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[Street car in Hartford, Conn. June 28, 1892] – Historic Photograph Print

[Street car in Hartford, Conn. June 28, 1892] — historic photograph
[Street car in Hartford, Conn. June 28, 1892]. Historic photograph from the Hartford 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 [Street car in Hartford, Conn. June 28, 1892] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Street car in Hartford, Conn. June 28, 1892]

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A single streetcar on a Hartford street on June 28, 1892, sets this print apart from the other city views on the board. The record gives only that date, so the car, its route and its riders are best read from the picture itself. In the early 1890s, American cities were rapidly replacing horse-drawn cars with electric trolleys, a change that reshaped how people got to work and where they chose to live. Hartford, a manufacturing and insurance center, was part of that shift, and the photograph captures a street in transition.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1892
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,141 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-119894

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