[PRCo] Re: Last car on 6/14

[Fred Schneider]

You were there, Boris?????    In which life?
Boris Cefer wrote:

>Thanks for sharing these sad photos, Bob.
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>Have you any clue who was taking moving pictures of Fineview cars from an
>automobile (?Beetle?) during the last day? The automobile is on several
>shots in the Steel City Traction video.
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>Boris
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>>April 30, 1966 was a busy day - the last day for trolleys on the North =
>>Side.  I was out early that Saturday morning driving back anf forth =
>>among photographic locations on 21-Fineview and 6/14 Avalon.  By =
>>afternoon it was raining, but fans were appearing everywhere, especially =
>>on Finevew.
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>>Later in the afternoon the rain stopped, and after sunset I started to =
>>take photos using a tripod and #5 flashbuls.  Then I rode the last =
>>scheduled car - 1678 - on 21-Fineview.  When the last trolley returned =
>>downtown (it then went to Tunnel Car House), I got off and ran to catch =
>>the last trolley on 6/14-Avalon outbound from Penn Avenue.  The car - =
>>1799 - was jammed, but there was an even larger crowd waiting for us at =
>>the Avalon loop.  By that time it was near Midnight, and the Mayor =
>>(Burgess?) of Avalon and other dignitaries made brief speeches.  Then =
>>the riders re-boarded the trolley for the silent ride back downtown.  It =
>>was now May 1, and trolleys were gone from the Northside.
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>>I am attaching low-res scans of a couple of the B&W photos that I took =
>>of 1799 that evening:
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>>The first shot was taken as I ran to board 1799 downtown.  It was =
>>already SRO.  Note the black flag, and the two photographers running in =
>>front of me.
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>>The crowd photo was taken at the Avalon loop as we reboarded the car.  I =
>>believe that the man in the black suit and hat, talking to the motorman, =
>>is John Dameron.
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>>Bob 10/11/04
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