Kindergarten Streetcar Ride
Global Education: An Interactive Audio Tour of the Streetcar Route
Academy of the Sacred Heart's Global Competencies grew out of our Goals and Criteria.
Grab your ticket, and hop aboard the New Orleans Streetcar with the Kindergarten class!
Streetcar c. 1978. The New Orleans streetcars were one of the first passenger railroads in the United States. In 1835, St. Charles Avenue became the first streetcar line in New Orleans. It was a passenger railway that ran between New Orleans and a "distant suburb and resort town called Carrollton." (ExperienceNewOrleans.com) Print from Historic New Orleans Collection
Daphne W.
Academy of the Sacred Heart Mater Campus c. 2023
First Baptist Church (photo from pre-2005). Sacred Heart's Mater Campus opened in August, 2005 and was required to close shortly thereafter due to Hurricane Katrina.
Birdie B.
Superior Seafood restaurant includes elements salvaged from other parts of the City: wood flooring from St. Michael’s School on Race Street and bead board ceilings from the former building located on Canal and Tchoupitoulas Streets. The zinc bar is from Petoux, France. (superiorseafoodnola.com)
Neon Signage, 4330 - 4338 St. Charles Avenue, Night View c. 1945. Image from Historic New Orleans Collection
Winsor K.
Academy of the Sacred Heart, 4521 St. Charles Avenue
This photo from between 1884 and 1909 shows Sacred Heart's Rosary Campus when it was only 2 stories. Note that the current chapel and Colton Fine Arts Center do not exist on this building, and there is no cupola. Image from Historic New Orleans Collection
Academy of the Sacred Heart Postcard, c. 1916. Image from New Orleans Public Library Postcard Collection
Braelynn N.
Oak Trees c. 1919-1949. "It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of the air, that emanation from the old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit." (Robert Louis Stevenson) Image from Historic New Orleans Collection
Margaret H.
Milton H. Latter Library
Latter Library c. 1948. Latter Library was originally owned by Harry Williams (a veteran of World War I and an aviation pioneer) and his wife, Marguerite Clark (a silent film star who may have been the inspiration for Walt Disney's "Snow White." (Times Picayune, March 26, 2020) In 1947, the Latter family purchased the building for $125,000. The Latter family did not want to live in the house but wanted it to be a public library to commemorate their son Milton who died in Okinawa during World War II. (Tulane Hullabaloo, March 1, 2023) Image from Historic New Orleans Collection
Margaux H.
c. 1956 Oak Tree in front of the Evelyn Apartments between Jefferson Avenue and Valmont Street on St. Charles Avenue. The Mediterranean design includes arched casement windows and a tile roof. Photograph commissioned by Latter & Blum.
Lily K.
Danneel Park and Playspot "Danneel Park was established in memory of Hermann Danneel and his wife [Maria Louisa Grace Danneel], who once owned a large home on the site." -Times Picayune, July 11, 2009
Danneel Park c. September, 2005. The Park sustained considerable damage during Hurricane Katrina.
Hollis W.
c. 1934 Diagonal exterior view of the William T. Coats residence, 5631 St. Charles Avenue. The architectural firm of Favrot & Livaudais completed the house in 1913 for William T. Coats, a dealer in locks and safes. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Olivia K.
St. Charles Avenue. Image from Google Maps, May, 2022
St. Charles Avenue c. 1958. Image from Historic New Orleans Collection
Colette M.
c. 1899 Caption reads: "Mar. 26, '99 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans." The image shows the neutral ground of St. Charles Avenue in the foreground. Streetcar tracks and trees along the neutral ground are visible. Residences along the street are partially visible in the background. Images from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Ava V.
5718 St. Charles Avenue
The Blue Lady House, 5718 St. Charles Avenue was built in 1889 by architect Lambert. This print from 1887 appeared in "New Orleans and the New South," and the caption reads: "An interior by Lambert." The illustration shows the interior of a residence designed by architect L. H. Lambert.
Tanner W.
"The Wedding Cake House," 5809 St. Charles Avenue, was built in 1896 for $13,265.00 "for Nicolas Burke, an Irishman...who immigrated to America in 1850, landing in New Orleans for a planned six-week layover on his way to Illinois. He never left. By 1853, he had opened the small grocery near St. Mary’s Market that — even with the significant disruption of the Civil War — would grow to become the thriving Burke & Thompson wholesale grocery house, 'known the commercial world over (as) one of the most progressive, most enterprising and most reliable in the United States,' according to a 1905 article in The Daily Picayune." (The Times Picayune, April 4, 2023)
Advertisement for Burke and Thompson in "The Opelousas Courier," December 25, 1880.
