In 1904 Booth & Flinn completed the streetcar tunnel from what is now Station Square through to the South Hills. That scene is in with our 50th Reunion Class of 1951 photos in the gallery. In 1909 the trolley car system was electrified and there were several branches from the tunnel out to the South Hills and nearby became known as South Hills Junction. This picture was taken round 1917. Before the fancier red and white streetcars, one of which is in the Heinz Western Pennsylvania Museum, you may recall the orange klunkers like I do. I recall some of them had wicker seats that seem to reach into my back with splintery pieces and I think some had floors titling toward the middle of the car? I once heard that Pittsburgh had more trolley cars than any other U.S. city and when they switched to buses many of our trollies ended up in Yugoslavia or Budapest. What's your recollection?/s/jack

If you enter www.smugmug.com/gallery/4306238_LYkoV you should get the eighty-three photos taken. However, if you bookmarked the site from a few days ago the new additions are on that same page.Even if the password block has a bunch of asterisks you may need to delete them and enter the password baldwin
It is easier to view them by clicking on Slide Show near the upper right hand corner where pictures change each three seconds. We added over twenty pictures from the other day. Names of alums attending are on the previous Blog entry, below. The gallery is not set up to put down the names of each person on each picture. If you have any questions then just e-mail me.
In random order the places shown are the thirty acre estate of circus magnate John Ringling with the Mansion, Circus Museum and Art Gallery. We also went eight miles East of I-75 to Myakka State Park and many walked the high-up suspension bridge. Also shown is Selby Botanical Gardens, the Jungle Garden and the four block shopping at St. Armand's Circle. Sarasota is a lovely place./s/jack