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Electric tram on Promenade, Venice

Description
Image of people riding the electric tram on the Ocean Front Walk Promenade in Venice, California. Signs for businesses read "Neptune Theatre," "Hotel Oceanic," and "Cafe Pelican." The Venice Plunge bath house is at right, with a sign that reads "plunge and surf bath house."
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Date
approximately 1920
Call number
photCL_555_09_132
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