A divided-back postcard shows the Colonial Inn streetcar station in West Haven; the card was postmarked in 1912.
Evidence, credit & reuse: Public domain in the United States; Commons PD-US-expired / PD-scan. Source locates the viewpoint at 41.242626, -72.972672. This is West Haven, not East Haven. Source is an item-specific postcard scan from eBay 125715532928, preserved on Commons. Proportionally resized JPEG scan; no historical content added, retouched or removed.
Source: Unknown photographer and postcard publisher; Wikimedia Commons, scan of historical postcard
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A divided-back postcard shows the Colonial Inn streetcar station in West Haven; the card was postmarked in 1912. A small shelter and trackside waiting area show the local infrastructure behind coastal trolley excursions.
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Silent Grounds Collective, New Haven & West Haven Trolleys, SGC-TR-019, TR-007, “Colonial Inn station, West Haven.” Source: Unknown photographer and postcard publisher; Wikimedia Commons, scan of historical postcard. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonial_Inn_streetcar_station_in_West_Haven_-_1912_postcard.jpg. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-08.