Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of an early transport car with passengers, on the Pasadena Line, California, ca.1890. Men and women are seated on the benches in the open part of the car. One of the conductors stands on the running board while the other stands with the engineer up by the cabin. The brick peaks of two buildings are visible behind, along with a telephone pole at right. Below the photograph, specifications are listed: "Double Truck Open & Closed / Seating Capac. 46 / Total Weight 28.000 / Wt. per Pass. 60g / Single Car Service / Motors 2 G.E. 57-52 HP. / Control West Kill / Retired Car". Photoprint reads: "San Bernadino Valley Traction(?) Co. says Ira Sewett - collector(?). Bought by P.E. about 1904".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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