Lithograph Advertising Belding Bros. & Co. Silk Thread, "Sectional View of Cable Street Cars," circa 1880
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Artifact Overview
This print shows a cutaway of Chicago City Railways' State Street cable car line. In the 1880s Chicago transit companies invested heavily in cable railways, but most had switched to electric streetcars by 1900. Belding Brothers, a leading manufacturer of silk thread, put the strong fiber to work pulling cable cars-but most transit companies eventually settled on cheap, sturdy wire rope.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Print (Visual work)
Subject Date
circa 1880
Creators
Creator Notes
Made for Belding Brothers and Co.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
82.129.829
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Hand coloring
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.375 in
Width: 5.875 in
Inscriptions
Verso: Museum of Science and Industry (founded by Julius Rosenwald) Chicago, Illinois
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