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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a double-decker street car in San Diego, ca.1903. At center a street-car is visible from the side facing to the right. A man wearing a dark jacket and hat is visible at right manning the controls, while three women are visible sitting inside the car behind the man. Two more women are visible on the second level of the car sitting on a bench. A man stands at left wearing a suit and hat. The car can be seen on tracks, while a utility pole and homes are visible in the background. Car #2 with motorman Sam Halton.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 20 x 25 cm. photographic prints photographs
Electric railroads--Cars Street-railroads San Diego County--San Diego--Street scenes--Transportation Transportation--Street Railroads--General--Outside L.A. County Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1903
Place
California San Diego USA
Source
1-120-85 [Microfiche number] 11771 [Accession number] CHS-11771 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] unidentified no: 11772 [Identifying number]
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