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The Little Hayseeds, Their First Trolley Ride

Description: Color postcard depicting riders on a trolley car: a driver in a uniform, a girl with blonde pigtails, and a person in a raincoat with an umbrella. Printed on the card, " The Little Hayseeds, Their First Trolley Ride" and handwritten is, " Nene's mother thought her shoes were so pretty" Correspondence on the back reads, "Dear [ ]. Nene got home all right. It is so hot today but looks like rain. Mama has been sick & so has Nene's Aunt. Nene will write to you when she has time to sool off. Tell … more
Date: 1907
Creator: Hutaf, August
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

Robinson Street, Looking North From Grand Avenue. Oklahoma City, Okla.

Description: monochromatic reproductionof a painting on a postcard showing Robinson Street, looking north from Grand Avenue in Oklahoma City, Okla. The correspondence reads, "Hello Pap: I am having a fine time, wish I could stay a month but will be home Wed. Lovingly, Rose". It is addressed to Mr. Alf. bassano, 527 So. 18th Street, Paris, Texas. It is postmarked Oklahoma, Okla. on Aug 25, 1907.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

Delmar Garden, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Description: Color postcard depicting an aerial view of Delmar Park in Oklahoma City. There are rides such as the ferris wheel, there is a theatre and a horse race track, and a trolley in the foreground. The correspondence on the back reads, " I hope you will pardon me, but I just happened to think that I failed to give you the add. of the boarding house I spoke of, it is George Boon, 29 E 4th St. OC - Hopinh you will be successful. I remain sincerely, G. C. Taylor". It is addressed to Mrs. E. A Dill, 527… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

State Street, Albany, N.Y.

Description: Color postcard with a view up State Street in Albany, New York. Dozens of buildings line both sides of the street and the New York State Capitol sits at the top of the hill. Pedestrians, carriages, and trolley cars are in the street. Handwritten on the front, "Mother Aug 20" It is addressed to Mr. R.D. Sanders, Paris, Texas. It is postmarked Albany, N.Y. on Aug 21, 1906.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

Street Scene in Ft. Worth, Texas

Description: Photograph of a street scene in Ft. Worth, Texas. The street is full of horse-drawn buggies, a boy on a bicycle, and a trolley. Lining the street are electricity and telephone poles and tall commercial buildings. There is a sign on a building on the right side of the street that reads, "Ticket Office" and another that reads, "Hotel Worth".
Date: unknown
Creator: Smith Photo Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Houston Street Looking North in Ft. Worth, Texas c. 1907

Description: Photograph of Houston Street looking North in Ft. Worth, Texas. In the center of the street is a boy riding a bicycle between trolley tracks towards trolleys and horse-drawn buggies. On either side of the street are tall buildings with signs such as, "Lyric Theatre", "A.J. Anderson Co Gun Store" and "Hotel Melba". Lining the street are telephone and electric poles. This photo is dated 1907 or later because the Flatiron building, constructed in 1907 can be seen on the left.
Date: 1907~
Creator: Smith Photo Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Street Scene in Ft. Worth, Texas

Description: Photograph of a street in Ft. Worth, Texas. The street is dirt and inlaid with trolley tracks with a trolley. On either side of the street are one and two-story commercial buildings with "Drug Store" painted on one of them. On the road are horse-drawn buggies and people. In the foreground are electric poles.
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Ft. Worth Street Scene

Description: Photograph of a street in Ft. Worth, Texas. The street is inlaid with trolley tracks with a trolley on them. On either side of the street are businesses and boardwalks with people on them. Lining the boardwalk are horses and horse-drawn buggies and in the foreground is a street lamp and an electric pole. Written at the top of the building on the right side of the frame is, "Drug Store".
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

North Main Street, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1914

Description: Photograph of North Main Street in Ft. Worth. The road is dirt with trolley tracks leading to trolleys in the center background. Lining the road are electricity and telephone poles and wires. Behind those are buildings and trees. Written across the bottom of the photograph is, "North Main St. from foot of Padlock Viaduct Looking North."
Date: 1914
Creator: Smith Photo Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Street Scene in Ft. Worth, Texas

Description: Photograph of a street scene in Ft. Worth, Texas. There are trolleys and trolley tracks in the center of the street and lining the sidewalks are old cars. Tall commercial buildings are on either side of the street with signs such as, "Trunks", "Arcade Apartments", and "Acres Sign Studio, Signs". There are street lamps and telephone poles on sidewalk.
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Mule-drawn Trolley]

Description: Photograph of O. H. Methvin Jr.'s mule-drawn trolley in Longview, Texas. The trolley system was Longview's earliest public transportation until the introduction of the electric trolley in 1911.
Date: 1911
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Trolley Car Number 137 and Crew]

Description: Photograph of two uniformed men standing at the entrance of a trolley car labeled "137." The man standing on the vehicle's lower step is wearing a coin belt, while the man standing in the doorway holds a trolley controller handle.
Date: 1910~
Partner: Palo Pinto County Historical Association

[News Script: Street cars]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas' out of service streetcars being shipped to Chicago.
Date: July 29, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Hurley Office Building in Fort Worth, Texas]

Description: Copy photo of the Hurley Office building in Fort Worth, Texas. There is a carriage visible on the left side of the screen and a trolley further down the street. Written on the bottom of the photo is "[sic] Hurley Office Bldg. Ft. Worth. ~" Below the image is written "Scenes along the T&P 1895-1896."
Date: 1895/1896
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Photograph of Pine Street Looking South]

Description: Photograph of a trolley car in the middle of a large dirt road between rows of two-story buildings. A small group of men and women wait in a line to enter the trolley car from the right. A man sits on top of an open, horse-drawn buggy to the left of the trolley car. There is a thin decorative border around the photograph.
Date: [1873..]
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Travis Street in Sherman, Texas]

Description: Copy photo of the view of Travis Street from T&P Rail Lines in Sherman, Texas. There are people on the side of the street and two men riding horses in the street. There is a trolley in the street as well. Written on the bottom of the photo is "[sic] Res. E Business Part of Travis St. Sherman." Below the image are written "Scenes along the T&P 1895-1896" and "T&P."
Date: 1895/1896
Partner: The Grace Museum
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