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  • Subject is exactly "Union Traction Company"
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Streetcar #18, of the Union Traction Company, crossing the Soquel Avenue trestle over the San Lorenzo River. The covered bridge was closed to be torn down and replaced with a concrete bridge.

Date: 1921
Type: PHOTO

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Streetcar No. 18 (Santa Cruz, Capitola and Watsonville Railway Company or Union Traction Company) westbound at Opal, on the Capitola branch.

Date: 1903-1926
Type: PHOTO

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The conductor posed with streetcar #23, a "Birney Safety car of the Union Traction Company.

Date: 1922-1926
Type: PHOTO

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A streetcar station on Pacific Avenue extension, built in 1907 by the Union Traction Company. The sign hanging from the building says, "Trolley Station Electric Cars Stop Here." Southern Pacific Railroad's Union Station is visible in the background.

Date: 1910
Type: PHOTO

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Electric streetcars of the Union Traction Company, horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians at the intersection of Pacific and Soquel (on the right) Avenues. Streetcar #17, on Pacific, is bound for Vue de l'eau. The town clock is partially visibleā€¦

Date: 1904
Type: PHOTO

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The Casa del Rey hotel. It was built by Fred Swanton in 1911, as part of the Boardwalk development. Union Traction streetcar Number 20 shuttled between the hotel and the Union Station.

Date: After 1911
Type: PHOTO

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Three 25-passenger Mack buses belonging to the Union Traction Company. They were the first rubber-tired passenger vehicles for the company, arriving in December 1924. The route signs on the buses read: Capitola, Twin Lakes, and Santa Cruz.

Date: December, 1924
Type: PHOTO

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Twin Lakes trestle reconstruction after a washout halted service to Capitola on the Union Traction line.

Date: 1912
Type: PHOTO

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Union Traction "Sacramento" streetcar No. 4 southbound on Pacific Avenue between Cooper and Water Streets.

Date: 1907-1922
Type: PHOTO

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A Union Traction Company streetcar at the Electric Station in Capitola, located at Monterey and Capitola Streets.

Date: 1904-1924
Type: PHOTO

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