Rioters charging horse-drawn car, later wrecking it on Kensington Ave., Philadelphia – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Rioters charging horse-drawn car, later wrecking it on Kensington Ave., Philadelphia in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Rioters charging horse-drawn car, later wrecking it on Kensington Ave., Philadelphia
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Kensington Avenue, one of the busiest commercial streets in north Philadelphia, is the setting here, and the scene shows a crowd turning on a horse-drawn vehicle. The record dates the event to February 1910, a stretch when Philadelphia's streetcar system was tangled in labor disputes and street violence was common along transit routes. Crowds often targeted cars and the people riding in them during such confrontations. The photograph comes from George Grantham Bain's news service, whose glass negatives captured many urban disturbances of the period. Its value lies in showing how quickly a street dispute could turn physical.
| Created / published | 2/21/10. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 943 × 708 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-5776 |
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