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Short Commute: 1943

Submitted by Dave on Thu, 09/26/2013 - 12:22pm.
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April 1943. Washington, D.C. "Little boy riding on a streetcar." Photo by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. Washington, D.C. "Little boy riding on a streetcar." Photo by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.

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Paging Roy Chalk

Submitted by Solo on Fri, 09/27/2013 - 2:34pm.

Suggested art for your next "It's Fun to Trolley!" campaign. (Okay, his ownership of DC Transit was 13 years in the future, but O. Roy Chalk had a flair for humanizing his economic predations, and would have appreciated this shot).

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Familiar

Submitted by Vidiot on Fri, 09/27/2013 - 9:20am.

Based on design and construction, I'm guessing it was a PCC car... same as I'd ridden on Newark, NJ's "City Subway" line well into the 90's. Apparently, some of those went to San Francisco's Market St. Railway when the Newark line became a modern light rail system, complete with articulated cars and honor-system ticketing.

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Hey you!

Submitted by TheGeezer on Thu, 09/26/2013 - 1:36pm.

The lad looks like he's having a bad day.

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No longer true

Submitted by OTY on Thu, 09/26/2013 - 1:04pm.

When most travel adventures promised that "getting there is half the fun."

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