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Disney California Adventure brings back electric street cars in it's Hollywood Land street to Cathay Circle, two street cars, the 623 and the 717

the cars are based on the original Pacific Electric Railroad cars but are brand new and they are actually battery powered (so all the overhead wires are just set dressing). Their numbers are 623 (for 1923, the year Walt arrived in LA) and 717 (for the 7/17/55 opening day of Disneyland).

For more information about this street show: http://pixiepranks-panstinkerbell.blogspot.com/2012/06/5-dime-and-red-car-news-boys.html

For more information about this newly redesigned and upgraded Disney California Adventure themepark : http://land.allears.net/blogs/lauragilbreath/2012/05/ready_disney_california_advent_2.html

San Fransisco scenery

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Automotive pictures from Shorpy

Vanderbilt's Belmont Park four-in-hand passing the Holland House Hotel on Fifth Avenue in New York 1905

1917 Detroit

Traffic congestion at a 1918 war bond drive in Washington DC

This Winton was wrecked by Congressman never-heard-of-him-before, in 1920

1920 Washington DC

1924 photo of Lincoln hearse

1926 paint booth

1926 service station

1928 Takoma Park Maryland

This is a Cunningham automobile, and was used as a private ambulance by a coroner

1927 four wheel drive auto company dumptruck

1927 four wheel drive auto company Via: http://www.shorpy.com/ If you like this type of old car photos, look through the best vehicle photos from Shorpy that I've come across: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Shorpy