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Map of the Pacific Electric Railway Routes in Southern California, 1940-1950
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Map of the Pacific Electric Railway Routes in Southern California, 1940-1950
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Description
Photograph of a map of the Pacific Electric Railway Routes in Southern California, 1940-1950. A hand drawn map depicts the lines of the Pacific Electric Railway in Southern California, along with four trolley trip routes. The Pacific coastline is shown form Port Los Angeles to Balboa, while inland cities include Los Angeles, Pasadena, Pomona, Santa Ana, and Redlands. Catalina Island is shown in the lower left corner, while mountains line the upper edge of the map. The Pacific Electric logo and a key to the map sit in the lower right corner.
Asset Metadata
Title
Map of the Pacific Electric Railway Routes in Southern California, 1940-1950
Subject
Maps -- Street railroads
(file heading),
Pacific Electric Railway
(subject),
railroad features
(adlf),
Street-railroads
(lcsh),
Terminals (Transportation)
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Orange
(counties),
Riverside
(counties),
San Bernardino
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1940/1950
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 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)
Date Created
1940/1950
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
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13239
Identifier
15008 (
accession number
), CHS-15008 (
call number
), CHS-15008 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-12748 (
legacy record id
), chs-m13239 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-13392 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
12748
Unique identifier
UC135217
Legacy Identifier
CHS-15008.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.6 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
49.9 cm × 40.4 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Description
The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.
We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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