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Title
Retired and lonesome
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Steele, Bob
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1954
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated June 30, 1954 reads "Retired and lonesome - This early-day streetcar awaits the demolition crew, seemingly with an air of being retired, but also lonesome. Behind it can be seen part of a set, supposedly used in a western thriller."; See images #00126164 through #00126169 and #00034834 for all photos in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00126165
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d031_f12_i31
CARL0005432808
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/58277
Subject
RKO Radio Pictures
Motion pictures--Setting and scenery--California--Los Angeles
Electric railroads--Cars--California--Los Angeles
Wooden fronts (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Construction and demolition debris--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles
Weeds--California--Los Angeles
Encino (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Cityscape photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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