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Vue de L'eau streetcar station
People on the porch of the Vue de L'eau streetcar station, on the cliffs at the end of Garfield Avenue (now Woodrow Avenue). An electric streetcar is visible behind the station. The station was established in 1891 as an "observatory, cliff house, waiting station and depot" (Clark. p. 389) to promote the Santa Cruz, Garfield Park and Capitola Electric Railway streetcar line.
Source of information: Notes on back of photo
McCaleb pp. 39-41
Clark p. 389
Date Created and/or Issued
ca. 1894
Publication Information
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Contributing Institution
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Collection
Photo Collection
Rights Information
This photograph/postcard is the property of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries, California.
Restrictions on Use
Description
People on the porch of the Vue de L'eau streetcar station, on the cliffs at the end of Garfield Avenue (now Woodrow Avenue). An electric streetcar is visible behind the station. The station was established in 1891 as an "observatory, cliff house, waiting station and depot" (Clark. p. 389) to promote the Santa Cruz, Garfield Park and Capitola Electric Railway streetcar line.
Source of information: Notes on back of photo
McCaleb pp. 39-41
Clark p. 389
Type
image
Format
Image
Identifier
LH-0424
Language
English
Subject
Vue de L'eau
Streetcars
Santa Cruz, Garfield Park and Capitola Electric Railway
Time Period
1890s
Place
Santa Cruz (City)
Relation
Transportation: Railroads and Streetcars

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