Workmen laying rails for the Los Angeles and Agricultural Park street cars on Main Street near Third Street, ca.1886

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Title Workmen laying rails for the Los Angeles and Agricultural Park street cars on Main Street near Third Street, ca.1886

Description Photograph of workmen laying rails for the Los Angeles and Agricultural Park Street cars on Main Street near Third Street, ca.1886. The dozens of workers wield picks and shovels tearing up the dirt street for the rail line. Several one-story buildings and the dome of a taller tower are visible in the background. Legible signs include: "Liquors, cigars" and "Candy Factory".; "The Main Street Railroad Co. has a large force of men at work laying a double track. They are now working between Fifth and Seventh Streets." -- Express (21 July 1886).

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1886

Subject Los Angeles -- Streets -- Main Street -- Temple to 4th (file heading), Los Angeles and Agricultural East Street Car (subject), Main Street -- Street Car Transportation (subject), railroad features (adlf), Street-railroads (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), Transportation (subject)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Main Street & 3rd Street (roadways), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1886

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm., 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m608

Identifier 2843 (accession number), CHS-2843 (call number), CHS-2843 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6015 (legacy record id), chs-m608 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-609 (legacy record id), 1-120-5 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6015

Unique identifier UC127986

Legacy Identifier CHS-2843.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 14.1 in at 300dpi
47.5 cm × 35.9 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

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