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Word: trolleyman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...York Daily News revealed that four streetcars in Scranton, Pa. are painted dark ivory with blue trim, bear the legend "Designed by Florenz Ziegfeld." Officials of the railway explained that the innovation grew out of a magazine article by Showman Ziegfeld criticizing the drabness of streetcars. Later, at a trolleyman's conference in Manhattan Showman Ziegfeld was invited to submit color schemes, of which the ivory & blue was accepted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 13, 1932 | 6/13/1932 | See Source »

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