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Celebrators and streetcars during the opening of the Pico Heights Electric Railway, 1887
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Celebrators and streetcars during the opening of the Pico Heights Electric Railway, 1887
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Description
Photograph of celebrators and streetcars during the opening of the Pico Heights Electric Railway, 1887. A large group of men in suits congregate in front of two sets of cable cars, each of which is positioned on its own track. The signs on the cars read "Plaza, Pico Street, Pico Heights" and feature candy-striped canvas flaps along the sides that have been pulled back and tied to the streetcars' railings. The ground in front is unpaved.
Asset Metadata
Title
Celebrators and streetcars during the opening of the Pico Heights Electric Railway, 1887
Subject
Electric railroads
(lcsh),
Pico Heights Electric Railway
(subject),
Street-railroads
(lcsh),
Transportation -- Rail -- Street railroads -- Electric cars #2
(file heading),
Transportation -- Street Railroads -- General
(file heading),
transportation features
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1887
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1887
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12471
Identifier
7987B (
accession number
), CHS-7987B (
call number
), CHS-7987B (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11796 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12471 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12626 (
legacy record id
), 1-120-75 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11796
Unique identifier
UC131156
Legacy Identifier
CHS-7987B-0.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.5 in × 15.4 in at 300dpi
49.5 cm × 39.3 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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