Name/Title
Rearview Mirror No. 9 Street Car, Ca. 1911Entry/Object ID
1977.1.1Description
ACC. NO. 77.1.1
SUBJ, CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1911
OBJECT: REAR VIEW MIRROR
DESCRIPTION: MIRROR, MOUNTED IN IRON FRAME, WITH TWO HINGED BRACKETS FOR ATTACHMENT TO ENGINE BODY, PALE GREEN PAINT. THE NAME DREW--IN CAST LETTERS (POSSIBLY THE MANUFACTURER) AND NUMBERS 1080 (ON METAL EDGE BORDERING MIRROR).
SIZE: 12"x6"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: REAR VIEW MIRROR, ALAMEDA #9 STREET CAR. THIS LINE RAN FROM 12th AND BROADWAY, OAKLAND, EAST TO 23rd AVENUE, SOUTH TO ALAMEDA, VIA PARK STREET. WEST ON SAN JOSE TO MORTON STREET, THEN NORTH TO SAN ANTONIO, THEN WEST TO 9th STREET, THEN NORTH TO SANTA CLARA, AND REVERSED BACK TO OAKLAND.
ACQUIRED FROM: MR. WALTER CLARK
DATE: JAN 29, 1977Interpretative Labels
Label
9/16/2020n MvL: text on label attached with string to the mirror: REAR VIEW MIRROR FROM THE ALAMEDA #9 ELECTRIC STREET CARE THIS LINE RAN FROM 12th AND BROADWAY, OAKLAND EAST TO 23rd AVENUE, SOUTH TO ALAMEDA, VIA PARK STREET, WEST ON SAN JOSE TO MORTON STREET, THEN NORTH TO SAN ANTONIO, THEN WEST TO 9th STREET THEN NORTH TO SANTA CLARA AVENUE. REVERSED BACK TO OAKLAND.
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