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Title
An electric motor-driven car of San Diego Electric Rapid Transit, 1885-1888
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1885/1888
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of an electric motor-driven car of San Diego Electric Rapid Transit, 1885-1888. Three men, and a women are riding on the car. One of the men, the driver, sits in a stall compartment on the right side of the car, behind the man who is standing. A large house is visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m8771
USC-1-1-1-8904
USC-1-1-1-12765 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8438
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8771
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8438.jpg
Subject
San Diego Electric Rapid Transit
Street-railroads
Electric railroads
Transportation--Street Railroads--General--Outside L.A. County
San Diego County--San Diego--Street scenes--Transportation
Transportation features
Time Period
1885/1888
Place
California
San Diego
USA
Source
1-120-77 [Microfiche number]
8438 [Accession number]
CHS-8438 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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