West Cambridge to Boston Horse Drawn Trolley, first trip
Description:
Picture of a Horse Car -- West Cambridge to Boston Dist 2B, taken June 1859 in commemoration of their first trip Taken on Spy Pond shore. Conductor -- Geo. Fessenden, Driver -- Eli Boothby, Passengers -- (Standing) Jennie Boothby, (First Window) Rev. W. E. Gibbs and Fannie C. Fessenden, (Second Window) Mrs. Geo. Fessenden. On back of frame (now removed) was the inscription "Gift of Edith A. Whittemore March 1935" BPRP contains 1 copy of this group (images 1, 2) and two copies of the version with two men in the back (image 3). BPRP Oversized contains a third copy of the version with two men in the back.
