Photo of a newspaper clipping about the Forest Grove street cars

Title

Photo of a newspaper clipping about the Forest Grove street cars

Description

A photo of an old newspaper clipping showing one of the first published photographs of a Forest Grove street car and of the story that accompanied it. The street car is shown with the driver standing at the entrance. 'Forest Grove Transportation' is written on the side of the car. The article title is 'FOREST GROVE CARS RUNNING' with the dateline 'Forest Grove, Or., Aug. 11.' The article reads 'The Forest Grove Transportation company cars are now running again after a delay of a week, caused by the burning out of the transformers at the plant up Gales creek. The plant formerly owned by the town will also be used and a new generator will be installed soon. The accompanying picture is of a passenger car at the intersection of Main street and First avenue, north.'
[front] Probably the first published photo of street car. in Sunday Oregon Journal August 12, 1906

Creator

Oregon Journal, photographer

Date Created

1906

Subject

Trolley cars
Transportation--History
Newspapers
Local & State History
Urban Planning & Development

Place

Forest Grove, Oregon

Medium

copy prints

Language

English

Identifier

FGLpic_00092

Rights

Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Forest Grove City Library at fgl-reference@wccls.org.
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Source

Eric G. Stewart Collection, Forest Grove City Library

Type

Still Image