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- "Jefferson Market, Sixth Avenue, New York City," 1857 - In the mid-1800s, 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. In this 1857 print, riders get on and off a streetcar at New York's Jefferson Market, while another streetcar approaches from down the street.
- 1857
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"Jefferson Market, Sixth Avenue, New York City," 1857
In the mid-1800s, 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. In this 1857 print, riders get on and off a streetcar at New York's Jefferson Market, while another streetcar approaches from down the street.
- Street Car on Atlanta & Edgewood Street Railway, 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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Street Car on Atlanta & Edgewood Street Railway, 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.
- Old Market House, Mobile, Alabama, -
- circa 1906
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Old Market House, Mobile, Alabama,
- Electric Street Railroad Car on Holmes Road, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, circa 1910 - Interurban railways were electric trains with features of both streetcars and passenger trains. They were lifelines between small towns and cities starting in the 1880s. This interurban ran through Western Massachusetts in the 1910s.
- circa 1910
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Electric Street Railroad Car on Holmes Road, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, circa 1910
Interurban railways were electric trains with features of both streetcars and passenger trains. They were lifelines between small towns and cities starting in the 1880s. This interurban ran through Western Massachusetts in the 1910s.
- Interior of Power House, Indianapolis Street Railway, 1899 - Established in 1864, the Indianapolis Street Railway began converting from mule power to electricity in 1890. Its first powerhouse, located at a mule barn, was supplemented by a new facility at West Washington and Brush streets in 1894. The new plant's boilers initially burned natural gas and oil, but they were converted to burn coal in 1898.
- 1899
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Interior of Power House, Indianapolis Street Railway, 1899
Established in 1864, the Indianapolis Street Railway began converting from mule power to electricity in 1890. Its first powerhouse, located at a mule barn, was supplemented by a new facility at West Washington and Brush streets in 1894. The new plant's boilers initially burned natural gas and oil, but they were converted to burn coal in 1898.
- Randolph Street, East from LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1900 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including many scenes from across North America. Here, Chicago's Randolph Street bustles with streetcars, pedestrians, and an array of horse-drawn vehicles.
- circa 1900
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Randolph Street, East from LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1900
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including many scenes from across North America. Here, Chicago's Randolph Street bustles with streetcars, pedestrians, and an array of horse-drawn vehicles.
- Streetcars, Plymouth, Massachusetts, circa 1890 - Streetcars offered a convenient, practical, and affordable way to get around cities. Electric streetcars like these -- which operated in Plymouth, Massachusetts -- became common as cities built power stations in the late 1800s. They could carry more passengers and were cheaper and cleaner to operate than their horse-drawn predecessors.
- circa 1890
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Streetcars, Plymouth, Massachusetts, circa 1890
Streetcars offered a convenient, practical, and affordable way to get around cities. Electric streetcars like these -- which operated in Plymouth, Massachusetts -- became common as cities built power stations in the late 1800s. They could carry more passengers and were cheaper and cleaner to operate than their horse-drawn predecessors.
- Inman Park Streetcar #8, Atlanta & Edgewood Street Railway, 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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Inman Park Streetcar #8, Atlanta & Edgewood Street Railway, 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.
- Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1906 - Streetcars, with their tracks and overhead wires, line the bottom of this canyonlike view of Boston's Washington Street, just a few blocks from Boston Common. The photographer took this picture from Clark's Hotel. Besides streetcars, Bostonians in this photograph are also choosing automobiles, horse-drawn vehicles, and walking. In right foreground a man takes a break from the Puritan Dental Co.
- 1906
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Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1906
Streetcars, with their tracks and overhead wires, line the bottom of this canyonlike view of Boston's Washington Street, just a few blocks from Boston Common. The photographer took this picture from Clark's Hotel. Besides streetcars, Bostonians in this photograph are also choosing automobiles, horse-drawn vehicles, and walking. In right foreground a man takes a break from the Puritan Dental Co.
- Detroit Department of Street Railways Token, circa 1925 - Streetcars were a convenient, practical and affordable way to get around cities. A passenger used this 5-cent token to ride streetcars operated by the Detroit Department of Street Railways (DSR). The DSR, formed in 1922 when the city bought the privately owned Detroit United Railways, added bus service in the late 1920s.
- circa 1925
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Detroit Department of Street Railways Token, circa 1925
Streetcars were a convenient, practical and affordable way to get around cities. A passenger used this 5-cent token to ride streetcars operated by the Detroit Department of Street Railways (DSR). The DSR, formed in 1922 when the city bought the privately owned Detroit United Railways, added bus service in the late 1920s.