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Last horse-drawn street car in Boston
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[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]
This 1917 photograph depicts the last horse-drawn street car in Boston in front of Old South Church on Dartmouth Street. Horsecars dominated the city's streets for close to 40 years, but were gradually replaced with electric lines.