Color Prints of Early American Trolley Cars

Object/Artifact

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Railway Village Museum

Envelope of prints with Highland Park & Fruit Vale Double Deck Car showing

Envelope of prints with Highland Park & Fruit Vale Double Deck Car showing

Name/Title

Color Prints of Early American Trolley Cars

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.34

Description

This collection includes 8 color prints of early American trolley cars by the Autoprints company out of New York. These prints date to 1953. Interestingly, these prints may look familiar as they were framed and on the wall of Mr. Rogers' living room on the popular children's show 'Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood'. The 8 trolleys featured are an Open Horse Car, Double Deck Car, Open Motor Car, Open Grip Car, Double Deck Car with Canopy, Closed Cable Car, Closed Electric Car, and Open and Closed Electric Car.

Use

Recreation and Informative

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Autoprints

Date made

1953

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

5-5/8 in

Width

8-1/2 in

Material

Paper