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Kids tap dancing in the French Quarter in 1976

By Tess

Another eBay slide, which I love. Taken in 1976, it’s something that still happens today; kids (particularly poor black kids) attach metallic caps to the bottoms of their shoes and tap dance on the cobblestones.

Here the local kids seem to be teaching the tourists to dance along with them in front of St. Louis Cathedral.

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Betsy Koscher
June 22nd, 2010 at 5:23 pm

I was in N.O. just last year and kids were putting scrunched soda cans on their sneakers and tapped danced for hand outs – got plenty they were good.

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I'm Tess Conrad, Yankee gone native in New Orleans. After dozens visits to research and write about NO's history I figured it'd be cheaper to just move, and in 2002 we did just that.

The blog was started as a companion to my New Orleans-themed shop (now closed), and give visitors a glimpse into life here. I'm keeping the blog here, even though I haven't been as good at updating it as I ought to be. I still write, not to mention photograph everything in sight, and gambol in the garden. Drop me a line, let me know what you think, or what you'd like to see covered!