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Street scene with trolley cars, Worcester, Massachusetts, circa 1906

Subjects
Streetcars & TrolleysStreet ScenesTown & City Views
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1902 (Early)
Front of Street scene with trolley cars, Worcester, Massachusetts, circa 1906, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
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Back of Street scene with trolley cars, Worcester, Massachusetts, circa 1906, c. 1902 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. Aug 1910. I should like to see you this evening morning. Yours Mildred.

PublisherHugh C. Leighton Co.
Street Scene, Worcester, Mass. --- Post Card THE HUGH C. LEIGHTON CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME., U.S.A. PRINTED IN FRANKFORT O/MAIN, GERMANY. No. 1586. THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS
PostmarkedMarch 1, 1908
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte Hassett

Sparhawk St., Amesbury, Mass.

From21 Green St., Worcester, Mass.

Postcard record

Postmarked
PublisherHugh C. Leighton Co.
ConditionFair
Place depictedWorcester, MA
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: WESTMINSTER MASS MAR 1 1908. 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, Massachusetts, circa 1906, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/street-scene-with-trolley-cars-worcester-massachusetts-circa. Accessed October 24, 2026.