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Bus accidents -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Jitney Buses scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6023
Abstract This small scrapbook contains clippings, from December 1914 to March 1915, documenting the controversy over lack of regulation of "jitney" buses in Los Angeles. Many of the clippings come from the Los Angeles Times, the Express, the Tribune, and the Examiner, and are identified as such in pencil or ink annotations, along with dates (often without year). The remainder of the clippings are not identified as to source. The jitneys were private automobiles that operated as "buses" and...
Dates: 1914 December-1915 March