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The Crowded car [Pair of horses unable to pull overcrowded street car in New York City] – Historic Photograph Print

The Crowded car [Pair of horses unable to pull overcrowded street car in New York City], 1872 — antique engraving
The Crowded car [Pair of horses unable to pull overcrowded street car in New York City], 1872. Antique engraving 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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This rare antique engraving captures The Crowded car [Pair of horses unable to pull overcrowded street car in New York City] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A pair of horses strains against a street car so packed with passengers that the wheels can barely turn, the scene that gives this 1872 wood engraving its title, "The Crowded Car." Sol Eytinge drew the scene for *Harper's Weekly*, where it ran in the September 21, 1872, issue. New York's horse-drawn streetcars were often overloaded, and the animals that pulled them were frequently overworked. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, founded in New York in 1866, had been pressing for better treatment of such animals, which makes the print a pointed piece of social commentary as well as a view of city transit.

Created / published1872
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
SubjectsWood engraving after drawing by Sol Eytinge. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 16, (1872 September 21), p. 741. Ref. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY--NYC--Views--1872; NY--NYC--Transit sys.; NY--NYC--Misc.; N.Y.C.--Transp.; Horses; Animals, Treatment of; Street railroads--1872; Artists, Publ. I.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,200 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-137926

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