California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Watts Station, looking south from the intersection of One Hundred Third Street and the Pacific Electric right of way, ca.1906

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Watts Station, looking south from the intersection of One Hundred Third Street and the Pacific Electric right of way, ca.1906

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Photograph of Watts Station, looking south from the intersection of One Hundred Third Street and the Pacific Electric right of way, ca.1906. The station is at center and is a small brick building with a large wooden roof. Several people are standing outside, waiting for a train. A Pacific Electric railroad car can be seen on the tracks at right, while a large box car is visible near the station. Three sets of railroad track can be seen in the foreground, and a line of utility poles runs parallel to the tracks. A large stone building is visible in the background at center.

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Title Watts Station, looking south from the intersection of One Hundred Third Street and the Pacific Electric right of way, ca.1906

Subject Pacific Electric Company (subject), railroad features (adlf), Street-railroads (lcsh), Terminals (Transportation) (lcsh), Transportation -- Street Railroads -- Stations (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 103rd Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Watts (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1906

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1906

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-m20403

Identifier 14592 (accession number), CHS-14592 (call number), CHS-14592 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22598 (legacy record id), chs-m20403 (legacy record id), 1-120- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22598

Unique identifier UC123720

Legacy Identifier CHS-14592.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.6 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
49.8 cm × 39.7 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

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