Manhattan Trolley Car, Original Drawing. Executed ca. 1890
Graphite on paper
Unknown artist
4 x 9 inches
Very good condition.
Fine old drawing of a Manhattan Street Car Company trolley car done by the hand of (we think) an 11-year-old boy from Maine in the late 1880's or early 1890's.
$350.00
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