Foundation of Morgantown Post Office, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1913
Description:
Construction workers of West Virginia Traction and Electric Company working on the foundation at the site for the Morgantown Post Office, at the corner of Kirk and High Streets in Morgantown, West Virginia. There is a streetcar in the background; Mrs. George C. Sturgiss took this photo from her two-story residence.
Summer Car Number 4, West Virginia Traction and Electric Company, Morgantown, W. Va .
Date:
1919/07/14
Description:
'Summer Car Number 4, West Virginia Traction and Electric Company. Taken at curve, Falling Run Road, July 4, 1919. Left to right: John Sweitzer, Morgantown, Clara E. Mills, Passenger, and Harry F. Mills, conductor.'
'Around 1910, High Street is brick-paved, trolleys are in evidence, and Bell Telephone is advertising a public phone at the Odd Fellows building. Hirschman's Clothiers sports an elaborate cast-iron facade.'
A horse and buggy and a streetcar are driving down High Street near Hirschmans Store. They are near the intersection of Walnut and High Street in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Traffic on High Street near the Court House (which is out of sight on left) in Morgantown, West Virginia. A horse-drawn carriage is followed by a trolley heading to a department store and the Court House.
South Morgantown Traction Company Street Car, Morgantown, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1906
Description:
The street car was used as a form of transportation for the citizens of Morgantown in 1906. After thirteen years, these cars became unpopular because of the use of buses.
Postcard of High Street in Morgantown, West Virginia. People are walking on the sidewalks of High Street while a trolley is heading toward South High Street and a horse-drane carriage is parked near an unidentified store.
South Morgantown Traction Car, Number 100, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
A conductor poses with his streetcar, South Morgantown Traction Car, Number 100, at the south end of University Avenue bridge in Morgantown, West Virginia.