Main St. Looking East

From the collections of PVMA • Digital image © Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc. • Image use information

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Pedestrians, automobiles, horse-drawn vehicles, and trolley tracks appear in this photograph of Main Street in Greenfield, Massachusetts, taken in about 1915. Trolley transporatation began in the area as a line between Greenfield, Turners Falls, and Lake Pleasant in 1895. It expanded eight years later and became the Connecticut Valley Street Railroad, connecting Greenfield with South Deerfield and Northampton. The trolley era ended in Greenfield in 1934, when the city turned to buses for public transportation.

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Item typePostcard
Documentary Photograph
PhotographerUnidentified
Datecirca 1915
PlaceGreenfield, Massachusetts
TopicTransportation, Travel, Tourism
EraProgressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPhotography; Printing
Catalog #1999.03.0007
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Main St. Looking East. Photograph. ca. 1915. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1999-03-0007/. Accessed on October 10, 2024.

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