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| Title | Seattle-Tacoma interurban streetcar, near Kent, ca. 1909 |
| Photographer | Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1931 |
| Date | ca. 1909 |
| Caption | Interurban trolley service between Seattle and Tacoma began in 1902. The high-speed Puget Sound Electric Railroad won passengers and freight away from the slower Puget Sound steamers. Regular trolley service on the line also speeded the development of the area between Seattle and Tacoma. Service ended in 1928, a victim of the more-popular automobile.
This photo shows car 500 and two other Seattle-Tacoma interurban cars near Kent, Washington. Car 500 was built in 1902 and served on the Puget Sound Electric Railway until 1916. |
| Notes | Caption on border: Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer, 625 Colman Block, Seattle.
Handwritten on mount: Tacoma Interurban 1902 to 1928.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Street railroads--Washington (State)--Kent |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Kent |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2002.3.1435 |
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| Credit Line | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Lantern Slide Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 lantern slide: b&w; 2 1/2 x 3 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original lantern slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
