Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia > Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944

Only trolley car in operation

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Title

Photographer

Unknown

Description

People boarding trolley car on Girard Avenue headed westbound. Due to the P.T.C. strike, the trolley is the only car in operation.

Subjects

Trolley cars

Public transportation

Strikes and lockouts

Geographic Subject

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Girard Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.)

North Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Notes

With clipping

Format

Image/jp2

Type

Photographs

Rights

This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only. For access to the original or a high resolution reproduction, and for permission to publish, please contact Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, scrc@temple.edu, 215-204-8257.

Contact

scrc@temple.edu

Folder

Phila--Septa Strike--1944, Aug 1

Digital Collection

Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944

Civil Rights in a Northern City

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs

Repository

Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives

Digital Publisher

Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries

Identifier

P549081B