Philadelphia Transportation Company Route 2 Streetcar 1912 Photo 3 x 4

This photograph, dated 1912 in faint handwritten script on the reverse, documents Philadelphia streetcar no. 6045 operating on Route 2 along a cobblestone city street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

During the early 1910s, electric streetcars formed the essential framework of daily transportation across Philadelphia’s expanding neighborhoods. The image features a single-ended trolley car with tall rectangular windows, clerestory roof profile, roof-mounted trolley pole, and prominent Route 2 destination signage. Brick industrial buildings and embedded rail tracks situate the car within a working urban corridor typical of pre-World War I transit infrastructure.

Car number 6045 is clearly visible on the front panel, and the side route board confirms Route 2 service. Structural details such as the headlamp housing, front dash trim, underframe components, and overhead wire alignment are sharply rendered. The reverse bears period handwriting referencing Philadelphia and a lightly written 1912 date that is present but easy to overlook due to its faint and informal script.

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