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- Statements of responsibility: Taken by a Halifax transit aficionado (possibly Fred Steeves) for the collection of Douglas Parker, streetcar historian
- Attributions and conjectures: Details about the cars, routes, and Operators supplied by Don Artz, transit historian.
- Source of title proper: Title supplied by archivist.
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[194?] (Creation)
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Physical description
28 photographs (b&w negatives )63.5 mm × 108 mm (2.5" × 4.25") (size 616)
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Scope and content
Collection consists of photographs of Halifax trams (also called Birneys or streetcars) of the Nova Scotia Light and Power Co. who operated Halifax's transit system. Images show operators, car barns, passengers, street-scapes and billboards. Streetcars include numbers 5, 6, 7, 76, 100, 101, 109, 110, 117, 119, 129, 130, 134 (running the #5 Forum line), 135 (Oxford and Armdale lines at the Oxford Theatre stop), 138, 140, 141, 142, 148, 152, 158 (Buckingham St. line), 159, 160 (Agricola - South Park line), 161 and 162 at the No. 2 car barn, 173, 175 at the Nova Scotian Hotel, 176 with Operator changing poles at the end of the lne.
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Arrangement
Collector arranged photographs by car number.