Philadelphia Transportation Company Trolley Bus August 1966 Photo 3.5 x 5

This August 1966 photograph documents a Philadelphia Transportation Company trolley bus operating on city streets during the final decade of large-scale electric surface transit in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Transportation Company, predecessor to SEPTA, operated an extensive network of trolley coaches that drew power from overhead wires while running on rubber tires. By the mid-1960s many urban systems were reassessing electric bus lines amid shifting infrastructure priorities, making late PTC-era images an important record of transitional public transit history.

The image shows a streamlined trolley bus paused along a brick commercial-residential block, its twin trolley poles connected to overhead wire. Period storefronts and row buildings frame the street, and the bus body features the horizontal ribbed styling typical of mid-century electric coaches. The upper margin is dated Aug 66, and the reverse is stamped Philadelphia Transportation Co., confirming operator identification.

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