streetcar

From Flickr: “Baltimore Hotel – Los Angeles, California” by The J. Smith Archive

Absolutely Fireproof Fifth Street Near Main Baltimore Hotel Seymour Hotel Co., Inc., Operators Los Angeles’ Popular Priced Hotel An E.C. Kropp Card Number: 14700 via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/tQ6Lq7

From Flickr: “Yorkville Town Hall, Yonge St., w. side, opposite Collier St.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

This group photo of the Street Railway Department was taken outside Yorkville Town Hall on the west side of Yonge at Collier Ave. In the background you can see a horse-drawn streetcar (with roof advertising) and a gas streetlamp. There are five barefoot boys, a farrier and at least one Read More →

From Flickr: “Yonge St., Queen to College Sts., looking n. from Queen St.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

Yonge Street, 1888, looking north from Queen St: this stretch pretty much always a vital part of the city. Before the Great Toronto fire of 1904, most of the buildings in the downtown core stood no more than 3 or 4 storeys. A horse-drawn streetcar plods along the dirt road, Read More →

From Flickr: “YONGE ST., ST. CLAIR AVE. TO YONGE BLVD., looking s. at Sherwood Ave.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

Car 43 on the Metropolitan line, 1912: This electric streetcar belonging to the Toronto and York Radial Railway is pictured on Yonge at Yonge Blvd. Incorporated in 1877, this railway was animal-powered until it converted to electric in 1890. The radial railroads were for travel between cities, and were largely Read More →