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., Title from manuscript note on verso of duplicate., Gift of Emily Riese., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Davis, Eugene H., photographer
Date
1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Davis [P.9332.3]