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[Horse-drawn wagon, St. Louis, Mo. Electric street lamps in foregrd., western electric plant in backgrd.] – Historic Photograph Print

[Horse-drawn wagon, St. Louis, Mo. Electric street lamps in foregrd., western electric plant in backgrd.], [ca. 1900] — historic photograph
[Horse-drawn wagon, St. Louis, Mo. Electric street lamps in foregrd., western electric plant in backgrd.], [ca. 1900]. 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 wagon, St. Louis, Mo. Electric street lamps in foregrd., western electric plant in backgrd.]

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A horse-drawn wagon appears alongside electric street lamps in the foreground of this view of St. Louis, with a Western Electric plant rising in the background. The pairing captures a transitional moment: around 1900, horses still hauled much of the freight in American cities, while electric lighting and manufacturing were spreading quickly. Western Electric made electrical and telephone equipment, so the plant behind the lamps stands for that new power. The record comes from an old caption card that has since been revised, so treat the date as approximate.

Created / published[ca. 1900]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsDick Lemen Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Industry--Electric power; Mo.--St. Louis--Views--ca. 1900; Carts & wagons--ca. 1900; Lighting--ca. 1900; Electricity; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,227 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-141965

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