E. N. Kearney, Jr. (b. 1900)
Interviewed by Dorothy Schlesinger, April 30, 1998 [Time: 50 minutes]

Side 1

Born in 1900 and lived on First St. near Carondelet.

Remembers the hurricane of 1909 and describes Horticultural Hall.

Describes transportation in New Orleans and the different streetcar lines.

Describes the amusement park at West End and the New Basin Canal.

Discusses street paving and parking problems.

Recalls his attendance at Miss Finney's School, LaSalle School, and Newman (starting in the fifth grade).

Discusses railroad stations, Public Belt Railroad trains, and wharves on the river.

Recalls dating with a chaperone and later double-dating.

Discusses the Bonnet Carre Spillway and pumping water out of the city.

Describes the American Sugar Refinery.

Discusses the road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

Recalls a Momus parade float incident when the mule pulling it fell over dead.

Describes his summers in Pass Christian and in North Carolina.

Side 2

Recalls seeing early Charlie Chaplin movies.

Recalls his Chemical Engineering studies at Tulane and entry into his grandfather's business. His grandfather traveled by buggy to sugar plantations on the River Road. Three of his grandfather's children died from yellow fever.

Recalls his happy family life.

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