Group of men beside streetcar barns and office, southwest corner of Downey Avenue and Hancock Street, 1890

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Title	Group of men beside streetcar barns and office, southwest corner of Downey Avenue and Hancock Street, 1890
Description	Photograph of a group of men beside the streetcar barns and office on the southwest corner of Downey Avenue (later North Broadway) and Hancock Street, 1890. Fifteen men stand on the sidewalk beside the two-story wood building. Several of the men wear streetcar uniforms. A pole in front of the building is covered with ivy. A dog stands at left and a mule at right. A streetcar is visible in the background. Two of the men are seated facing each other with a boardgame[?] resting on their knees. The group includes: mule driver Andy Swanson or Swansfelt, foreman Ira Tilden (next to Swanson), H. Fallansbee, George A. Shepherd, L.L. Dyers (father of E.J. Dyers). Legible writing includes: "Redondo S.P. [...] Sante Fe, [...] L.A.P.R. C[...] depots; Downey Ave., 117; City limits", ..."Herm"....
Subject	Street Car Transportation; Street Car
Subject (adlf)	transportation features
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Rail -- Street Railroads -- General (Buildings)
Subject (lcsh)	Street-railroads Buildings Terminals (Transportation) Offices
Geographic subject (roadway)	Downey Avenue & Hancock Street
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1890
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1890
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	3 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	4276
Call number	CHS-4276
Microfiche number	1-120-11
Legacy record ID	chs-m12632; USC-1-1-1-12786
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-4276
Full text	m m met ~J
Archival file	chs_Volume79/CHS-4276.tiff

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