St. Charles Street Railroad Depot, Carondelet and Eighth Streets, New Orleans, LA.

ID: 5593 ~ Source: Theodore Lilienthal New Orleans Photographs (copies), Southeastern Architectural Archive, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University. ~ Creator: Theodore Lilienthal, photographer. ~ Date: 1897
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St. Charles Street Railroad Depot, Carondelet and Eighth Streets, New Orleans, LA.

The star, denoting the street car's segregated operation, is visible on the streetcar's rear door.

This file appears in: The Star Car

By Kevin J. Brown
Joseph Guillaume had had enough. The Civil War was over, Reconstruction was in full swing, yet the practice of segregation on the streetcars of New Orleans continued. Every third streetcar—although it was sometimes less often—was supposed to be…