Streetcar, Oak Route

Photograph

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Picnooga

2020.387.001 Recto: Photograph of the one of Chattanooga's last streetcars on the Oak Route
2020.387.001 Recto

Photograph of the one of Chattanooga's last streetcars on the Oak Route

Name/Title

Streetcar, Oak Route

Entry/Object ID

2020.387.001

Description

A black and white photograph of a streetcar on the Oak Route. The streetcar's front doors are open and a man is stepping out of the car while the rear doors remain closed. The route number, 3 Oak, is in the front top window. Chattanooga's street cars appeared in 1875 with the start of the Chattanooga Street Railway Company. The Oak Street streetcar line was the last streetcar in operation when the city fully switched to busses in 1946.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Print

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Chattanooga, Tennessee*

Collection

Chattanooga Neighborhood Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1935 - circa 1945

Copyright

Type of License

No Copyright - United States