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Manufacturer The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd.

"Post Office, Corner Wortley Road and Askin Street, London South, Ont., Canada"

Date1912
Dimensions8.8 x 13.7 cm
Credit LineGift of Mrs. H.G. Thompson, 1980.
Object number1980.050.018
Label TextA streetcar and tracks can be seen in this postcard. Trams lined downtown, operated by the London Street Railway. The public transportation system was essential to bringing business to the downtown core. The streetcars operated until 1940 when diesel buses were introduced to offset winter operation issues occurrIng with the trams.
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