Venice residents want to bring a Red Car back to the beach town as the centerpiece of a proposed museum celebrating Venice's colorful history

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Venice sees Red Car as center of history museum
6:12 AM | May 15, 2009



Venice was put on the map a century ago thanks in part to the famed Red Car trolley system. Now, some residents want to bring a Red Car back to the beach town as the centerpiece of a proposed museum celebrating Venice's colorful history. The Argonaut has details:

A heritage foundation in Venice is now hoping to bring back that connection to the beachside community’s early days by restoring an old Pacific Electric trolley car to be used as a centerpiece of a new proposed Venice Heritage Museum. Members of the Venice Heritage Foundation say the Orange Empire Railway Museum has offered to donate a 1904 Red Car to be incorporated into the museum project, which they plan to create at Centennial Park. The site along Venice Boulevard is a fitting location for such a museum, as the original Pacific Electric Railway system used to run nearby until service stopped in the 1950s, members said.

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