Warren Library Association - Historic Photographs

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An archive of over 300 digital images from the library's Historic Warren Photograph Collection.
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Horse-drawn streetcar (1873)
Horse-drawn streetcar (1873)
Street railroads, Horse railroads
A view west on Pennsylvania Avenue (then Water Street) in 1873 just east of Hickory Street. A horse-drawn streetcar turns east into Second Avenue, heading for the terminus at Second Avenue and East Street. Note the unpaved streets with wooden plank crosswalks.
Intersection of Liberty Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (1880)
Intersection of Liberty Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (1880)
Hotels, Street railroads
Liberty Street at Water Street (now Pennsylvania Avenue West) looking north about 1908. The New Struthers Hotel, built in 1880 and first known as the Warren Hotel, is now occupied by a Northwest Savings Bank office building constructed in 2004. Note the open Warren Street Railway car and the Warren-Jamestown car, on Liberty Street.
Liberty Street and Pennsylvania Avenue: New Struthers Hotel (1880)
Liberty Street and Pennsylvania Avenue: New Struthers Hotel (1880)
Hotels, Streets, Street railroads
The New Struthers Hotel (ex-Warren Hotel) at the northeast corner of Liberty Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Built in 1880, this structure was razed in 2003 to make way for a new Northwest Savings Bank building. Picture circa 1910.
Market Street looking North (circa 1910)
Market Street looking North (circa 1910)
Churches, Street railroads
Looking north up Market Street from Third Avenue. First Presbyterian church at right. An early open streetcar at center. Photo by Charles Chase ca 1910.
Warren and Jamestown Street Railway Car 50 (1906)
Warren and Jamestown Street Railway Car 50 (1906)
Street railroads, People, Automobiles, Carts and wagons
Warren and Jamestown Street Railway baggage car #50 on Main Street in Russell, 1906. Joe Chase is walking east across the street and beyond him are both a wagon team and an early highwheeled auto.
Warren-Jamestown Street Railway Co Passenger and Baggage Car at Liberty Street (circa 1906)
Warren-Jamestown Street Railway Co Passenger and Baggage Car at Liberty Street (circa 1906)
Department stores, Street railroads, People
Smith's department store, later Levinson department store and then Janick's department store, now part of Northwest Savings Bank office complex. Warren-Jamestown Street Railway passenger car--trolley--and baggage car at the terminal, foot of Liberty Street, about 1906. Dunham's Pharmacy was in the Allen Block, now (2006) the site of headquarters of Northwest Savings Bank. This is the intersection of Liberty Street and Second Avenue.
Warren-Jamestown Streetcar 51 (circa 1905)
Warren-Jamestown Streetcar 51 (circa 1905)
Street railroads
Warren-Jamestown streetcar #51 heading north at the north Warren station ca 1905. Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad tracks are at left. The streetcar right-of-way is now (2004) occupied by highway 62.
Warren Savings Bank Building (1910)
Warren Savings Bank Building (1910)
Banks, Street railroads
The Warren Savings Bank building at Pennsylvania and Second Avenue in 1910 or slightly later. Note streetcar disappearing from view at far right.
Warren-Sheffield streetcar at the Glade Bridge (circa 1915)
Warren-Sheffield streetcar at the Glade Bridge (circa 1915)
Illustrations, Street railroads
Warren-Sheffield streetcar exiting the Glade bridge en route to the Sheffield terminus ca 1915.
Warren-Sheffield Streetcar on Glade Bridge (circa 1905)
Warren-Sheffield Streetcar on Glade Bridge (circa 1905)
Street railroads, Bridges
A Warren-Sheffield streetcar on the Glade bridge, ca 1905. This line operated from 1903 to 1928.
Warren-Sheffield Streetcar Overhead (circa 1908)
Warren-Sheffield Streetcar Overhead (circa 1908)
Street railroads, Hotels, Bridges, Leather industry
The Warren-Sheffield streetcar overhead is the centerpiece in this ca 1908 view north across the Allegheny River. Framing the bridge are the Warren tannery, left, and the Allegheny Hotel. Necolai K. Wendelboe Sr. stands on the tracks.