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Streetcar No. 487 at the intersection of Ascot and Jefferson, Los Angeles, 1947

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Title: Streetcar No. 487 at the intersection of Ascot and Jefferson, Los Angeles, 1947
Alternative Title: Later Los Angeles Street Scenes
Contributor: Swett, Ira L.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1947
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Streetcar no. 487 with a sign reading "B to 51st St. Ascot" with a woman and child (left) and a man with a cart (right) with a large tile-roofed building behind it.
Ira L. Swett, the photographer of this image, was born in Los Angeles in 1913. He was an authority on electric railways in Los Angeles, about which he wrote several articles and books.
Written on back of photo: Ascot & Jefferson, L.S. - 1947. Photographer stamp: Ira Swett --- Los Angeles / Magna Collection. Number stamp: 05266.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b17_f04_002a.tif
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Subject: Street railroads
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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