Details
Creator Davis, Eugene H., photographer.
Title [Steam dummy, with crowd, near Frankford Dummy Depot, Frankford Avenue and Arrott Street, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Date 1894
Physical Description 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
Description Depicts two men attired in three-piece suits and hats standing in front of the number 7 steam dummy belonging to the Fifth & Sixth Street line, which operated between Frankford and Southwark. A group of men, including a conductor, stand in the back, near the attached trailer. The distinctive shingled, pyramidal roof of the Dummy Depot clock tower is visible in the background.
Notes Title from manuscript on verso.
According to Jackson's Encyclopedia of Philadelphia, steam dummies were first used on the Frankford branch of the Frankford-Southwark Passenger Railway in 1863 and operated until 1893 when electric streetcars replaced them.
Gift of Emily Riese.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Steam dummies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Street railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Frankford Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 4600 block.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Davis [P.9332.2]
Accession number P.9332.2