[PRCo] Re: Penn State Digital Library

[John Swindler]

It's a Pittsburgh guide, Fred.  Need one for Allegheny County for Windsor 
Hotel.

John





>From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org, Ed Lybarger <trams at adelphia.net>
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Penn State Digital Library
>Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 09:13:05 -0500
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>What is curious Matt -- is the citation your forwarded is only the
>back part of this.   Is it the 1915 edition?
>
>Reason asked.   I have a photo of a place called Windsor Hotel which,
>after many attempts and four different hotels by that name, we seem
>to have pinned down to River Street and Pine Street in Natrona.   It
>existed there in the 1910 - 1920 period.   Lurking in one corner of
>the postcard is one of the double truck Allegheny Valley cars with a
>sign that reads all the towns from Natrona to Aspinwall.
>
>The 1915 guide in the digital citation that Dennis put on line shows
>that the cars ran through from Pittsburgh to Natrona with connecting
>cars from Buquet to New Kensington.   The light is beginning to come
>on that the guide book had not yet been revised since the strike
>which shutdown the through streetcars to Pittsburgh and that the
>split of the two ends of the the AV line came after 1915.
>
>You reading my thoughts ED>>>>
>
>On Dec 5, 2005, at 8:10 PM, Matt Barry wrote:
>
> > Great link!
> >
> > Here's Lewis Guide from the early part of the 20th century showing
> > all the
> > Pittsburgh Railways lines.
> >
> > I don't think that the guide publishers get it right when they talk
> > about
> > what routes to take to get to certain attractions.   Such as,
> > taking routes
> > 74 or 76 to Aresenal Park.    But this is a fun guide to go through.
> >
> > http://www.libraries.psu.edu/do/digitalbookshelf/
> > 30714016/30714016_Part_5.pdf
> >
> > Matt
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "DF Cramer" <dfc1 at alltel.net>
> > To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 7:37 PM
> > Subject: [PRCo] Penn State Digital Library
> >
> >
> >> http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/index.cfm
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> >> The above link has several selections about street railways in
> >> Pennsylvania.
> >> Enjoy!
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> >> DF Cramer   Teacher-Trombonist-Historian-Conductor
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> >> www.geocities.com/armconband
> >> www.geocities.com/df_cramer
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