P&J Oyster Company

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Photo Gallery

These are a few of the places that our family helped shape the New Orleans oyster trade and the P&J story.

This is an artists rendition of the building that our Great-Great Grandparents Oyster Shop on the corner of Tchoupitoulas and Euterpe Streets in 1868

_{This is an artists rendition of Marco and John Popich’s General Store on the corner of Ursuline and Gallatin Streets at the French Market Place}

_{This is an artst’s rendition of the John Jurisich’s Oyster House next to our cousin Lawrence Federico’s Macaroni Company near the corner of St. Phillip and Chartres Streets}

_{This is an artist’s rendition of our Great-Grandfather, Salvatore Sunseri’s, and his brothers, Onofrio, Frank, and Michael Sunseri’s Oyster House, Southern Oyster Company, Limited, in 1892 that was on the Corner of Ursuline and Decatur Streets}

_{This is the Sunseri’s P&J Oyster Company today}

A collection of oyster photos we have attained over time

The Lugger Landing at the Old Basin Canal-one block away from P&J Oyster Company

The Lugger Landing at Ursuline and the Mississippi Riverfront

Unloading the Majestic Oyster Lugger owned by the Oyster Commission in New Orleans

Papa, Alfred Sunseri, on the “Oyster Harvester” M/V Eugene 1940. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries bought this vessel from P&J the banned the use of it on the public oyster grounds because it was too efficient. It could load the entire barge in an hour.

John Jurisich on the M/V Eugene Oyster Harvester

The Jurisich Brothers, John, Joseph, and Blaise

Al Sunseri and Joe Jurisich shipping oysters onto a Railway Express truck. Railway Express picked up 3 times a day from P&J.

The old General Store where P&J Oyster Company is located today. Circa 1900

Dad, Papa to Blake, Salvador Sunseri, Sr. 1938 in Hopedale, LA

The Sunseri’s 1919-Our Great Grandmother, Mary Mazzola, and our Great Grandfather, Salvatore Sunseri. Salvatore owned a stevedore company that unloaded the oyster boats and banana boats in New Orleans. Alfred is to the far right.