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Lower Peachtree Street. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Lower Peachtree Street. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows view of lower Peachtree Street with Lester's Book Store, the Flatiron Building, Piedmont Hotel, and the Candler Building visible, also shows trolley cars. Illus. in: Souvenir of Atlanta, Georgia.

Herald Square, New York - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Herald Square, New York - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hard lines / Frank A. Nankivell 1903.

Hard lines / Frank A. Nankivell 1903.

Illustration shows two businessmen sitting in an office discussing the success of the local trolley service. Caption: Visiting Magnate Is your new trolley-line a success? / Local Magnate Not as great as we h... More

[Descent into subway, Public Garden, Boston, Massachusetts.]

[Descent into subway, Public Garden, Boston, Massachusetts.]

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Dispossessed / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Dispossessed / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows a depressed old man wearing formal clothing, sitting on the sidewalk on small railroad cars labeled "Street Railways", in his pocket is a paper labeled "Expiring Franchises" and protruding fr... More

Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate nega...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A trip to Berkeley, Cal. / - Public domain portrait print

A trip to Berkeley, Cal. / - Public domain portrait print

Shot from a moving streetcar, this film shows portions of north Berkeley and the adjacent University of California campus, circa 1906. The Oakland and Berkeley Rapid Transit Company began operating in 1891 and ... More

Maryland. Williamsport. Streetcar passing Potomac House

Maryland. Williamsport. Streetcar passing Potomac House

Photograph shows a streetcar passing through town. No. 912. Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Main St., Worcester, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Main St., Worcester, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Streetcars - testing devices for saving lives on car fenders]

[Streetcars - testing devices for saving lives on car fenders]

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Entrance to subway, Public Gardens [i.e. Garden], Boston, Massachusetts.

Entrance to subway, Public Gardens [i.e. Garden], Boston, Massachusett...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Whitehall Buildings - Irving Underhill

Whitehall Buildings - Irving Underhill

View of the Whitehall Buildings showing delivery wagons, piers and street railroad at Battery Place station. J154812 U.S. Copyright Office. No. D-545. Copyright by Irving Underhill, New York.

[Street, probably Cleveland] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Street, probably Cleveland] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Pedestrians and automobile traffic, Monroe Avenue and Cadillac Square, Detroit, Mich.]

[Pedestrians and automobile traffic, Monroe Avenue and Cadillac Square...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Street car with prevent fires sign in Portland, Oregon

U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Street car with prevent fires sign in Portla...

Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public Service Railway Company, Newton Avenue Car Shops, Bounded by Tenth, Mount Ephraim, Border & Newton Avenue, Camden, Camden County, NJ

Public Service Railway Company, Newton Avenue Car Shops, Bounded by Te...

Significance: The Newton Avenue Car Shops have been found significant as among the last structural remains associated with the history of trolley transportation in the City of Camden. By the close of the 19th ... More

Public Service Railway Company, Newton Avenue Car Shops, Bounded by Tenth, Mount Ephraim, Border & Newton Avenue, Camden, Camden County, NJ

Public Service Railway Company, Newton Avenue Car Shops, Bounded by Te...

Significance: The Newton Avenue Car Shops have been found significant as among the last structural remains associated with the history of trolley transportation in the City of Camden. By the close of the 19th ... More

Public Service Railway Company, Newton Avenue Car Shops, Bounded by Tenth, Mount Ephraim, Border & Newton Avenue, Camden, Camden County, NJ

Public Service Railway Company, Newton Avenue Car Shops, Bounded by Te...

Significance: The Newton Avenue Car Shops have been found significant as among the last structural remains associated with the history of trolley transportation in the City of Camden. By the close of the 19th ... More

Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West River Drives, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West River ...

Significance: The Falls Bridge is a unique and well-preserved example of the Petit through truss design, capable of carrying a roadway on both its upper and lower chords. The upper deck remains incomplete, but... More

Newsboy starting to "flip a car."  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Newsboy starting to "flip a car." Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Wide Hollow Junction Substation, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Wide Hollow ...

Survey number: HAER WA-13-E Public domain photograph of electric locomotive, electrified railroads, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Main Power Substation, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Main Power S...

