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Motorcyclists posing in front of Parson's Motorcycle Shop in Plaza Square, Orange, California, 1913

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Title: Motorcyclists posing in front of Parson's Motorcycle Shop in Plaza Square, Orange, California, 1913
Date Created and/or Issued: 1913
Publication Information: Orange Public Library
Contributing Institution: Orange Public Library and History Center
Collection: Orange Public Library Local History Collection
Rights Information: For information on copyrights and permissions, please contact Orange Public Library, Orange, California.
Description: Motorcyclists posing in front of Parson's Motorcycle Shop located at 146 South Glassell Street in Plaza Square, Orange, California, 1913. 12 motorcycles (some among them identified as Indian models) and their riders are lined up in a group portrait along the street. Bertie Claypool, who was later killed by a gasoline explosion in the shop, is identified as the rider fifth from the right. Signage on the brick building in background reads "REPAIRING / & SUPPLIES", "MOTORCYCLES", and "ALL KINDS / OF VULCANIZING". Signage to the right of the motorcycle shop reads "[illeg] ROOMS / TO LET" and "PRESCRIPTIONS ACC[illeg.] "
Photographic print
B&w
10 x 15 cm.
Type: image
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5m3nc002
P366
10511287
Language: English
Subject: Group portraits
Plazas--Orange (Calif.)
Motorcycles
Business districts
Orange (Calif.)
Plaza Square--Orange (Calif.)
Parson's Motorcycle Shop--Orange (Calif.)
Claypool, Bertie

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