[PRCo] Re: Postcards from the burgh

[Bill Robb]

Another explanation is a postcard fake.  It was quite
common to add streetcar tracks to city scenes where
they did not exist. A scene lacking streetcars at that
time could be viewed as deficiency in the
competitiveness and commercial viability of the
community. Moving the tracks over to the P&LE side of
the bridge makes them more visible.

Bill Robb

--- "Dietrich, Robert J." <Robert.Dietrich at unisys.com>
wrote:

> Folks:
> 
> I finally got to look through those postcards that
> were reviewed a week
> or two ago and one caught my eye - the top postcard
> at
>
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/04ppc14.html
> .
> 
> This shows Smithfield Street Bridge with 4 streetcar
> tracks in 1910.
> Could it be that the PRW side of the bridge had just
> been completed and
> was not yet opened?  Do you have any other
> explanation?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 



	
		
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