Union Traction Shops

ID: 2429 ~ Date: Circa 1900s
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Union Traction Shops
Courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society.

A postcard of the Union Traction Shops in Anderson.

This file appears in: Union Traction Company Shops

By Anderson Public Library
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