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Black-and-white historical photos of streetcars, trolleys and interurban railways from the early 20th century. Electric street railways and traction lines.
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Bustling Buffalo: 1910
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Hotel Del: 1900
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Garbage Out: 1906
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Bough Wow: 1906
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Saratoga Trolley: 1909
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So Majestic: 1910
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North Looking South: 1912
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Government Street: 1900
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Elks Temple: 1910
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Sub-Boston: 1904
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Copley Square: 1912
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A Walk in the Park: 1906
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Down Griswold: 1907
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Madison Square: 1901
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Marshall Field's: 1907
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Louisville Sloggers: 1906
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Union Square: 1901
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Lake George: 1904
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Yes, Bananas: 1904
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Dixie Liniment: 1905
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Federal Building: 1899
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Motor City Center: 1908
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Motorama: 1913
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Capital Transit: 1937
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Cotton Carnival: 1940
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PCC Trolley: 1943
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Baltimore Transit: 1943
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Baltimore Jam: 1943
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Terminal Trolleys: 1943
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Intellectual Property: 1924
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The Plazas: 1907
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Foot Traffic: 1907
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Fountain Square: 1907
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Grand Central: 1900
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Boston Public: 1912
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Pearl Street: 1914
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Pittsburgh Palisade: 1914
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Mill Spill: 1914
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Uneeda Lift: 1915
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Nether Again: 1900
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Ebby's Diner: 1942
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Knickerbocker Trust: 1904
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Office Cubicle: 1911
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Cleveland: 1912
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Sootyscape: 1918
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B. Altman: 1906
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Gimbel Bros: 1907
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Woodward at Witherell: 1907
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D.C. Transit: 1961
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Silver Sightseer: 1961
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Next Stop Funville: 1959
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There's a Tall Hotel: 1905
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Columbia U.: 1903
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WAH: 1910
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Sousa Next Sunday: 1900
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Detroit Landmarks: 1908
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Norwood Belt Line: 1901
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City of Angles: 1915
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Superior Avenue: 1900
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Broadway From Dey: 1900
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That Toddlin' Town: 1910
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State Street: 1910
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Teeth Without Plates: 1905
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Drs. K & K: 1910
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The Waldorf-Astoria: 1910
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Park Square: 1906
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Lunch Liquor Lunch: 1941
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Car Stop: 1942
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Central Square: 1912
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W@F: 1942
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The District Line: 1942
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Turkish Trophies: 1910
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![ A scene last glimpsed here, but without the trolley.
September 1941. Washington, D.C. "Schoots Court [i.e., Schott's Alley] with Senate Office Building in background. Four very small dark rooms rent for fifteen and eighteen dollars per month with water and privy in yard. It used to rent for six and eight dollars. Frank Coles and his friend are sitting on the bench. He was a cement plasterer but has been on relief during the past year. He has frequent heart attacks and his feet and ankles are all swollen. Doctor advises a chicken and lamb diet, no pork or beef, but he doesn't even have money to buy fuel. He can't get waited on in a clinic or get to one. He waited from before 11 until 4 p.m. but still could not see a doctor. He has been in Washington since 1906." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.](jpg/shorpy-8c16597a.thumbnail.jpg "Schott's Alley: 1941")
Schott's Alley: 1941
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This Old House: 1906
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The New Willard: 1908
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BASE BALL TO-DAY: 1909
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Non-Smoking Rooms: 1909
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42nd at Park: 1906
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West Side Stories: 1906
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Martyrs & Heroes: 1905
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Ivied Hall: 1906
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