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Description
Photograph of an open-air streetcar with its trailer and two operators on west Seventh Street looking north from Alvarado Street, ca.1890. The brakeman, John Menzes is pictured to the right on the running board of the trailer car, while Thompson, the conductor is situated on the running board of the main car to the left. They wear their uniforms. West Lake Park is visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs
Menzes, John Thompson Street-railroads Electric railroads Parks Transportation--Street Railroads--General Transportation--Rail--Street railroads--Electric cars #2 Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1890
Place
7th Street & Alvarado Street California Los Angeles USA parks: Westlake Park
Source
1-7-28; 1-120-47 [Microfiche number] 7074 [Accession number] CHS-7074 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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