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Wartime gas rationing brought people back to the area's electric trolley lines in record numbers

Description: Wartime gas rationing brought people back to the area's electric trolley lines in record numbers. Pacific Electric's Red Cars ran as troop trains, special trains to shipyards, all the while continuing their intensive local passenger service. [COURTESY OF HUNTINGTON LIBRARY] Pg. 193.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1940
Call number: photCL SCE 11 - 00386
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