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Horse-drawn streetcar at Front Street and James, Seattle, ca. 1887
TitleHorse-drawn streetcar at Front Street and James, Seattle, ca. 1887
PhotographerUnknown
Dateca. 1887
CaptionIn September 1884, Washington Territory's first streetcar line opened in Seattle. By the end of the year, the line had three miles of track and four streetcars which were operated by a total of ten men and twenty horses. One branch ran out to Lake Union, and the other ran to Front Street (First Avenue) and on to Queen Anne Hill. The horses that pulled the cars were stabled at the corner of Second Avenue and Pike Street.
NotesHandwritten on mount: Up Front St from James about 1885 to 1889.
SubjectsCommercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle
Business districts--Washington (State)-Seattle
Street railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle
Horses--Washington (State)--Seattle
Carts & wagons--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image Number2002.3.479
Ordering InformationTo order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@seattlehistory.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph.
Credit LineMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionLantern Slide Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 lantern slide: color; 2 1/2 x 3 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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.
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