Memory Lane on Royal Street…

An archived photo of Rau Antiques back in the day...
It still amazes me that I work for a local company that is approaching its 100th birthday soon. What’s even more interesting is to meet people who visited the gallery “back in the day,” before there was any such thing as blogging and blackberries were just that, blackberries.
I had a lovely experience last week as I waited on a lady who was in her 90’s. She told me she had been shopping at M.S. Rau for 70 years. She recalled trips she made in the 1920’s and 30’s to New Orleans with two old maid aunts who used to bring her here. They used to buy American Brilliant Cut Glass. She commented on how they used to buy goblets and old fashions for .50 cents a piece.
As time as passed and after the two aunts died, she inherited most of their glass collection and today enjoys a drink out of them many evenings. I’m sure the beverage is as rich as her very old, precious memories. What a treasure; the lady as well as the beautiful glass. I hope one day her collection will be passed on to her family, and one of her children can pass the story on to the next generation of Rau employees.





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