View of a Pasadena electric trolley car on elevated tracks over the Southern Pacific Railroad Company tracks at Alhambra Avenue, 1908

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Title	View of a Pasadena electric trolley car on elevated tracks over the Southern Pacific Railroad Company tracks at Alhambra Avenue, 1908
Description	Photograph of a view of a Pasadena electric trolley car on elevated tracks over the Southern Pacific Railroad Company tracks at Alhambra Avenue, 1908. Car number 212, center, is on wooden elevated tracks that run to the left foreground of the image. To the left, behind a stretch of grass, are the railroad tracks. There is a residence behind the tracks, with what appears to be a series of sheds or feedlots and farming equipment. A series of utility poles run parallel with the elevated tracks while thin metal arches running over the tracks supporting wires that then connect to the trolley car. Addtional picture file card identifies the scene as "Parking lot of Ralph's Market, Crenshaw Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard".
Subject (adlf)	railroad features
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Rail -- Street Railroads -- Electric Cars #2
Subject (lcsh)	Railroads
Subject (corporate name)	Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Geographic subject (roadway)	Alhambra Avenue
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1908
Contributor	Foster & Kleiser
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1908
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	33086
Call number	CHS-33086
Microfiche number	1-120-137
Legacy record ID	chs-m20352; USC-0-1-1-12622
Part of collection	California Historical Society 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-33086
Archival file	chs_Volume126/CHS-33086.tiff

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