Tonight’s show is presented by veteran traction photographer and returning speaker Clark Frazier. His show, United States and Canada Streetcars and Interurbans Tour, gives an overview of 35 electric street railway and interurban operations in the United States and Canada between 1956 and 1963.
Clark started photographing Municipal Railway, Key System and Sacramento Northern operations in 1956. Between 1958 and 1963, he visited and photographed many of the remaining streetcar and interurban system still operating in the United States and Canada. Systems highlighted among the 35 systems covered tonight include Boston, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Thorold, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Johnstown, Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, El Paso, Los Angeles.
A native of central California, Clark graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a master of science degree in transportation but spent most of his career in the field of information technology. He started taking color slides in 1956 and continued to do so until 2000. He has traveled extensively in North, Central and South America as well as Europe and Asia.
