Horse-drawn streetcar on Main Street and Winston Street, showing the Post Office, ca.1892

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Title	Horse-drawn streetcar on Main Street and Winston Street, showing the Post Office, ca.1892
Description	Photograph of a horse-drawn streetcar on Main Street and Winston Street, showing the Post Office, ca.1892. The coachman stands inside the car holding the reigns at left, while a second conductor stands hanging off the running board at the back. Behind them to the right, a large, two-story gothic building with arched windows can be seen. To the left, the front window of a bank is visible. The sign on the trolley car reads "Southern Pacific Depot / Main & Fifth Sts. and Temple Block".
Subject	United States Postal Service
Subject (adlf)	transportation features
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Rail -- Street Railroads -- Horse drawn cars
Subject (lcsh)	Street-railroads Horse railroads Postal service -- Buildings
Geographic subject	buildings: Post Office
Geographic subject (roadway)	Main Street & Winston Street
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1892
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1892
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	7067
Call number	CHS-7067
Microfiche number	1-6-100
Legacy record ID	chs-m12591; USC-1-1-1-12746
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-7067
Full text	3»1 S 39 £ Pit fr*» ill rp
Archival file	chs_Volume79/CHS-7067.tiff

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