"Modern" streetcars arrive in Grand Rapids, MI 1926

This is a promotional video for the Grand Rapids Railway Company, whose aim was "to make your service the best in the United States." They succeeded for a while, building an advanced urban transit system for the era that was eventually dismantled. This PR video, however, could use Charlie Chaplin and the City Lights Orchestra.



(via @StreetcarGR. Also, hat tip to the Grand Rapids Historical Commission and the Grand Rapids Public Library)