Snapshots of the Past

[Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways; N.H. & W.H.H.R.R. Co. cars in car barn yard: car no. 8] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways; N.H. & W.H.H.R.R. Co. cars in car barn yard: car no. 8] — historic photograph
[Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways; N.H. & W.H.H.R.R. Co. cars in car barn yard: car no. 8]. 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.)

Description

This rare historic photograph captures [Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways; N.H. & W.H.H.R.R. Co. cars in car barn yard: car no. 8] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

[Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways; N.H. & W.H.H.R.R. Co. cars in car barn yard: car no. 8]

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

Car No. 8 sits in the yard of a car barn in New Haven, Connecticut, one of the cars of the New Haven and West Haven Horse Railroad Company, photographed in June 1892. In the early 1890s, many American cities were replacing horse-drawn streetcars with electric trams, and the horses that pulled the older cars were housed and tended in barns and yards like this one. The photograph therefore records transit at a turning point, when animal power was still the everyday means of getting around town.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1892 June.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,155 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-121773

More from the Horses collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

[Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways; N.H. & W.H.H.R.R. Co. cars in car barn yard: car no. 15][Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways; N.H. & W.H.H.R.R. Co. cars in [Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways; N.H. & W.H.H.R.R. Co. cars in car barn yard: car no. 19][Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways; N.H. & W.H.H.R.R. Co. cars in [Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways; N.H. & W.H.H.R.R. Co. cars in car barn yard: car nos. 7 & 18][Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways; N.H. & W.H.H.R.R. Co. cars in [Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways cars of Fair Haven and Westville RR: car no. 38][Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways cars of Fair Haven and Westvill[Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways cars of Fair Haven and Westville RR: car no. 36][Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways cars of Fair Haven and Westvill[Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways cars of Fair Haven and Westville RR: car nos. 22 & 32][Conn. - New Haven - horse-drawn street railways cars of Fair Haven and Westvill