Portrait of operators and passengers on and around the first successful electric streetcar in Los Angeles, ca.1885

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Title	Portrait of operators and passengers on and around the first successful electric streetcar in Los Angeles, ca.1885
Description	Photographic portrait of operators and passengers on and around the first successful electric streetcar in Los Angeles, ca.1885. Twelve men, two of which are operators, stand on the running boards of the streetcar, which is decorated on top by seven American flags and in by a wreath at its front. Four young children stand in the foreground, starting at the left and continuing in line toward the front of the trolley, while final men stand back from the car to the extreme right. A clapboard-faced building is partially visible behind them.
Subject (adlf)	transportation features
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Street Railroads -- General; Transportation -- Rail -- Street railroads -- Electric cars
Subject (lcsh)	Street-railroads Electric railroads Flags
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1885
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1885
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	7079
Call number	CHS-7079
Legacy record ID	chs-m12466; USC-1-1-1-12621
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-7079
Archival file	chs_Volume78/CHS-7079.tiff

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