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Street scene with trolley cars, Worcester, Mass., 1906

Subjects
Streetcars & TrolleysStreet ScenesTown & City Views
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1906 (Early)
Front of Street scene with trolley cars, Worcester, Mass., 1906, c. 1906 lithograph postcard
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Back of Street scene with trolley cars, Worcester, Mass., 1906, c. 1906 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A tinted view down a busy commercial street in Worcester, Massachusetts, with two open-platform electric trolley cars meeting on the tracks while pedestrians, a horse-drawn wagon and shopfronts line the left side; a tree-lined green with a monument opens on the right. The corner buildings, awnings and signboards reflect the dense downtown retail district of a New England industrial city in the first decade of the twentieth century, when street railways were the principal means of moving workers and shoppers through the center.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Worcester, Mass. March 20, 1906. I would like to see you this snowy morning. Yours Mildred.

PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Street Scene, Worcester, Mass.
PostmarkedWorcester, MA, March 21, 1906
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Hassett

Sparhawk St. Amesbury, MA

From21 Greenl[illegible] St., Worcester, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Worcester, MA
PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
ConditionFair
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Hassett, Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA
Place depictedWorcester, MA
Place sent from21 Greenl[illegible] St., Worcester, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp10c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesWide white margin at right used for the handwritten message; handwriting on front; light edge wear and a few surface marks. Postmark: WORCESTER, MASS. MAR 21 1906. Undivided back; German-printed color litho (Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME, No. 1586). Creases at right edge, corner wear, foxing/stain spots.

Cite this card

Street scene with trolley cars, Worcester, Mass., 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/street-scene-with-trolley-cars-worcester-mass-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.