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Title A plan for the regulation of cars stopping at crossings. [graphic] : Suggested by the Citizens Association, for the improvement of streets and roads of Philadelphia.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1870
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 29 x 34 cm. (11.5 x 13.25 in.)
Description Plan showing horse-drawn street cars stopped at adjacent blocks at the intersection of Fifth and Chestnut streets. Stone formations are visible at the rear and front of the street cars. Figures representing passengers board and disembark from the rear of the cars. The Citizen's Association for the Improvement of the Streets and Roads of Philadelphia was formed in 1870.
Notes Manuscript note on recto: The blocks opposite the rear platform to join the crossing stones as stepping stones to the car, those opposite the front platform to indicate to the driver the stopping point.
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 606
Subject Street railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
City planning -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fifth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Plans -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Transportation [6541.F]
Accession number 6541.F