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- Trolley at Far Rockaway, 1890-1915 - In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the <em>New York Herald</em>. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- 1890-1915
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Trolley at Far Rockaway, 1890-1915
In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the New York Herald. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- Van Depoele Electric Manufacturing Company Trolley Line Insulator, Used in Lynn, Massachusetts,1888 - Most electric streetcars took their power from an overhead wire. A trolley wheel, at the end of a spring-loaded pole, contacted the wire and collected electric current. Insulators made from non-conductive materials -- like glass, porcelain, rubber, or wood -- isolated the electrified contact wire from its supports.
- 1888
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Van Depoele Electric Manufacturing Company Trolley Line Insulator, Used in Lynn, Massachusetts,1888
Most electric streetcars took their power from an overhead wire. A trolley wheel, at the end of a spring-loaded pole, contacted the wire and collected electric current. Insulators made from non-conductive materials -- like glass, porcelain, rubber, or wood -- isolated the electrified contact wire from its supports.
- The Story of the Trolley Car by Frank J. Sprague, 1905 - Frank Julian Sprague (1857-1934) was an inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur. Sprague, after serving in the U.S. Navy and working for Thomas Edison, developed an electric motor to power streetcars. His motor would transform public transportation. In 1887, he built the first successful, large-scale electric street railway system in Richmond, Virginia. This simply bound volume contains magazine article reprints written by Sprague about early electric railways.
- July 1905-August 1905
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The Story of the Trolley Car by Frank J. Sprague, 1905
Frank Julian Sprague (1857-1934) was an inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur. Sprague, after serving in the U.S. Navy and working for Thomas Edison, developed an electric motor to power streetcars. His motor would transform public transportation. In 1887, he built the first successful, large-scale electric street railway system in Richmond, Virginia. This simply bound volume contains magazine article reprints written by Sprague about early electric railways.
- Electric Streetcar on Tracks, Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1890 - The Atlanta and Edgewood Street Railway Company introduced Atlanta's first electric streetcars in 1889. With oak interiors and plate glass windows, they were far fancier than the city's horse-drawn cars. Unlike existing lines that provided a cheap, practical way to get around, Edgewood Avenue service offered comfortable transportation for residents of Inman Park, a planned neighborhood east of downtown.
- circa 1890
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Electric Streetcar on Tracks, Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1890
The Atlanta and Edgewood Street Railway Company introduced Atlanta's first electric streetcars in 1889. With oak interiors and plate glass windows, they were far fancier than the city's horse-drawn cars. Unlike existing lines that provided a cheap, practical way to get around, Edgewood Avenue service offered comfortable transportation for residents of Inman Park, a planned neighborhood east of downtown.