Maurice Scooler was a German-born jeweler who ran a successful store on Canal Street. Although Scooler’s shop was open by 1848, it was not very large or prosperous until the last quarter of the nineteenth century. He advertised diamonds, silverware, and clocks, just off the boat and in the latest Parisian styles. In 1885 he sold World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition specialty souvenirs. At the end of the century, M. Scooler’s provided a number of the custom pins and favors for the Mardi Gras krewes.