A Lorain Street Railway trolley car in front of the LSR train station in downtown Lorain, Ohio c. 1890s

c. 1890s / Downtown Lorain
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A Lorain Street Railway streetcar is parked in front of the LSR train station on West Erie Avenue near Broadway Avenue.

Two employees of the Lorain Street Railway can be seen flanking the streetcar: the conductor/driver on the left, a maintenance employee on the right.

Hanging from the station storefront is a sign for a veterinary surgeon (Dr. G.W. Oden). On the right of the photo is Bert Conn's harness shop. Visible on the back right of the photo is Wickens Funeral Chapel.

The photographer is unknown. The date of the photograph is likely from the 1890s.

~ Doane Collection of the Lorain Public Library System, “A Lorain Street Railway trolley car in front of the LSR train station in downtown Lorain, Ohio c. 1890s,” Lorain County Memory, accessed March 25, 2026, https://loraincountymemory.org/items/show/2655.

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A Lorain Street Railway trolley car in front of the LSR train station in downtown Lorain, Ohio c. 1890s

Description

A Lorain Street Railway streetcar is parked in front of the LSR train station on West Erie Avenue near Broadway Avenue.

Two employees of the Lorain Street Railway can be seen flanking the streetcar: the conductor/driver on the left, a maintenance employee on the right.

Hanging from the station storefront is a sign for a veterinary surgeon (Dr. G.W. Oden). On the right of the photo is Bert Conn's harness shop. Visible on the back right of the photo is Wickens Funeral Chapel.

The photographer is unknown. The date of the photograph is likely from the 1890s.

Publisher

Albert Doane
Lorain Public Library System

Date

c. 1890s

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English

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