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Description
Photograph of General Sherman of Pacific Electric Railway is sitting at the wheel of a Mobile Stanhope Steamer with William A. Hammell, a Los Angeles Sheriff, sitting in as a passenger, Hollywood Boulevard, 1900. The vehicle consists of a passenger compartment with barely enough room to fit two adult males. A chain-type of contraption helps move the four bicycle-like wheels. General Sherman is holding onto the steering mechanism which mainly consists of an L-shaped metal(?) bar connected the wheel's drive shaft below.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Automobiles Streets Sherman, General Hammell, William A Pacific Electric Railway Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Transportation--Automobiles--General Roadways
Time Period
1900
Place
California Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles USA
Source
1-90-261 [Microfiche number] 8388 [Accession number] CHS-8388 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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