Jupiter A.
5931 St. Charles Avenue
The original house at 5931 St. Charles Avenue, the De La Vergne family home, was demolished in the 1960s. Image c. 1961 from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Hallie J.
The "Skeleton House," 6000 St. Charles Avenue
6000 St. Charles Avenue, 1906-1911 from a clipping from "The Illustrated Sunday Magazine" of "The New Orleans Daily Picayune." Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Gabriella C.
Some of New Orleans' oak trees date back to 1718, before the City was founded.
4 Women and 3 Children under Large Oak Tree, c. 1899-1914. Image from Historic New Orleans Collection
Rosie C.
Streetcar Tracks at Calhoun Street and St. Charles Avenue c. 1948. The St. Charles Streetcar line is the oldest, continuously operating streetcar line in the world. It began operation in 1835 and is a registered National Historic Landmark. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Lucy S.
Loyola University
Tenth Annual Convention, Catholic Education Association, Loyola University, July 2, 1913. Image from the Library of Congress
Caroline B.
Tulane University was founded in 1834 as the Medical College of Louisiana to train New Orleans doctors in the fight against yellow fever and cholera. Tulane became a private university in 1884 when the public University of Louisiana was reorganized and named in honor of benefactor Paul Tulane, a wealthy merchant who bequeathed more than $1 million to endow a university "for the promotion and encouragement of intellectual, moral and industrial education." (Tulane website, "About Tulane")
Tulane University c. 1900. Image from the Library of Congress
Ellie B.
Maurice Stern* Memorial Entrance to Audubon Park c. 1921. Architect Moise H. Goldstein and stonemasons of the Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Company, following Olmsted Brothers' designs, completed the entrance in 1922. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection *Maurice Stern was originally from Bavaria and emigrated to New Orleans when he was 16. He became a prominent attorney, was the director of Whitney Bank, and was a philanthropist. (Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, No. 28 (1922), pp. 308-310).
Olmstead Brothers architectural drawing of the layout of Audubon Park with grading plan for lake, c. 1915. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Olivia C.
Audubon Park
View of two photographs mounted on an album page. The left image shows palm trees in Audubon Park, and the right image is a landscape view of Audubon Park, c. 1915-1925. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Yes, those are people swimming in the Lagoon at Audubon Park! From 1918-1928, there was a Bathing Beach located at one end of the park's "lake" or front lagoon, c.1922. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Man in automobile in Audubon Park, c. 1912. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Annie D.
"According to the book The Streetcars of New Orleans by Louis Hennick and Harper Charlton, the first rail service to appear in the Greater New Orleans area was in 1831 when the Pontchartrain Railroad Company created a five-mile line along Elysian Fields Avenue toward Lake Pontchartrain. The original cars on this line, plus many other lines that opened in the city, were pulled by horses until they were eventually replaced with steam engine cars starting in 1832." (Where Y'at New Orleans)
Greetings from New Orleans Postcard, c. 1980-1990. Image from New Orleans Public Library
Ruthie F.
View of a large oak tree in/near Audubon Park, c. 1904-1914. Today, the Saint Charles Avenue Association protects and maintains the 1000 live oak trees, many dating back two or more centuries, along St. Charles Avenue. Image from Historic New Orleans Collection
Marie Z.
Streetcar at 7100 St. Charles Avenue. The St. Charles streetcar line is 7 miles long. In 1923, the green streetcars currently used on St. Charles Avenue (designed and built by the Perley Thomas Car Company of High Point, North Carolina) were introduced. (RailwayPreservation.com)
Lucille D.
Two photographs on one page of a grand house on St. Charles Avenue c. 1894. Image from Historic New Orleans Collection
Tilly D.
Side of Streetcar
New Orleans and Carrollton car 84, c. 1896. Instead of solid sides with windows, these "Bacon & Davis" cars were open with wire screens for the safety of the passengers and had curtains that could be pulled down in case of rain. The conductor on the front platform with his coat open is John William Stroud. Image and information from H. George Friedman, Jr., Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Miriam C.
A view of a very large Spanish moss-covered oak tree near Audubon Park, beneath which several men are conversing. A horse is grazing in the background. One of the men holds a cane in his hand, c. 1880-1920. Image and description from Louisiana Digital Library
Lydia K.
View, taken in 1948, of the intersection of St. Charles and Carrollton Avenue. The photo shows the curve in the streetcar tracks, palm and live oak trees, a Shell and a Texaco gas station, and the levee in the background. It also shows a banner for the state election for Governor supporting the Sam Jones ticket. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Lily R.
