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[Wisconsin: Models, Transportation] East & West End Line: Church Hill and New Reservoir Park, 30 / W.P.A. State Wide Visual Aid Project, Wisconsin.
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| Creator/Author/Corporate Author | Wisconsin, Visual-Aids Project |
| Title | [Wisconsin: Models, Transportation] East & West End Line: Church Hill and New Reservoir Park, 30 / W.P.A. State Wide Visual Aid Project, Wisconsin. |
| Contributor/s | Work Projects Administration |
| Alternative Title | Church Hill and New Reservoir Park, 30, East & West End Line |
| Edition | Unknown |
| Publisher/Producer | WI: Wisconsin W.P.A. Visual-Aids Project |
| Date | [between 1935 and 1943] |
| Physical description | 1 model (trolley car); painted wood, metal, string, plastic; 18 x 28.5 x 8 cm. |
| Format | Transportation model |
| Notes | "W.P.A. State Wide Visual Aid Project, Wisconsin" – stamped on bottom of model. |
| Abstract/Summary | The Wisconsin Visual-aids Project created a series of scale transportation models for classroom use. The wooden model was based on an actual electric trolley used in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond had the first successful electrically powered trolley system in the United States. Designed by Frank J. Sprague, the trolley system opened its first line in 1888 and stopped running in 1949. Buses took over the routes once run by the trolley system. |
| Provenance | Wisconsin |
| Subject | Street-railroads -- Virginia - - Richmond. Trolley buses -- -- Virginia - - Richmond. Transportation models -- Specimens. WPA. |
| Call Number | MODELS (TRANSPORTATION) WPA-WI-VAP-6 |
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