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Los Angeles electric streetcars being loaded aboard the Liberian ship Santa Helena at Long Beach Harbor, Calif., 1965

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Title: Los Angeles electric streetcars being loaded aboard the Liberian ship Santa Helena at Long Beach Harbor, Calif., 1965
Date Created and/or Issued: August 26, 1965
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4289
Description: OFF TO EGYPT-Electric streetcars that once carried passengers on Los Angeles streets are loaded aboard the Liberian ship Santa Helena at Long Beach Harbor. The cargo tanker sails today with 10 of the cars, which were first of 143 sold to the Cairo, Egypt, Transportation Co. by the former Metropolitan Transit Authority. The streetcars will be used in Alexandria, Egypt.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b556_229919
ark:/21198/zz0002twms
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Transportation
Loading and unloading
Electric railroads--Cars
Stevedores--California--Los Angeles County
Cargo ships
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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