- Title
- Venice Miniature Railway, Windward Avenue, Venice, California
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- Description
- A view of the Venice Miniature Railway at Windward Ave., featuring its number two train on the rail. A sign strung between buildings above Windward Avenue reads "Venice", and the Ocean Park Bank is visible on the right, a partially obscured advertisement painted on the side of the building reads: 4% paid on term deposits.
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- Format Extent
- 1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
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- Subject
- Railroads, miniature--California--Los Angeles; Street-railroads--California--Los Angeles;
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- Note
- The Venice Miniature Railway was commissioned by city founder Abbot Kinney around 1905 to transport visitors, residents, and potential buyers around the Venice area. Three miniature trains operated on a three mile stretch of track that traveled around the canals, with a turn around at the east end of Windward Avenue across from the Venice Lagoon. The railway was designed and operated by John J. Coit, the owner of a miniature railway in Eastlake Park (later known as Lincoln Park)" Due to mechanical problems and a fall out between Coit and Kinney, the railway shut down for a year in 1906, but otherwise operated successfully from 1907 to 1925, when Kinney decided to shut down the operation.
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- Collection
- Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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- Type
- ["Postcards"]
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- Geographic Location
- Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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