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Mule drawn streetcar
Mule drawn streetcar
TitleMule drawn streetcar
DescriptionUnidentified men pose in a front of a mule-drawn streetcar. By 1874 eight cars were in service by the Houston City Railroad Company that used wooden tracks. In June 1891 spectators saw the first test of streetcars driven by electricity.
Datelate 1870s
Genreblack-and-white photographs
copy prints
Subject.Topical (AAT)streetcars
mules
men
Subject (Geographic)Houston, Texas
Original CollectionGeorge Fuermann "Texas and Houston" Collection, 1836-2001 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=356
RepositorySpecial Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Original Item LocationID 1970-001, Box 13, Folder 325
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