Fifth Avenue bus
A Fifth Avenue bus in New York City in 1900 was a large carriage drawn by two horses.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1900
Your TR Source
Local transit
The tortures of Father Knickerbocker-Tantalus
Print shows Father Knickerbocker, a symbolic figure for New York City, bound to a stone wall labeled “Ring Rule” by chains labeled “Partisanship,” tempted by a bunch of grapes labeled “Rapid Transit” hanging on a vine that is just out of reach.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1899-04-26