California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Pacific Electric railway car on Pasadena Avenue, ca.1907

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Pacific Electric railway car on Pasadena Avenue, ca.1907

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Photograph of Pacific Electric railway car on Pasadena Avenue, ca.1907. At center, a large lightly-colored railway car is seen moving to the right. At the front of the car, three windows are span the center of car's face. Above the windows, a small sign reads: "U.S. Mail". A small bell is seen above this sign. Below the windows, the number "500" is visible, and it is also painted along the side of the car. Along the side below the front and rear entrances, a small set of stairs is seen attached to the car. Two doors--one opened and one closed--and a single window are also seen along the side of the car. Next to the window, the words "United States Railway Post Office" are seen. At the top of the car, a large metallic rod is seen extending to a wire above the car. In the background, utility poles are seen framing the edge of the road. To the right, a small building and various vegetation are seen.

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Title Pacific Electric railway car on Pasadena Avenue, ca.1907

Subject Electric railroads--Cars (lcsh), Street-railroads (lcsh), Transportation -- Rail -- Street railroads -- Electric cars (file heading), transportation features (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Pasadena Avenue (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1907

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 21 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1907

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-m21124

Identifier 46673 (accession number), CHS-46673 (call number), CHS-46673 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20139 (legacy record id), chs-m21124 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-12634 (legacy record id), 1-120-121 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20139

Unique identifier UC122687

Legacy Identifier CHS-46673.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 11.6 in × 7.8 in at 300dpi
29.7 cm × 19.8 cm at 300dpi

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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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