[An extraordinary archive that visually and textually documents the extent of the electric interurban railways, streetcars, and trolleys across the Northeast and New England through the first half of the 20th Century. Compiled by a Boston Edison Company electrical rail engineer, and rail historian, the archive boasts 3715 photographs filling 17 photo albums and archival binders; two manuscript track maps by the compiler and 46 mimeographed supplement maps issued by the Electric Railroaders association of railways from Altoona, PA to Albany NY, Butte, MT to Yakima, WA, and those in between; along with several original TLS from Massachusetts Senator and Congressman; in-house documents related to the Quincy Electric Light & Power Co.; extensiv

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Seventeen albums & archival document binders, including 3715 photographs, with 1629 interspersed, mounted, and annotated across 14 different post-binder albums assembled from 1910-1949, most Oblong 4tos. sized 12.5 x 8 in., nearly all on black paper stock, with photos sized from 1.5 x 2.5 in. up to 5 x 7 in., most annotated with extensive white ink annotations & manuscript notes, many bearing extensive local railway histories in manuscript ranging up to 5000 words, manuscript track maps, paint samples for trolley & railway car company colours, and nearly all w/ embossed board post-binders, punch-sewn at gutter margins; Two of these are 4to. on thick wood-pulp paper, bearing many typed captions, and identifying text; The remaining 2086 loose photographs are preserved as 610 archival mylar sleeved album sheets, most sized from 2 x 3 in. up to 8 x 10 in., nearly all w/ pen, or pencil manuscript text on verso, some w/ extensive annotations identifying places & times of photos taken; 30 railway periodicals, many mimeographed, others printed. 4to. [Approx 100 pp (separately paginated.)], w/ 100's of text photos, illustrations, strip maps. Self-printed softcovers (minor age toning and wear); Two MS track maps by Young - Visalia Electric RR, CA in pencil & Red pencil, Map of Council Bluffs, IA electric railway lines; 46 ERA track maps (often published as supplements, sometimes integral), nearly all mimeographed, dated 1941-1949, 8.5 x 11 in. up to 24 x 36 in.; Two additional separate monographs, and other assorted ephemera, including TLS on Congressional letterheads, mimeographed in-house business letters, maintenance memos & reports. This exceptional archive captures the tremendous reach of electric railway streetcars, trolleys, and interurbans during the first half of the 20th Century, focusing on Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, & Pennsylvania. These images supply an almost time-lapse history for the development and impact of mass transit in the Northeastern United States from the Progressive Era through the Great Depression until after World War II. Hundreds of different rail companies are depicted, including the construction and development of tracks for the Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Co., the Plymouth & Sandwich St. Railway, Blue Hill Street Railroad, Norton & Taunton Street Railroad, the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railways, Bay State Street Railway, Hartford Suburban, Hartford Street Railway Co., Norwich Street Railway Co., the Atlantic Shore Line Railway Co., Biddeford & Saco Railroad, Skowhegan & Norridgeworks Railway, Aroostook Valley Railroad, and scores of others. By 1920 nearly every city in the Northeast had at least one street car company, and automobile travel and commuting was still in its infancy, as 90% of all trips by consumers and travelers were made using the 100's of electric railways which stopped almost everywhere, ran much more frequently than the steam trains, and easily connected rural America with downtowns, and factories. A small percentage of the thousands of photographs appear to be copy photos shot directly from company car builders, such as J.G. Brill, Osgood Bradley Car Corp., the Manchester Street Railway, the Manchester, New Hampshire Street Railway Co., and the Claremont Traction Co., after securing permission from the companies facilitated by contacts with Senator David Walsh of Massachusetts, and Rep. Richard B. Wigglesworth, Congressman of the 14th Mass District indicated by TLS included in the archive. The images capture the trolleys, electric trolleys, electric motor cars, gasoline motor cars, and electric locomotives which were built by numerous different companies including J.M. Jones & Sons Interurban Car Builders, Watson Manufacturing Co., Jackson-Sharp Manufacturing, Baldwin-Westinghouse, Sheffield Car Co., and others. However the majority of the images appear to have been shot by Young and fellow rail historians, and include details of the trolley interiors, trolley.

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[An extraordinary archive that visually and textually documents the extent of the electric interurban railways, streetcars, and trolleys across the Northeast and New England through the first half of the 20th Century. Compiled by a Boston Edison Company electrical rail engineer, and rail historian, the archive boasts 3715 photographs filling 17 photo albums and archival binders; two manuscript track maps by the compiler and 46 mimeographed supplement maps issued by the Electric Railroaders ...

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Edward Weston Young, Boston Edison Company, Eastern Massachusetts Railway Co., Lackawanna Terminal, Electric Railroaders Assoc., Inc., National Railway Historical Society, Central Electric Railfans' Assoc., ca. 1910-1950]., [East Waymouth, Boston, MA, Hoboken, NJ, Toledo, OH, & Chicago IL:

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1910

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