One of the paintings we have at home, hanging close to the fireplace in the kitchen, is this motive "From Vognmannsgaten Oslo". The painter is unknown to us, but a very nice image and has been together with us close to 40 years. We believe it has been painted between the two world wars in previous century.
Yesterday at City Hall Square we found an old tram with the sign to "Vognmannsgata" (which prior to 1874 was named Lille Vognmannsgate). The street was located at Vaterland behind Oslo Central Station, where we today have Oslo Plaza Hotel and Spectrum scene.
Another tram with number 96 travelled between Stortorvet (Central Oslo) and Rodeløkken (Oslo Inner East), which in today´s terminology would be called Trondhjemsveien (Sinsen-trikken),
When the tram turned to the west again, the sign "Bygdø" was on the front and we would today call it "Kolsåsbanen" or "Jar-trikken".
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