Lincoln Traction Company streetcar on College Avenue in College View
Description
A streetcar with passengers is sitting on a track in this 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" black and white photograph. Two operators of the streetcar are standing at one end of the car. A dirt road leads up to the track, and there are many trees behind the streetcar. The side of the streetcar reads: "The Lincoln Traction Company, 75". "On College Avenue is handwritten on the photograph.
Union College, Ella Johnson Crandall Memorial Library
Local Accession/Call Number
Album 1, Page 38
Historical Notes
Streetcars ran between Lincoln and College View from August 1891 until the autumn of 1945 when they were replaced with buses. College Avenue is 48th Street today.
Union College, Ella Johnson Crandall Memorial Library
