Memphis Street Railway Co. streetcar system map, January 1945 Size:24x36 In the late 2000s

In the late 2000s

backed by the horse-pulled streetcar companies

all of this would eventually be eliminated and replaced with buses

as it was in the days when you could take a streetcar from Santa Monica to Riverside

bought a billboard in Times Square

Memphis Street Railway Co. streetcar system map, January 1945 Size:24x36 In the late 2000sMemphis used to have a much more extensive rail system than the one that exists today. As late as World War II, most of the old City of Memphis had an extensive streetcar system, supplemented by trolleybuses. This is before surburbanization and the highway era made the mid South boom, and Memphis became the city characterized by its modern suburban sprawl. Designed in New York, printed in Nashville, Tennessee. Printed on Satin finish 80# cover stock