Maison Blanche POTD: The "Tire Store" on Airline Highway

The "Maison Blanche Tire Store," on Airline Highway, 1960. This Franck Studios photo shows MB's foray into automobile service. DH Holmes followed suit, opening an auto center at the Lakeside Shopping Center, and Sears' auto center at Clearview Mall is still open.

Notice the billboard for Brennan's Restaurant in the left background. The MB Tire Center was on the river side of Airine Highway (US 61). At the time, Airline Highway was, along with Jefferson Highway (US 90), the main approach to New Orleans from the west. US 61 connected New Orleans and Baton Rouge, long before Interstate 10 was constructed.