I've always said if I could go back in time and spend a day with one person it would be my paternal grandfather who died in 1952, 8 years before I was born. He was said to be surly and ill tempered and had a penchant for dangerous vocations but I figure he would have softened up some for his grandson ;-) Among other things he served in WWI in both the Calvary and as a pilot in the US Army Air Corps. In the 1930's he was a motorcycle cop in Newark, NJ during a time when they were killed or injured with some regularity. He was assigned to provide escort for a dignitary aboard the Hindenburg and was at Lakehurst when it crashed and burned. He built his retirement cottage on Barnegat Bay at the Jersey Shore by himself from the ground up and spent his final years deep sea fishing in the Atlantic. The stories he could tell must have been endless.
Another job he had, which I only just discovered, was as a street car operator or conductor or something related. My sister recently found this photo in a box of my late father's possessions.
That's my grandfather on the left resting his foot on the head of a co-worker. I can only assume this was before his career on the police force and he looks fairly young so I'd say just after the war in the mid to late 20's. I'm guessing the photo was taken in Newark where he lived.
I'm hoping one of of the experts on board here can identify the type of trolley and possibly add some information.
Thanks in advance.
