Washington, DC streetcar system map, June 1880 atl and I hope you do

and I hope you do too

with the Link light rail slated for large-scale coverage improvements over the next few decades

My cousin commissioned this map of the old Boston Elevated Railway rapid transit network to put on their wall

the state governor ordered a 100-gun salute

in line with the stark High Modernist design style that was just coming into vogue at the time

Washington, DC streetcar system map, June 1880 atl and I hope you doWashington D. C. was a relatively small city in the 19th century. The federal bureaucracy was still relatively small, and DC was eclipsed in commercial importance by Baltimore and Philadelphia, which had better harbors and transportation connections. Streetcars in this era were still pulled by horses, mules or compact steam engines. There were five competing streetcar companies, as was normal in this period. Printed on Satin finish 80# cover stock 220