A pair of Pacific Electric trolleys at Hollywood Boulevard and Vermont Avenue on 12 April 1954. Car no. 5154 is inbound to downtown Los Angeles to the Subway Terminal Building, while car no. 5138 is heading for Beverly Hills via Hollywood Blvd. The 1946 wartime Chevrolet whitewall tires were simulated using hubcaps for the effect. In the distance is the Griffith Observatory. Roger Titus photo and caption info from the Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation.
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Can you imagine having to sit on one of those benches waiting for the trolley to come along? Sitting in the middle of that smog?!? Not to mention the non-safety factor with just a curb to protect you from the car traffic!
We gather the smog wasn't quite so bad at that point, but it got a lot worse.
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