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Description
Order Number
00070135
Title
Highland
Park
&
Fruit
Vale
trolley
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
Transportation-Electric
cars.
;
S-001-657
4x5
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;21
x
26
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
E.C
.
Sessions
, a
real
estate
tycoon
from
Oakland
California
,
organized
the
Oakland
Fruit
Vale
Railway
Company
to
service
his
newly
subdivided
districts
of
Diamond
and
Highland
Park
.
Mr
.
Sessions
invented
a
height
saving
design
of
double
deck
cars
by
placing
the
upper
longitudinal
seats
directly
on the
clerestory
of the
first
deck
roof
with a
hangover
built
out
over
the
letter
board
for the
walkway
to the
seats
. This
walkway
ended
in
spiral
staircases
to an
open
center
platform
. The
Oakland
Fruit
Vale
Railway
Company
owned
8
double-decker
motor
cars
and
2
service
cars
,
which
operated
a
line
of
10.5
miles
.
Description
This
early
type
of
motor
coach
transportation
shows
a
double-decker
trolley
; the
upper
deck
, as
well
as the
lower
are
filled
to
capacity
with
passengers
. The
sign
on the
side
of this
coach
reads
"
Highland
Park
&
Fruit
Vale
", and
below
that "
California
College
,
Beulah
Park
, and
[illegible]
"
can
be
seen
written
in
smaller
letters
.
Subject
Oakland Fruit Vale Railway Company.
Street-railroads--California--Oakland.
Transportation--California--Oakland.
Buses--California--Oakland.
Oakland (Calif.).
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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