The “Semi-Convertible” Streetcar — 1907
by Paula Bosse
EXTRA long… (click for larger image of car)
by Paula Bosse
Ah, the “grooveless-post semi-convertible” streetcar with the “extra long platforms,” the cherry and maple interior, the domed ceiling, and the clusters of frosted globes. Sounds nice.
“Interior of Car for Dallas” (click for larger image)
Dallas Morning News, Aug. 29, 1907
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Photos from Street Railway Journal, April 6, 1907; original article can be accessed here. Above scans from an old eBay listing.
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Flashback : Dallas 
What historic information. I never knew these existed or if I did I had forgotten these compared to the regular street cars that I do remember. Thanks for the great post Paula!
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McKinney Avenue Transit’s streetcar No. 122 (Rosie) is a single truck semi-convertible.
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Thanks, Andy! I just looked that up. Here’s the Rosie listing from Wikipedia, with photo: http://bit.ly/1Nwlr35
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My great-great-grandfather Robert Bruce Kelly was ran over buy a South Belt car on Lamar Street in 1908 it was Front Page News at the time I’ve been doing research and I have photograph of the car and the location and two of the articles I found out this information after I been a motor man 4 McKinney Avenue Transit Authority and drove the exact same type of car on the exact same line but had no knowledge of my great-grandfather’s history
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Wow!
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