Crosswalk on Cornhill and Maplewood streetcar, April
1897 Boston, United States
A streetcar crosses the intersection of Cornhill and Maplewood in Boston in this photograph from April 1897, capturing the electric trolley network that had recently replaced horse-drawn transit in many American cities of the period.
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