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[Henry Brenster driving a horsecar, Fifth & Sixth Street line, Sixth and Jackson Streets, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
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Eugene Davis Philadelphia Street Railway Electrification Photograph Collection
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Creator
Davis, Eugene H., photographer.
Title
[Henry Brenster driving a horsecar, Fifth & Sixth Street line, Sixth and Jackson Streets, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Date
1894
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 12 x 17 cm. (4.5 x 6.5 in.)
Description
Depicts the driver, Henry Brenster, seated and holding the reigns and a whip in the number 16 horsecar at Sixth and Jackson Streets. The uniformed conductor stands next to Brenster and another man stands on the cobblestone street next to the vehicle. Two stalled white horses are attached to the car and wear blinders. A young boy stands on the sidewalk at the corner of the intersection, near brick row homes that line the street.
Notes
Title, location, and imprint date from manuscript note on verso of duplicate.
Gift of Emily Riese.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
Horse railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Sixth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Jackson Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Davis [P.9332.1]
Accession number
P.9332.1
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Eugene Davis Philadelphia Street Railway Electrification Photograph Collection
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