Dallas streetcar system and connecting interurbans map print, 1919 Size:12x16 My cousin commissioned this map

My cousin commissioned this map of the old Boston Elevated Railway rapid transit network to put on their wall

very large poster

I came across a completely different curiosity: Detroit's ill-fated 1918 subway plan

I was going for a period-correct look

This network survived well into the 20th century

Dallas streetcar system and connecting interurbans map print, 1919 Size:12x16 My cousin commissioned this mapDallas had the largest streetcar system in Texas during the interwar period. I drew a map of the system near its height in 1919. In addition to the local streetcar system, the interurban system covered an area substantially larger than the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex is today, going as far as Waco, 80 miles away. This system, like most other streetcar systems in the United States, was eventually dismantled, though some parts of the system survived