DESCRIPTION OF TOUR
THE largest automobile in the world takes its way through the modern business and residential sections of New Orleans as well as that most mystical and picturesque part known as the “French Quarter.” Here every square has its realistic or legendary lore and here will be seen the descendants of the French and Spanish noblesse and that peculiar type of American civilization—the creole of Louisiana.
Below are given a
FEW ATTRACTIONS OF THIS TOUR
| St. Charles Hotel. | Statue of Benjamin Franklin. |
| A Ride Along the Great Levees. | Statue of John McDonough. |
| Canal Street. | Beautiful St. Charles Avenue. |
| Steamboat Landing. | First Presbyterian Church. |
| The Custom House and Post Office (Corner stone laid by Henry Clay). | Home of the Famous “Sazerac Cocktail.” |
| Liberty Monument. | Old French Market. |
| Building costing $4,000,000.00. | House where Gen. Lafayette was entertained. |
| Lafayette Square. | Old Basin. |
| Henry Clay Monument. | Carondelet Canal. |
| Mississippi River Packets. | Most Ancient Cemetery in New Orleans. |
| Algiers. | Monument to Gen. Jackson. |
| Immense Sugar Refinery. | Bourbon Street. |
| Jackson Square. | First Church to be built in Louisiana. |
| Former “Plantations of the King.” | Building in which transfer of Louisiana Purchase was made to U. S. |
| Place d’Armes. | Old Antique Shops. |
| Royal Street. | Ancient Court House. |
| City Hall (1850). | Old Cabildo—house of Spanish, French and American Governments. |
| New Court House and Jail. | St. Louis Cathedral (first built in 1718). |
| Orpheum Theater. | Famous French Opera House. |
| Y. M. C. A. Building. | Old St. Louis Hotel (now Hotel Royal). |
| First Sugar Refinery in Louisiana (1794). | Tulane and Crescent Theatres. |
| Statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee. | Cotton Exchange. |
| Lee Circle. | Boston Club. |
| St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. | Chess, Checker and Whist Club. |
| St. Louis Cemetery No. 2. | Pickwick Club. |
| St. Louis Cemetery No. 3. | Building in which Mardi Gras Balls are held. |
THE famous auto passes these and many more points of interest, traversing the historic byways and grand boulevards of this quaint old city. An expert guide accompanies each tour and points out each interesting feature and tells of the past grandeur and romance and the future greatness of New Orleans.
ONE DOLLAR—THE ROUND TRIP
Leave St. Charles Hotel
Seats Reserved in Advance. Telephone, St. Charles Hotel News Stand.
Main 1600
There was a fifty-cent touring auto that started once a day from the corner of Canal and St. Charles Street, but the best was none too good for us (as the sequel proved) and we chose the dollar tour because the price was higher and the advertising circulars more numerous.