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1900–1940s: Emerging Industrial Order > The Rise of Technology

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Title: First Los Angeles Electric Car, Pico St. 1887 C.C. Pierce
Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

At the turn of the 20th century, new technological advances such as electricity, flight, and the gasoline engine found expression in new modes of transportation and communication. The images in this topic reflect how these inventions changed daily life in small and large ways.

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