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Revisiting Streetcar Life in Washington, DC: A Look Back at Life in 1943

Published August 4, 2022

What was it like riding the streetcars of Washington on the 1940s? Take a look at this series of great old photos.

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Here is another image from 1943.

Washington, D.C. Miss Frances Lewis, the motorman of a two-man streetcar

Source: Library of Congress

Pages: 1234567

Posted in Faces & Places of Yesterday
and tagged 1930s, 1940s, streetcars

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