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Double horse car used in Baltimore in 1885 – Antique Print

Double horse car used in Baltimore in 1885, [1885?] — historic photograph
Double horse car used in Baltimore in 1885, [1885?]. 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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Step back in time with Double horse car used in Baltimore in 1885, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Double horse car used in Baltimore in 1885

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Baltimore's horsecars of the mid-1880s ran on iron rails and were pulled by teams of horses, and this view shows a double horse car, a larger vehicle than the single cars common on city lines. Horse-drawn street railways were the main form of urban transit in American cities at the time, and each line needed large stables and constant care for its animals. The date of 1885 is shown in brackets on the record, which means it is an estimate rather than a confirmed date, so the photograph is best read as a record of the period. It comes from the Frank G. Carpenter Collection, assembled by a journalist who traveled widely.

Created / published[1885?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1880-1890.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frank G. Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Street RR's; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,032 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-149259

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