subject: Trolley Cars
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First Congregational Church, North Brookfield
description- – First Congregational Church, North Brookfield with trolley of the Ware, Brookfield&Spencer Street Railway Co., car No. 21 with"North Brookfield"sign.
- – First Congregational Church (North Brookfield, Mass.)
- – Street-railroads--Massachusetts
- – North Brookfield (Mass.)
- – Trolley cars--Massachusetts
- – 1899-10
- – From the collection of the North Brookfield Historical Society at the Haston Free Public Library, North Brookfield, Massachusetts http://www.northbrookfield.net/library.htm
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- – English
Main Street north side from Masonic block looking east including a horse drawn vehicle and street railway Southbridge Massachusetts
description- – Streetscape of the north side of Main Street, showing the Masonic building, Boston Branch, Ammidown building, Central Baptist Church and some dwellings. Entrance to all of these storefronts is achieved by climbing steps. Electrical poles run parallel to the street. A horse-drawn vehicle with rider, and the front of the street-railroad are visible in the road. A conductor walks beside the trolley car. A woman in full-length clothing, accompanied by a dog, walks in front of the Masonic building. The town clock in the spire of the Central Baptist Church reads ten minutes past twelve noon. Trees are viewable in the distance.
- – Street-railroads
- – Trolley cars--Pictorial work
- – Architecture--United States--19th century
- – Historic buildings--New England
- – Southbridge (Mass.)--History
- – Horse-drawn vehicles
- – Southbridge (Mass.)--Pictorial works
- – Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Southbridge
- – Central business districts--Massachusetts--Southbridge
- – 1903-06-06
- – Is part of the photographic collection of the Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, Massachusetts. http://www.jacobedwardslibrary.org
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- – Image from page 34 of the A.H. Pease album #2
- – 42 degrees 04' N72 degrees 02' W
Main Street Southbridge Massachusetts looking east
description- – Bustling downtown Southbridge at the turn of the 20th century. The tracks for the trolley car emerge from Hamilton street going towards lower Main Street. A striped awning protects the merchandise in the store window from the sun. A metal sign advertising a pharmacy hangs perpendicularly from the brick building. Further along the block, another sign in the form of a large scissors hangs from the building. The YMCA, a brick building with a majestic tower, located on the corner of Elm Street, is shown in the background. Groups of people and horse-drawn vehicles are clustered on each side of Main Street. Some citizens are traveling by bicycle. The Whitford building on the left, is intact with four stories. A fire in 1970s destroyed the top floor. A poster covers the base of an large leafless elm tree. Dutch elm disease subsequently eradicated all the elm specimens on Main Street. A picket fence, on the south side of the street, forms the perimeter of one of the residences. Electrical poles and hitching posts are dotted on both sides of the street.
- – Street-railroads
- – Architecture--United States--19th century
- – Historic buildings--New England
- – Trolley cars--Pictorial works
- – Southbridge (Mass.)--History
- – Horse-drawn vehicles
- – Southbridge (Mass.)--Pictorial works
- – Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Southbridge
- – Central business districts--Massachusetts--Southbridge
- – 1903-06-06
- – Is part of the photographic collection of the Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, Massachusetts. http://www.jacobedwardslibrary.org
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- – Image from page 35 of the A.H. Pease album #2
- – 42 degrees 04' N72 degrees 02' W
Southbridge&Sturbridge Street Railway at Worcester South Agricultural Grounds Sturbridge
description- – Southbridge&Sturbridge Street Railway depicted in front of the entrance to the Worcester Agricultural Grounds in Sturbridge. According to the sign over the windows of the vehicle, it also served Sandersdale&Fiskdale (sections of Southbridge and Sturbridge respectively.) Passengers are visible through the windows of the trolley. Men are congregated outside the Fair Grounds entrance. The first annual fair of the Worcester South Agricultural Society was held in Sturbridge, Wednesday, October 3rd, 1855.
- – Southbridge (Mass.)--history
- – Trolley cars--history
- – Sturbridge (Mass.)--history
- – Trolley cars--pictorial work
- – Street-railroads--Massachusetts--Southbridge
- – c. 1907
- – Is part of the collection at the Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, Massachusetts. http://www.jacobedwardslibrary.org. Presented to the library on December 12, 2001 by the United States Army Corp of Engineers from a copy of the Brimfield Library's glass plate collection.
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- – 42 degrees 04' N 72 degrees 02' W
S&E Trolley Line at Forest Lake, Palmer, Mass.
description- – Image depicting a Springfield&Eastern Street Railroad Co. Trolley car and tracks at Forest Lake in Palmer, Mass. Originallycalled the Palmer&Monson Railway Co.
- – Palmer&Monson Street Railway.
- – Springfield&Eastern Street Railroad Co.
- – Street Railroads - Mass - Palmer
- – Palmer - Mass - History
- – Trolley Cars - Mass - Palmer
- – 1910
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- – 42158N72329W
Fire in one of the oldest buildings in Chicopee Falls, May 7, 1921
description- – Spectators gather on Main Street in Chicopee Falls to view fire in an old wooden frame building. Hanging above the crowd areelectrical trolley wires. These wires powered the trolley cars which ran on Main Street in the 1920s.
- – Williams Market
- – Chicopee (Mass.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
- – Trolley cars -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee
- – Fires -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee
- – May 7, 1921
- – Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/
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