Survey number: HAER WA-13-B Public domain photograph related to electrical equipment, industrial development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flipping Cars--Out for Mischief.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Flipping Cars--Out for Mischief. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Pittsburgh & Steubenville Extension Railroad Tunnel, Between Fifth & Sixth Streets, East of Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh & Steubenville Extension Railroad Tunnel, Between Fifth & S...

Significance: The Pittsburgh and Steubenville Extension Railroad Tunnel was a section of the Pittsburgh rail link between the Pennsylvania Railroad's western terminus and the eastern terminus of the Steubenvill... More

[Canal Street, New Orleans, La.]

[Canal Street, New Orleans, La.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Tenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Great Falls, Cascade Cou...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Tenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Tenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Great Falls, Cascade Cou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Winter scene in Philadelphia - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Winter scene in Philadelphia - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...

Print shows a street scene in winter in front of the "Russian Heater Works" at the intersection of "Filbert" and "Twelfth" streets in Philadelphia; includes many pedestrians on the street, the "Twelfth Street P... More

Herald Square, New York,  Panoramic Photograph

Herald Square, New York, Panoramic Photograph

H96565 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. P. Hall & Son ; July 16, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43288. No. 6036.

Madison St. east from Fifth Ave., Chicago

Madison St. east from Fifth Ave., Chicago

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting towns of Yakima, Selah & Wiley City, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting t...

Significance: The Yakima Valley Transportation Company is one of the country's last intact, authentic electric interurban railroads. It owns the oldest, regularly-operating locomotives (75 years old) in conjun... More

Caricature, The Street car question again, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, The Street car question again, public domain cartoon image

Cartoon showing woman standing, and men, seated, reading newspapers, on streetcar; and cartoon showing men trying to get on moving streetcar; on page of advertisements. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1868 Feb. 1, p. 80.

WTC [i.e. World Transportation Commission] members on street-car on dirt road in country - Dunedin

WTC [i.e. World Transportation Commission] members on street-car on di...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Bowery, New York City, U.S.A

The Bowery, New York City, U.S.A

D8225 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright, 1900, by The Whiting Bros. On mount: Twentieth Century Series. No. 404.

Street car depot, Long Branch Park, Syracuse, N.Y.

Street car depot, Long Branch Park, Syracuse, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "H 122" and "extra" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039363. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Japan, Tokio [sic], street scenes

Japan, Tokio [sic], street scenes

View down Tokyo street with cable cars in center background. Public domain image of Japan during Meiji period, Japanese history, government, and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl ... More

[Crowds on a Tokyo street, near the train station(?), during the celebration of Admiral Togo's visit in Oct., 1905]

[Crowds on a Tokyo street, near the train station(?), during the celeb...

H69070 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, Nov. 23, 1905.

The Park, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

The Park, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate ...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Central square and Massachusettsachusetts Ave. Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Central square and Massachusettsachusetts Ave. Avenue, Cambridge, Mass...

"Savings Bank Building" on building at right. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072282. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Yong [i.e. Yonge] St., Toronto, Canada

Yong [i.e. Yonge] St., Toronto, Canada

People walking, on bicycle, and streetcar. Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Suggestion for a car line route along the site of the old James Creek Canal.

Suggestion for a car line route along the site of the old James Creek ...

Public domain scan of a plan, map, architecture drawing, or diagram, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Capitol Transit Company. Street car and bus at Peace Monument in front of U.S. Capitol III

Capitol Transit Company. Street car and bus at Peace Monument in front...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Canal Street, New Orleans - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Canal Street, New Orleans - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Corresponding glass transparency (LC-D4-68 x) available on videodisc frame 1A-28711. Title and date from transparency. Transparency is close variant of original negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04897. Gift... More

Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Negatives are variants. Also available as photographic print in LOT 9127 with copy negative LC-USZ62-37910 (b&w film copy neg.). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072791. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Denver, Col., U.S.A, Colorado 19th century sterescope card.

Denver, Col., U.S.A, Colorado 19th century sterescope card.

No. 2421. A document issued by the city of denver. A postcard with the letter denver. Public domain postcard scan.

Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Acts of Assembly and ordinances relating to Philadelphia passenger railways and steam railroads within the city limits,
Atlas of the city of New York lying south of 166th st. showing surface railroads /

Atlas of the city of New York lying south of 166th st. showing surface...

