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California near Fillmore

February 1, 1875

View of Henry Casebolt's 'balloon car' #1 in front of his Sutter Street Rail Road Company car barn on California near Fillmore. (The location on the included caption on the image is incorrect. -EE) Known as the a balloon car because round roof, it rotated on the frame and did not require a turntable. [The Balloon Car from Larkin Street to Woodward's Gardens. Photo Taken at Car House, Larkin and Sutter Streets, 1876][STC-8 343] [F810 STC-008] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)