Streetcar Track Layers

African-American workers laying streetcar tracks in the 600 block of Main Street, Little Rock (Pulaski County); 1910. Hollenberg Music Company can be seen behind the workers.

Black railroad workers stand on tracks downtown in perpendicular groups of four holding picks and hammers

Courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives

Media

Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

Category

Cities and Towns / Counties, Cities, and Towns / Pulaski

Type

Group

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Male

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