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Title	Pico Heights electric car, the first in Los Angeles, ca.1887
Description	Photograph of a Pico Heights electric car, the first in Los Angeles, ca.1887. Sixteen people stand in or around the car. Three people, one of whom is the engineer, attend the operator's car in front, while the rest congregate around the passenger car trailing it to the left. A sign spans the top of the cable car reading: "Plaza, Pico Street, Pico Heights".
Subject (adlf)	transportation features
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Street Railroads -- General; Transportation -- Rail -- Street Railroads -- Electric Cars #2
Subject (lcsh)	Street-railroads Electric railroads
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Pico Heights; Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1887
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1887
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	7120
Call number	CHS-7120
Identifying number	isla id: 1-120-62
Legacy record ID	chs-m12474; USC-1-1-1-12629
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-7120
Full text	Pico Heights Electric Car, 1887
Archival file	chs_Volume78/CHS-7120.tiff

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