This 6-1/2" x 4-1/2" black and white photograph shows a two-story brick building. The building has windows on each floor and a large entryway with decorative stonework around the windows. There are cars parked on both sides of the dirt street in front of the building. Two billboards stand to the left of the building, There are trees and telephone poles in the foreground. "Lincoln Traction Co." is written on the photograph.
Lincoln Traction Company was the dominant streetcar company in Lincoln in the early 20th century, then began replacing streetcars with buses in the 1920s. It also was an electric utility company, dating back to the 19th century when electric trolleys replaced horse-drawn streetcars. This building was designed as a garage, workshops, and warehouse for the utility operation, plus a small office at the 9th and L Street corner. C. N. Chubb was the president of the Lincoln Traction Co. when this building was constructed in 1926. A 1929 ad trumpeted three slogans for the company: "Courtesy, Comfort, Safety" "Take the Bus or Streetcar" and "No Parking Worries." Where the billboards stand on the left edge of the photo, the K Street Power Plant of Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power Co. was constructed in the 1930s.
