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A yellow and green streetcar with its trolley pole raised stands on track beside a wide road lined with wooden utility poles and overhead wires, with a sedan parked at right and low buildings in the distance. — Download original ↓

March 7, 1955 · 118th and Broadway, Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar 1291, likely on route 7, at what is likely 118th Street and Broadway in Los Angeles in the early 1950s.

Date: March 7, 1955
Location: 118th and Broadway, Los Angeles, CA
Vehicle: Streetcar
Operator: Los Angeles Transit Lines
Fleet numbers: Los Angeles Transit Lines 1291

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