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Title
Venice Miniature Railway on Windward Avenue, Venice, California
Date Created and/or Issued
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
People standing near a train at a stop for the Venice Miniature Railway on Windward Avenue in Venice, California. Signs seen on buildings say "Mint cafe - Booths" and "Pacific Southwest Bank." A banner that says "Venice" is strewn across the street.
This is a copy negative (a photograph of another photograph). Title devised by cataloger; date devised by cataloger based on the history of the railroad. The Venice Miniature Railway was commissioned by Abbot Kinney and operated 1906-1924 on a route around Venice. (Source: The Branding Iron, L.A. Corral of Westerners, Fall 1999)
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : film negative ; sheet 10 x 12.5 cm
Identifier
photCL_555
490010
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/16692
Subject
Railroads, Miniature
Railroad passenger cars
Trains
Locomotives
Photographs. (aat)
Place
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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