Blue line print. Includes index map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Annotations in ink, pencil, and colored pencil on some maps. LC copy imperfect: Title page torn ve... More

Atlas of the city of New York lying south of 166th st. showing surface railroads /

Atlas of the city of New York lying south of 166th st. showing surface...

Blue line print. Includes index map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Annotations in ink, pencil, and colored pencil on some maps. LC copy imperfect: Title page torn ve... More

Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light & Power Co., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Tramway and R.R. lines in Rio /

Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light & Power Co., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Tr...

"March 1st., 1906." North oriented toward the lower right. Annotated in colored inks and pencil to show railroads. Mounted on larger sheet with cloth backing. Printed in bottom right margin: No. 726-C. Availabl... More

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting towns of Yakima, Selah & Wiley City, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting t...

Significance: The Yakima Valley Transportation Company is one of the country's last intact, authentic electric interurban railroads. It owns the oldest, regularly-operating locomotives (75 years old) in conjun... More

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting towns of Yakima, Selah & Wiley City, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting t...

Significance: The Yakima Valley Transportation Company is one of the country's last intact, authentic electric interurban railroads. It owns the oldest, regularly-operating locomotives (75 years old) in conjun... More

Cayuga Lake from Cornell Heights, Ithaca, N.Y.

Cayuga Lake from Cornell Heights, Ithaca, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Pennsylvania Railroad ferries, Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

[Pennsylvania Railroad ferries, Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylva...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Map of the city of Washington showing street railway lines.

Map of the city of Washington showing street railway lines.

"Supplement to Washington Securities." Includes text. LC copy darkened and fold-lined. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

Windsor Hotel and Royal Street, Mobile, Ala

Windsor Hotel and Royal Street, Mobile, Ala

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "452" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013509. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Map of streetcar lines in Anacostia and surrounding districts, S.E. Washington D.C.].

[Map of streetcar lines in Anacostia and surrounding districts, S.E. W...

Shows "Anacostia & Potomac River R.R.," "Proposed route--Anacostia, Surattsville & Brandywine Ry.," and subdivision names and boundaries. Relief shown by contours. Title devised by cataloger. "To accompany the ... More

Main Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts - Victorian era public domain image

Main Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts - Victorian era public domain i...

"Taylor 47" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072097. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Tram, Metropolitan Building

Tram, Metropolitan Building

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brookyln Bridge, New York, N. Y., U. S. A

Brookyln Bridge, New York, N. Y., U. S. A

Copyright, 1905, by Keystone View Company. On verso: Not credited but filed under H no. 65422. No. 6189.

Fourth Ave., Louisville, Ky - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Fourth Ave., Louisville, Ky - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Negative cracked through center. "G 3611" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019361. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S. Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Washington Ave. Avenue, Newport News, Virginia

Washington Ave. Avenue, Newport News, Virginia

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09394. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Customs house, Juarez, Mexico - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Customs house, Juarez, Mexico - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

F Street, looking toward Dept. of the Treasury, Washington, D.C

F Street, looking toward Dept. of the Treasury, Washington, D.C

"G 5306" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071074. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Merrimack Street looking west, Lowell, Massachusetts

Merrimack Street looking west, Lowell, Massachusetts

"4236" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070437. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

F Street, looking toward [Dept. of the] Treasury, Washington, D.C.

F Street, looking toward [Dept. of the] Treasury, Washington, D.C.

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

School boys, "flipping cars," noon. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

School boys, "flipping cars," noon. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 887. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

[Canal Street, New Orleans, La.]

[Canal Street, New Orleans, La.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Entrance to subway, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Entrance to subway, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072786. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Crowds of people. Pedestrians crossing at Vermont and H Sts. I

Crowds of people. Pedestrians crossing at Vermont and H Sts. I

Old negative number: 1665-2. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 19... More

Canal Street, New Orleans, La. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Canal Street, New Orleans, La. - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Title from jacket. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-19013, 19012. "617 G" on left negative; "618 G" on right negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 037047. Gift; State Histor... More

Newsie, "flipping cars". Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Newsie, "flipping cars". Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 891. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

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