Editorial cartoon in the “The Mascot” newspaper (October 21, 1893. Top cartoon caricatures current conditions with a tram drawn by an emaciated mule (only a few of New Orleans’ streetcar lines had been electrified at this date), with passengers required to help push. The bottom cartoon shows an electric streetcar on a well paved street; in the background new brick buildings are under construction.
The Mascot was a sensationalist newspaper published in New Orleans, LA from the 1880’s to the early 1900’s.
