Passengers dismount the Cherrelyn Gravity and Broncho Street Railway horse car at Orchard Place, (Englewood) Arapahoe County, Colorado. Women wear hats with plumes, flowers, and ribbons. The weathered wooden trolley with "Cherrelyn" painted on side has glass windows, some are open, and the back window has a shudder. Advertising signs behind the car read: "For Sale, Lots in this Addition, R. W. Beecher, Good Blk. Room" and "The Sherman Williams..." The horse car connected with South Broadway trolley cars at Orchard Place; the horse pulled the car uphill for more than a mile to Cherrelyn village then rode down on car's rear platform.
Date
[between 1904 and 1905]
Notes
Formerly F6812.; Title supplied by cataloguer; hand-written on back of photoprint; "1904-05 (City Directories)."; R7100068821
Physical Description
1 photonegative : nitrate ; 7 x 10 cm. (2 1/2 x 4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horse railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.
Source
Source: O. Roach
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
