"The Haddon Car," 1859
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Horse-drawn streetcars provided a convenient and affordable way to get around a growing city. These streetcars traveled the main urban thoroughfares and took passengers to their workplaces, local shops and businesses, parks and other destinations. Alexander Easton designed the "Haddon Car" for the Camden Haddonfield Passenger Railway in New Jersey. He later helped organize the Toronto (Canada) Street Railway in 1861.
Horse-drawn streetcars provided a convenient and affordable way to get around a growing city. These streetcars traveled the main urban thoroughfares and took passengers to their workplaces, local shops and businesses, parks and other destinations. Alexander Easton designed the "Haddon Car" for the Camden Haddonfield Passenger Railway in New Jersey. He later helped organize the Toronto (Canada) Street Railway in 1861.
Artifact
Print (Visual work)
Date Made
1859
Subject Date
1859
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Creator Notes
Printing and Lithography by W. Boell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Keywords
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
82.129.811
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5.5 in
Width: 9.063 in
Inscriptions
THE "HADDON" CAR / Designed for the Camden & Haddonfield Passenger Railway / by / Alexander Easton / Litho & Print of W. Boell 311 Walnut St Ph. Verso: Museum of Science and Industry (Founded by Julius Rosenwald) Chicago, Illinois
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