Camellia Grill, 626 South Carrollton Avenue: The Schwartz family of New Orleans opened the restaurant in December 1946. (The Advocate, 9/4/2006) Harry Tervalon, Sr. was the first waiter hired in 1946, and he did not retire until 1996. Even after his retirement, he remained associated with the restaurant (including cutting the ribbon when the Camellia Grill reopened after Katrina), until his death in August 2007. (The Times Picayune, 8/23/2007)
Camellia Grill Greeting Card, c. 1947. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Millie F.
Sno-La Snowballs, 8108 Hampson Street, is home of the "original cheesecake stuffed snoball."
View of Clothes A La Carte on a rainy day, 8110-8112 Hampson Street, c. 1957. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Andi A.
Baskin Robbins, 706 South Carrollton Avenue
South Carrollton shopping center, c. 1949-1950. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Advertisement for Baskin and Robbins from "The Evening Star" newspaper, January 8, 1962. (Clip from the Library of Congress' Chronicling America)
Victoria A.
Portrait of a woman, seated on a low branch of a very big, sprawling oak tree. Live oak trees start producing acorns when they are around 20 years old. The sweet acorns are edible for turkeys, ducks, jays, quail, deer, and other animals. Image from Historic New Orleans Collection
Daisy E.
Side Streetcar: New Orleans & Carrollton car 152 standing in the car barn yard to begin its day's run, c. 1910. Image from H. George Friedman, Jr., Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Parker P.
Oak Trees covered with Spanish moss, c. 1879-1909. Live oak trees are evergreen, but their leaves are sparse in the winter. The live oak tree is considered a symbol of strength. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Avy Lake H.
St. Andrew's Pumpkin Patch located at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1031 South Carrollton Avenue, is advertised as New Orleans' largest pumpkin patch.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from 1909 shows St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in its current location on South Carrollton Avenue and Zimple Street. Image from the Library of Congress
Wynn W.
Front of Streetcar
New Orleans streetcar, c.1916-1917. Image from H. George Friedman, Jr., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign In 1929, streetcar employees of the Amalgamated Association of Electric Street Railway, Division 194, went on strike for four months. This left over 1,000 union streetcar workers without any income. The owners of Martin Brothers' Coffee Stand and Restaurant (located in the French Quarter) would give these workers free baguette sandwiches during the strike. The legend goes that anytime a worker would enter their restaurant, the owners would yell, "Here comes another poor boy!" Thus, New Orleans's first po-boys were born. (old-new-orleans.com)
Cordy P.
Stuart Hall School for Boys
Stuart Hall School for Boys opened in 1984 with 63 students and 10 faculty/staff. The founder and first headmaster, William Gallup, who had previously served as the headmaster of Academy of the Sacred Heart for 12 years, named the school after Janet Erskine Stuart, a religious of the Sacred Heart, who said that “education is formation, not just information.”
Camille H.
c. 1978 Oak Tree and view of two women sharing an umbrella and standing in flood water up to their ankles as they look across the flooded intersection of South Carrollton Avenue and Sycamore Street. Photoprint acquired for the "Rain" exhibition at the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Eleanor B.
Palmer Park
Hot Tamale Vendor in front of Palmer Park, c. 1975. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Chloe B.
Oak Tree with Spanish moss
Oak Tree Branches, Spanish Moss, c. 1901-1911. Various Native American tribes, including the Houma and the Seminole, have used Spanish moss for a variety of purposes including for: cloth that was used for bedding, floor mats and horse blankets; rope used to hold together the framework of housing; fire arrows; an ingredient in the clay that was used to plaster the insides of houses; dugout canoes to keep them from drying out and splitting; pottery; and a tea for chills and fevers. The Natchez tribe of Louisiana played a game that used fist-size balls that were stuffed with Spanish moss. Spanish moss is still used today by many Native American tribes. For example, the Houma and the Koasati use Spanish moss in the construction and decoration of small dolls." (United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service) Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Abigail L.
Reversible seats on New Orleans streetcar.
Reversible streetcar bench from c.1914-1924 Desire line. The Perley Thomas cars built between 1922-1924 (and still used on the St. Charles line) have wooden bench seats with reversible backs to switch when the streetcar changes directions at the end of the line. Image from the Historic New Orleans Collection
Maggie J.
Thank you for "riding" the St. Charles Avenue streetcar with the Kindergarten class.
Be sure to take your transfer ticket!
See you next time!
