#Glass_plate_negatives

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<strong>Electric sidewalk car in Venice, ca.1920 (CHS-2920) <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wikimediacommons/">by Ashley Van Haeften</a></strong> <br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br /><b> <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Electric_sidewalk_car_in_Venice,_ca.1920_(CHS-2920).jpg" rel="nofollow">Wikimedia Commons image page</a></b>

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''Electric sidewalk car in Venice, ca.1920 Photograph of a Venice electric sidewalk car, ca.1920. Carrying about twenty sitting passengers, including the driver, it sits stationary on the sidewalk in front of a barbershop. Two men stand in front of a nearby photo shop. Legible signs include: "Murillo Studio, display room, Kodak finishing, Kodaks rented, Films for sale, Coloring, retouching", ..."cels [...]cked", "We sell Eastman film", "Mirror Barber Shop", ..."Murad, the Turkish cigarette", "Triangle"..., "Special today: $1.00 dinner, clam chowder, comb. salad, top sirloin, or choice of fish, french fry potatoes, string beans, hot rolls, coffee, ice cream", "Globe A1, a trademark and a grade mark".

Call number: CHS-2920 Legacy record ID: chs-m12601; USC-1-1-1-12756 Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 Filename: CHS-2920 Coverage date: circa 1920 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Venice; Los Angeles Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 2920 Microfiche number: 1-156-36; 1-120-10 Archival file: chs_Volume79/CHS-2920.tiff Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 21 x 26 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): commercial sites Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1920 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Transportation -- Rail -- Street Railroads -- General (Misc. Cars) Format: glass plate negatives Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles Subject (lcsh): Street-railroads; Stores, Retail Subject: General Subjects -- Rail -- Transportation -- Street Railways -- General (Misc. Cars)

Date {{other date|circa|1920}} (date created)

Author Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946

Source http //digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/12034 }}

License {{PD-US}}

Images from USC Digital Library uploaded by Fæ California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Glass plate negatives Venice, Los Angeles Motion blur Los Angeles in the 1920s Tram transport in California Photographs taken by Charles C. Pierce