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Photographer: courtesy of the Orange Public Library and History Center
Taken: Circa 1905
Caption: Pacific Electric Streetcar, Orange, California, ca. 1905
Additional Description: "Postcard image shows view looking across the Plaza Square, with several men riders on "Orange Dummy" streetcar (a railroad term for the street-locomotive), posing for photograph. E.I. Tolle is the engineer. The Orange Dummy, also known as the Peanut Roaster for its shrill whistle, was built by the Tolle brothers who bought and operated the line and ran the streetcar beginning in 1896 from Orange to Santa Ana. It was advertized for its 'Odorless, smokeless, noiseless motor.'" - Orange Public Library
Submitted: April 1, 2022.
Database Locator Identification Number: p646046
File Size: 0.087 Megabytes

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