Intersection of Electric Railroad Lines at Fort and Dearborn Streets, Detroit, Michigan, 1918
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Streetcar tracks laid on roads and electric trolley wires running overhead formed key infrastructure for the urban public transportation network in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This photoprint shows the intersection of Fort Street and Dearborn Street in Detroit, Michigan, in 1918. The streetcar lines helped people, including Ford Motor Company workers, travel easily without a car.
Streetcar tracks laid on roads and electric trolley wires running overhead formed key infrastructure for the urban public transportation network in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This photoprint shows the intersection of Fort Street and Dearborn Street in Detroit, Michigan, in 1918. The streetcar lines helped people, including Ford Motor Company workers, travel easily without a car.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
19 December 1918
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.25164
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in