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- Creators: McLaughlin, Dorothy, 1912-2005
- Creators: Smith, Joseph Nelson, 1901-1980
- Member of: Greater Arizona Collection
ContributorsMcLaughlin, Dorothy, 1912-2005 (Photographer) / McLaughlin, Herb, 1918-1991 (Photographer) / McCulloch Bros. (Contributor)
Created1970
ContributorsFleming, Lawrence J., 1932- (Interviewer) / Smith, Joseph Nelson, 1901-1980 (Interviewee)
Created1972 (year uncertain)
Description
Joseph Smith started working as a motorman on the Phoenix Street Railway in October of 1926 and retired in 1956. In this interview, Smith and Fleming discuss the Phoenix Street Railway's development, the types of cars employed, the track used, individual routes, maintenance issues, and working conditions for Railway employees. Smith also reflects on Phoenix's development, including "millionaire's row," the growth of residential neighborhoods, canals, and businesses.
ContributorsFleming, Lawrence J., 1932- (Interviewer) / Smith, Joseph Nelson, 1901-1980 (Interviewee)
Created1972 (year uncertain)
Description
Smith and Fleming discuss the Railway's development, including the expansion of routes in central Phoenix, the Kenilworth line, the Washington Street line, and the Glendale line; the quality, laying, maintenance, and sale of track used on the Railway; the types of cars employed, the methods of their operation, their braking systems and bells, and their individual eccentricities; various of Smith's colleagues; and anecdotes regarding a dog who slept in a trolley car's cog wheel and citizens taking cars on the Washington line on joyrides. Smith also reflects on Phoenix's development, including "millionaire's row," the growth of residential neighborhoods, canals, and businesses.
ContributorsFleming, Lawrence J., 1932- (Interviewer) / Smith, Joseph Nelson, 1901-1980 (Interviewee)
Created1972 (year uncertain)
Description
Smith and Fleming discuss the cars used on the Railway, including their colors, fare boxes, electric bells, and logistical aspects of their operation; specific Railway lines, including the Kenilworth line, the Hollywood line, a loop running to Eastlake Park, and Stout's siding; rules motormen were expected to follow and the organization of a union in 1913; scheduling and use of multiple cars on a single line; acquisition of new streetcars for the Railway system; maintenance of the Railway system, including lowering tracks on Adams Street; logos and marketing slogans; and various of Smith's colleagues. Smith also mentions Phoenix's Mexican, Chinese, and Black communities.
ContributorsMcLaughlin, Dorothy, 1912-2005 (Photographer) / McLaughlin, Herb, 1918-1991 (Photographer) / McCulloch Bros. (Contributor)
Created1970
ContributorsMcLaughlin, Dorothy, 1912-2005 (Photographer) / McLaughlin, Herb, 1918-1991 (Photographer) / McCulloch Bros. (Contributor)
Created1970
ContributorsMcLaughlin, Dorothy, 1912-2005 (Photographer) / McLaughlin, Herb, 1918-1991 (Photographer) / McCulloch Bros. (Contributor)
Created1970
ContributorsMcLaughlin, Dorothy, 1912-2005 (Photographer) / McLaughlin, Herb, 1918-1991 (Photographer) / McCulloch Bros. (Contributor)
Created1970
ContributorsMcLaughlin, Dorothy, 1912-2005 (Photographer) / McLaughlin, Herb, 1918-1991 (Photographer) / McCulloch Bros. (Contributor)
Created1970
ContributorsMcLaughlin, Dorothy, 1912-2005 (Photographer) / McLaughlin, Herb, 1918-1991 (Photographer) / McCulloch Bros. (Contributor)
Created1970