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[Jackson Street and Mifflin Street electric trolleys, with drivers and passengers.] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A7039
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Creator
Davis, Eugene H., photographer.
Title
[Jackson Street and Mifflin Street electric trolleys, with drivers and passengers.] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Date
1898
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 12 x 17 cm. (4.5 x 6.5 in.)
Description
Depicts two open-air Electric Traction Company trolleys, # 901 destined for Mifflin Street and # 1005 on a Jackson Street route in South Philadelphia. Passengers are seated on wooden "walkover" benches underneath of advertisements. On both cars are tacked identical posters advertising "Brooke and his Famous Chicago Marine Band" at Willow Grove Park. The conductors, attired in uniforms, stand on the ledge of the cars.
Notes
Title from manuscript note on verso of duplicate.
Gift of Emily Riese.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
Street railroad employees -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Street railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Davis [P.9332.3]
Accession number
P.9332.3
In Collections
Eugene Davis Philadelphia Street Railway Electrification Photograph Collection
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