Interurban car and conductors, c. 1911

dc.coverage.temporal	Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1911	en_US
dc.identifier.other	LPC-030-052-004	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/12462
dc.description	Postcard showing an interurban car and conductors, labeled [illegible] in E.W. 615, c. 1911. Interurbans were electric light railroads which connected all of the major cities in Michigan from the 1890's into the 1930's when they were phased out due to increased use of automobiles. In the countryside the electric cars were powered by a third rail system and in the cities generally by overhead electric wires. Written on back: To Mother Aug. 31.1911 Dear Mother as I have been sick was taken sick last Saturday night about 2 o.c. with a pain in my rite side and it stuck to me until Monday before it let up. we had to freeze the pain out with ice. it was grave, in the kidney I tell you I never had a pain before in my life compared with it. I feel better now but am weak but think I will come all rite if it does not come back again. outside of my trouble are all feeling pretty well. Elnore Swartz	en_US
dc.format.medium	b&w postcard	en_US
dc.language.iso	En	en_US
dc.subject	Transportation - Interurbans	en_US
dc.subject	Grand Trunk Railroad, Michigan Central Railroad, Train Wrecks	en_US
dc.title	Interurban car and conductors, c. 1911	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US