Georgia Ave. Video circa 1950
"The
Trolley ran up Georgia Ave, Georgia Ave was the "turn around" point for
the
Liberty Ave. Trolley line, and it was also the route to the "Trolley
Barn"
which later became the TA's Garage for the buses.In the 40's they pulled up the tracks and "Trolley Buses" ran the route
for
a couple of years, (they had to connect to the overhead electric lines
for
power, which was a problem when the connector jumped the line.) By the
late
40's and 50's the electric lines were taken down and regular bus
traffic
took over." -Mary Cornell
The video is a black and white 8mm movie looking north along Georgia Ave. between Liberty and Atlantic around 1950 probably Easter time.It runs for about 30 seconds and is approximately 10 MB. Clicking on the link will launch your Windows Media Player ; it will take about
30 seconds to begin if you have DSL quality bandwidth. It has not been tested with
dialup access. Note: There is no sound!! Windows Media Player 10 displays the video as it
downloads, which can be slow or choppy.Simply hit the play button after downloading to
see it run at normal speed.
Click
here to launch.
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