Bourbon Street, c. 1910

ID: 3994 ~ Source: The Collins C. Diboll Vieux Carré Digital Survey at The Historic New Orleans Collection.

This file appears in: William Sydney Porter: Becoming O. Henry

The 200 block of Bourbon Street, where O. Henry lived while in New Orleans in the late 19th century.

This file appears in: William Sydney Porter: Becoming O. Henry

William Sydney Porter: Becoming O. Henry

In February 1896, William Sydney Porter was indicted for embezzlement of funds from the First National Bank in Austin, Texas, where he had been recently employed. In July of that year, instead of…