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Title supplied by cataloger. The old semi-convertible trailer car had been used for 28 years as a dinner in Van Nuys. The Orange Empire Traction Co. bought the trailer car for $500. Photograph caption dated July 15, 1959 reads, "Trolley's off. Members of hobby group, Orange Empire Traction Co., help truckers load old Pacific Electric car into truck for moving to Perris, Calif., Museum, near Riverside. From left, with timbers, are Paul Diegos, company's engineer; Frank Moudy, trucking worker, and Al Fishel, member of museum group."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Pacific Electric Railway Company Orange Empire Trolley Museum Electric railroads--Cars--California--Los Angeles Electric railroads--Cars--Conservation and restoration Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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