Posts Tagged: cable cars
Ever wonder what it was like to navigate a city street back in 1900? In researching my fourth book (tentatively titled Unseemly Haste, due out in the fall), I ran across this little gem: a video of San Francisco in 1900. There’s very little information on the video itself, but it looks like it was filmed…
Hartford switched all of its trolleys from horse-drawn to electric in 1893. It was the primary way the residents got around, and operated daily from 5am-1am. It was a nickel fare, with free transfers. This photo is of a closed car, but there were also open cars between May and October, much like SF’s cable…
