Ticket for the East Louisiana Railroad

ID: 6443 ~ Source: "East Louisiana Railroad Co," 1887-1891, The Historic New Orleans Collection, Permanent Collection, https://catalog.hnoc.org/web/arena/search#/entity/thnoc-archive/1974.25.37.57/east-louisiana-railroad-co.

This file appears in: Louis A. Martinet and Albion Tourgée

Homer Plessy purchased a ticket on the East Louisiana Railroad and boarded the train car on June 7, 1892.

This file appears in: Louis A. Martinet and Albion Tourgée

Louis A. Martinet and Albion Tourgée

By Lauren Smith, edited by Jessica Dauterive

Louis A. Martinet was a key player in the fight for civil rights in New Orleans. Born December 28, 1849, his multiracial identity as the son of a free woman of color and a Belgian man placed him within the community of Creoles of color in Louisiana.…