This is a phantom streetcar. Board at your own risk, because you never know where it could take you. It reminds me of the title of Buñuel &#...

Trams have been operating in Frankfurt since 1872.  The tram system is alive and well and integrated with light rail (U-Bahn), suburban rail...

Electric trams had been around for about five years when Dr. Bine sent this card to his sister Marie. Decades later, I would board a streetc...

This unassuming card is special in a couple of ways. For one thing it is a very early card, sent in 1899, and showing an electric tram.  Alt...

This card is so rich with detail, good views of the trams, but also people going about their business, a coffee-roasting business, an auto-m...

Recently I posted another card that was sent to Gillita Workman. We know that she worked in the book department at Bullocks in Los Angeles....

These early views of Berlin show many forms of transportation, including horse-drawn trams, buggies, and carts, a stunning omnibus, and some...

These two Easter cards were both sent to Trinchen von Oesen, the German maid featured in last Saturday's post. The first card was ...

One of the things that's so wonderful about postcards as documents of social history is that people of every economic and social status ...

Here is a photo of my mother (on the left) with her Scottish terrier Bluebell and her best friend Audrey. They even have matching pants! The...

This opera house, now known as Staatsoper Unter den Linden , was destroyed not once, not twice, but three times, only to emerge each time li...

The grand old Frankfurt Opera House still stands, although it is now known as the Old Opera, having been replaced by a newer building. The o...