Image / Orange streetcar "Orange Dummy," Orange, California, ca. 1903

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Title: Orange streetcar "Orange Dummy," Orange, California, ca. 1903
Date Created and/or Issued: ca. 1903
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: Orange streetcar "Orange Dummy, " Orange, California, ca. 1900. Image shows view of Mr. Tolle, conductor, standing on the steam-powered streetcar "Orange Dummy" (a railroad term for the street-locomotive), also known as the Peanut Roaster for its shrill whistle, which was built by the Tolle brothers who bought and operated the line and ran the streetcar beginning in 1896 from Orange to Santa Ana. Written on back of original postcard by Florence Flippen Smiley: "Peanut Roaster" Mr. Toll [e] Orange, Cal. about 1903. Ran between Santa Ana and Orange. Many students from Orange rode to the Santa Ana high school on North Main Street Santa Ana"
Photographic print
B&w
8 x 10 cm.
Type: image
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt9489p8hw
P039
10511688
Language: English
Subject: Street railroads
Orange (Calif.)
Orange Dummy--Orange (Calif.)
Tolle, Mr

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