Streetcar, Richmond
(Accession number: 2000.186.586.b)

Questions for classroom discussion

1. How much does it cost to ride this streetcar?
2. How many people are in the picture? Describe them, and tell why you think they are in this picture?
3. What might happen next in this picture? Why do you say that?
4. What chapter in your textbook would this picture belong in?
5. The electric streetcar replaced horse-drawn trolleys. In what ways is the electric streetcar better than the horse-drawn trolley? In what ways is the trolley better?
6. Later in the 20th century, cars and buses replaced streetcars in many cities. In what ways are cars and buses better than electric streetcars? In what ways are streetcars better?

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