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A horse-drawn stagecoach transports passengers on State Street in Carthage

An early taxi in Carthage

A horse-drawn coach, which served as a taxi to deliver people from the train station to the businesses on State Street, is pictured here in the middle of an unpaved State Street. Circa 1880. Carthage, NY. From the Bob Blondin Collection in the Town of Champion Archives.

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