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Last horse-drawn street car in Boston

Last horse-drawn street car in Boston Photograph
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Photograph

11.9 cm x 9.2 cm

Handwritten on verso: "Boston / Horse car / The last in Boston / Dartmouth Street / near Old South / Give by [?] / May 5, 1917"

Photo. Coll. 12.264


[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

This 1917 photograph depicts the last horse-drawn street car in Boston in front of Old South Church on Dartmouth Street. Horsecars dominated the city's streets for close to 40 years, but were gradually replaced with electric lines.