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Baltimore Streetcars the Postwar Years by Herbert H Harwood Jr w dust jacket
Baltimore Streetcars, the Postwar Years By Herbert H Harwood Jr
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
171 pages
Copyright 1984, 2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword, by Paul W Wirtz vii
Preface and Acknowledgements ix
Looking Back 2
Central Baltimore and Surroundings 22
Western Suburban Lines 42
Northwest Suburban Lines 56
Falls Road-Mount Washington Line 78
North Suburban Lines 86
Northeast Suburban Lines 100
East Baltimore Lines 110
Dundalk-Sparrows Point Line 116
South Suburban Lines 130
Work Car Scenes 138
Survivors 146
INTRODUCTION
Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., here gives us a glorious picture of the streetcar in Baltimore, combining the story of lines and equipment with a nostalgic view of Baltimore when so many of her people relied on street railways. From the late 1800s through World War II, streetcars transported Baltimore's population to and from work, play, and just about everything else. Bankers and clerks, factory workers and managers, domestics, schoolchildren, shoppers, all rode side by side on the streetcars regardless of economic status, level of education, or ethnic background.
In a city where residences and schools were segregated, streetcar passengers sat wherever they could.
In addition to being a truly democratic institution, streetcars considerably influenced Baltimore's physical growth, enabling families to live farther than ever before from workplaces and thus encouraging early suburbs. Despite rising competition from the private automobile, streetcars remained
the mainstay of Baltimore's public transportation system until after World War II, when gas rationing ended and family cars multiplied.
Environmentally friendly and for the most part comfortable and reliable, streetcars also had their peculiar charm. Today some people in Baltimore miss them.
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