Caption: "Model-maker brings the Vineyard... / by Julia Wells"

Handwritten Notes: "Dec. 27, 1976"

"Vineyard Haven - Anyone with an imagination and a bit of Vineyard history tucked into his head can walk down the beach in Oak Bluffs and picture the way it used to look when the open-air trolley rolled along her leisurely tracks." / "It was called the Martha's Vineyard Street Railway Company. Flashes of quaint pictures could click through the mind, like flickers of an old-time movie. Bustle-skirted ladies holding their wide-brimmed hats and gentlemen tapping gold-headed canes pass into the moving picture. The trolley was a distinctive piece of the Vineyard." / "Now it's just another piece of memorabilia recording the early days of a summer resort." / "Although the old trolley may be long forgotten some day, it will never be lost. ..."

Can you identify any people, things, places, or events in this photograph? How about the time period? Or do you know where this photo came from? Email me at cbaer@vineyard.net.

Date: 1976
Location: Vineyard Haven - -
People: Lai, H. Stanton; VanRiper, _____
Keywords: models; model-making; trolleys; Ford jitney; electric cars;