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An orange, green and cream streetcar with a trolley pole runs down a sunny street under a web of overhead wires, with a Sinclair Paints billboard, an arcaded market building and small shops, and 1950s cars on the street. — Download original ↓

March 1, 1955 · P Line Plaza Market, Los Angeles, CA

A PCC streetcar, likely of the Los Angeles Transit Lines, signed for East First St. and passing the Plaza Market in Los Angeles.

Date: March 1, 1955
Location: P Line Plaza Market, Los Angeles, CAApproximate location, placed at the center of the town.
Vehicle: PCC streetcar
Operator: Los Angeles Transit Lines
Equipment: PCC

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