Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A female passenger, Mrs. Esther Pearce, pays her fare on a trolley as a male Los Angeles Railway employee, J.W. Looney, looks on. Pearce carries a coat with a fur collar on one arm. Looney wears a uniform typical of an urban railway operator or ticket taker of the time, with a brimmed cap, three-piece suit, and a portable coin dispenser belted to his middle. Another railcar can be seen in the background. Handwritten on nitrate negative: J.W. Looney, Mrs Esther Pearce Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2604-- J.W. Looney, Mrs Esther Pearce, New L.A. Ry uniforms, 10-7-35, [stamped: OCT 29 1935]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9106 ark:/21198/zz002dh3v5
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Passengers--California--Los Angeles Street railroads--California--Los Angeles Street railroad employees--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Railway Looney, J.W Pearce, Esther
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