(TRANSPORTATION) Album containing more than 1300 paired phot

Sale 1938 - Lot 446

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Album containing more than 1300 paired photographs of trolley car drivers, with a handwritten caption identifying each driver, and the time he spent working for the company. Silver prints, overall size 2 1/4x3 3/4 inches. Folio, boards, worn. 1918-19

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The album begins with an alphabetical listing of the more than 1300 motorman employed by this unknown company. Photographs were apparently taken for identification purposes since they note each man's name. Interestingly, the turnover rate in this profession is quite high--operators generally lasted 3-4 months--and calls to mind Dreiser's <