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Title
Motorbus which travelled the San Joaquin Valley and San Francisco, 1925
Date Created and/or Issued
1925
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a motorbus which travelled the San Joaquin Valley and San Francisco, 1925. The bus is shown at center coming towards the viewer, with several doors in the side, labeled exclusively for "Ladies" and "Reserved". The bumper of the bus reads "Union Stage Depot. Motor Transit Company. 5th and L.A. Street" while the side panels list "Sacramento", "Bakersfield", "Fresno" and "Stockton" among others. The vehicle was built by this company using a White engine and radiator.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11750
USC-0-1-1-11901 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-31146
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11750
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-31146.jpg
Subject
Buses
Motor Transit Company
Transportation--Automobiles--Buses
Transportation features
Time Period
1925
Place
California
USA
Source
31146 [Accession number]
CHS-31146 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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