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Looking south on Jefferson Street. Signs for Jefferson Cafe, Jefferson Hotel and Hotel Colonial line the left side of the street. Signs for Rex Taylor's and the Patrick Henry Hotel are visible on the right side of the street.

Looking West on Campbell Avenue.

Intersection of Jefferson Street and Campbell Avenue. Sign for Rialto Theater visible on right. The Rialto was known for showing westerns.

Looking north of Jefferson Street from Campbell Avenue at crowd gathered for Roanoke Fair.

Unidentified man stands next to a streetcar on Jefferson Street.

Two unidentified employees of Roanoke Railway and Electric stand atop a streetcar at terminal.

Looking east on Campbell Avenue at the intersection with Jefferson Street.

Looking south on Grandin Road from the 1700 block.

"Trolley car crossing stream near Roanoke, Virginia."

Looking east on Campbell Avenue from the 1st Street intersection. S.H. Heironimus and Company visible at left. Its location was 37-39 Campbell.

Aerial view of Roanoke Railway & Electric Company's power station, substation, car barn and shops.

Aerial view of Roanoke Railway & Electric Company's power station, substation, car barn and shops.

Looking south on Jefferson Street from the Campbell Avenue intersection.

Unidentified employees of Lynchburg Traction & Light Company in front of the "streetcar barn". Lynchburg Traction & Light Company was the predescessor to the Lynchburg Division of Appalachian Power.

A bird's-eye view of Downtown Roanoke at Jefferson Street looking toward Mill Mountain. The St. James Hotel is visible in the foreground. At right can be seen the Terry Building.

Looking north on Jefferson Street at the Campbell Avenue Intersection. The Didier Grocers building at right, in earlier days, housed the street railway offices and provided a waiting room for the cars. In the middle of Jefferson Street, a horsecar…

Passengers board and disembark streetcars on 9th Street SE near American Viscose.

Roanoke Railway & Electric steam dummy Number 2, Carrie, with a Roanoke and Salem coach attached is shown, reportedly on its maiden run in 1890.

Brill car Number 44 after a collision with a Virginian Railway locomotive under the Walnut Avenue bridge.

Another view of Brill car Number 44 after a collision with a Virginian Railway locomotive under the Walnut Avenue Bridge.

A streetcar travels along Campbell Avenue near the intersection with Jefferson Street. Terry Building visible at right.

Motorman Homer Turner poses with Car 45 under the Walnut Avenue Bridge. Car 45 served the Belmont/9th Street/West End line.

A streetcar coming from American Viscose turns left onto Jamison Avenue from 9th Street, SE, en route to West End.

Car 52 on Grandin Road near Westover Avenue, SW.

Looking east on Campbell Avenue from intersection with Jefferson Street.

Streetcar tracks on the 700 block of Memorial Avenue.

Unidentified streetcar employees pose next to a streetcar in Richmond. Destination sign reads Oakwood and Broad Street.

Unidentified streetcar employees pose next to a streetcar. Location unknown.

Streetcar #47 on Grandin Road. This was the last streetcar to run in Roanoke.

Crowds bustle at the corner of Jefferson Street and Campbell Avenue.
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