Title:
Motorcyclists posing in front of Parson's Motorcycle Shop in Plaza Square, Orange, California, 1913
Subject:
Group portraits
Plazas--Orange (Calif.)
Motorcycles
Business districts
Orange (Calif.)
Plaza Square--Orange (Calif.)
Parson's Motorcycle Shop--Orange (Calif.)
Claypool, Bertie
Description:
Motorcyclists posing in front of Parson's Motorcycle Shop located at 146 South Glassell Street in Plaza Square, Orange, California,
1913. 12 motorcycles (some among them identified as Indian models) and their riders are lined up in a group portrait along
the street. Bertie Claypool, who was later killed by a gasoline explosion in the shop, is identified as the rider fifth from
the right. Signage on the brick building in background reads "REPAIRING / & SUPPLIES", "MOTORCYCLES", and "ALL KINDS / OF
VULCANIZING". Signage to the right of the motorcycle shop reads "[illeg] ROOMS / TO LET" and "PRESCRIPTIONS ACC[illeg.] "
Photographic print
b&w
10 x 15 cm.
Publisher:
Orange Public Library
Date:
1913
Type:
Image
Identifier:
P366
10511287
Language:
eng
Relation:
Orange Public Library Local History Collection
Orange Community Historical Society
Historic Orange Online
Rights:
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