The Baldwin-Whitehall Patch has partnered with the Baldwin Historical Society to bring you a weekly trivia question that delves into our area's colorful past.
and Patty Woehler, co-presidents of the society, generously write the questions and provide the pictures.
Here is this week's question:
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In 1912, a jitney service was available in the then-Baldwin Township area.
John Lachman started a bus line from the Globe Hotel to the Bruceton Hotel, enabling workers to reach mines. At that period of time, the local streetcar line ended at the Globe Hotel.
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The jitney service was called the Auto Transfer Bus, and soon, the company had to put another bus to work.
This picture (on the right) of a driver and passengers was taken around 1920.
On which road (picture on the left) did this jitney travel?
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