Dec 04, 2003 - Sale 1988

Sale 1988 - Lot 356

Price Realized: $ 460
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(RAILROADS.) Smith, Eveleth & Robinson. Circular. New-York Iron Pavement and Street Railway Company. Large engraved folding plate of a horse-drawn streetcar. 8vo, disbound. New York, 1856

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Streetcars, horsedrawn carriages that ran on railway tracks, first appeared in American cities in the 1830s and became the most popular form of urban public transportation until the advent of the cable car and the electric trolley in the late 19th century. This company prospectus addressed to the "municipal authorities of the several cities of the United States" promotes improved tracks and cars.