew up in Southern Hills in Shreveport and played sports together. Neither of us were really interested in history when we were younger, but we always loved looking at old photos. As we got older and retired from sports, we started to get more interested in old pictures of our city’s history. We search through thousands and thousands of old pictures from the past, go to the exact location where they were taken, snap our own picture and then combine those two pictures to form what we call a “Blend.” We then use those photos to tell the history of that location in a fun and exciting way! Since we are “twins” and “blend” the old and new photos together, that’s where the name Twin Blends comes from and you can find us on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and now the web at twinblendshistory.com.
Researched by Twin Blends
Come As You Are
Dine In Your Car
Street Car Trolley
Records Unlimited
The Gang's All Here
How About a Victory Lap?
This is a perfect example of why you need to come watch the LSU Shreveport Pilots play baseball! Carlos Sanches hits game ending triple! ... See MoreSee Less
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These stats are impressive! This team is on FIRE!
Watch Live here!
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A.I. Brings Back the Old Shreveport City Market!
****Reposting from 2019
At the northwest corner of Louisiana Ave. and Milam St. in downtown Shreveport, there is a large empty parking lot that people drive by and barely even notice. But back in the day that corner grabbed everyone's attention! That’s because two huge, beautiful buildings sat there at different times.
The first was the old Shreveport City Market! (A cool side note on that building is that in November of 1905, after the fire that destroyed the old City Market, W.C. Agur was sifting through the ruins and pulled out an old Morgan Silver Dollar!)
The second building to sit on the site was the Municipal City Hall. The Municipal City Hall building was built in 1906, a year after the City Market fire, and stood on that location until it was demolished in 1960. Unfortunately, it's now a parking lot! The late Eric Brock wrote a fascinating story on the old City Market which we included in this post!
Photos Courtesy Northwest Louisiana Archives at LSUS The Shreveport Times ... See MoreSee Less
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A.I. Brings the old M. Levy Building Back to Life!
The M. Levy Building (formerly the Cooper Building) was built between 1896 and 1899 (according to Richard J. Cawthon, Architectural Historian) and came tumbling down in 1957. Although it only sat on the northeast corner of Texas and Edwards for about 60 years, it secured its place in Shreveport’s history as being one of the most beautiful buildings in town!
Photo Blended and A.I. Enhanced by Twin Blends.
Original photo courtesy Northwest Louisiana Archives at LSUS
The Shreveport Times and Jack Barham Collections. ... See MoreSee Less
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A.I. Brings the old A&W on Lakeshore Dr Back to Life!
Awhile back our friend, and fellow photographer, Robert M. Watt looked back through his 1974 Fair Park Yearbook, found an awesome picture of the A & W Root Beer Drive In and commented it on our post! What a great find! We had never seen this picture before so we decided to run it through A.I to colorize it and bring it back to life! The result was fantastic! We aren't big fans of A.I. normally, but using it to fix and enhance old photos is a game changer!
We also were told by Diane Dudley Chesley that the A&Ws were owned by Clara and Floyd (Dutch) Pearce who were lifelong friends of her parents!
We love researching iconic old places that no longer exist and we love it when our followers show us something we’ve never seen before! Thanks Robert and Diane for helping us shed new light on this almost forgotten part of Shreveport’s history! This just goes to show you that Twin Blends, and our teammates, refuse to let Shreveport’s iconic locations, and the people who brought them to us, be forgotten! **Thanks Robert M. Watt for this amazing photo! ... See MoreSee Less
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Fantastic turnout last night at the Logan Mansion Haunted Tour! 72 people showed up for the tour and everyone had a great time! Our amazing tour guides walked everyone through the house from the first floor to the attic and gave everyone the fascinating history of the house along with a bunch of spooky stories!
We met so many amazing people last night!
Thanks to everyone that helped put it together!
The Shreveport Times
Shreveport DDA ... See MoreSee Less
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Logan Mansion Tour again tonight!
6pm to 8 PM! Come and go!
725 Austin Place
$20 entry fee
Last night there were 42 people on the first tour! ... See MoreSee Less
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