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Title	Los Angeles' first electric railroad from Plaza to Pico Heights, 1887
Description	Photograph of an open-air car on the first electric railroad in Los Angeles from the Plaza to Pico Heights in 1887. Many men in fine suits and just several women in fine dresses pose in front of an open-air rail car at center. The cars whose sides read "Plaza, Pico Street, Pico Heights" are attached to wires that run above it. The ground around them is dusty and spotted with weeds.
Subject (adlf)	railroad features
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Street Railroads -- General
Subject (lcsh)	Street-railroads Electric railroads
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1887
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1887
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	7987B
Call number	CHS-7987B
Legacy record ID	chs-m12448; USC-1-1-1-12603
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-7987B
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Archival file	chs_Volume78/CHS-7987B.tiff

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