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[Horse-drawn streetcar no. 148 of a New York City system] – Historic Photograph Print

[Horse-drawn streetcar no. 148 of a New York City system], c1895. — historic photograph
[Horse-drawn streetcar no. 148 of a New York City system], c1895.. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(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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[Horse-drawn streetcar no. 148 of a New York City system]

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Streetcar No. 148 is a horse-drawn car on a New York City line, dated around 1895, when animal power still carried much of the city's rail traffic. Horses pulled these cars along iron rails laid in the street, and a driver and conductor worked each car through crowded traffic. Within a decade, electric and cable systems had replaced most horse lines, so pictures like this one record a transportation method that was passing out of use. The record's details are unverified, so the exact route and date should be checked against other sources.

Created / publishedc1895.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto copyrighted by Loeffler. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Street railways; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,206 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-141817

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