Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Dec. 10, 1950: Mr. and Mrs. Smith in front of their Sun Valley streetcar home. 8 retired street cars that formerly operated on the Watts line, all-electric and air-conditioned.


http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5614224&postcount=6703
http://framework.latimes.com/2012/03/02/streetcar-home/

When the Pacific Electric Red Car line was torn out in Los Angeles, a man named Smith bought about eight of the old trolleys and brought them up to a large parcel that he owned in the northern San Fernando Valley.

He strung them together with short corridors between each car, using one as a kitchen, one as a family room, several as bedrooms etc. He and his wife raised a family there. When he retired, or died, in the 70s, the property was sold and the streetcars were demolished.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/6760

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