Washington, DC streetcar system map, June 1880 atl all of this would eventually

all of this would eventually be eliminated and replaced with buses

This is the SF Muni system immediately before the United States entered World War II

the state governor ordered a 100-gun salute

in line with the stark High Modernist design style that was just coming into vogue at the time

was simple: fix the subways

Washington, DC streetcar system map, June 1880 atl all of this would eventuallyWashington D. C. was a relatively small city in the 19th century. The federal bureaucracy was still relatively small, and DC was eclipsed in commercial importance by Baltimore and Philadelphia, which had better harbors and transportation connections. Streetcars in this era were still pulled by horses, mules or compact steam engines. There were five competing streetcar companies, as was normal in this period. Printed on Satin finish 80# cover stock 220