Open cars like 923 (pictured here carrying museum visitors) used to transport summer crowds to beaches, picnics, and parks in the pre-automobile age. In New Haven the big open trolleys handled swarms of football fans to Yale Bown every fall until 1947. Schedule of Trolley Operation for Visitors: July and August - every day; June and September - Saturday & Sunday; April, May, October, November - Sunday afternoons.
Item Type: Postcard - Printed, Chrome
Photographer: The News, New York
Printer: Dexter Press, Inc. (West Nyack, NY)
Publisher: John Stern (New York, NY)
Location: Branford, Connecticut
Date:
Postmark: Not postally used.
Subject, Business: The Branford Electric Railway Association, Inc.
Item Owner: Matthew D. Cosgro
NCS Collection ID: 9304005667
Added: 4/30/2022