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First electric arc lamp-mast (electric light pole) in Los Angeles, located on the Baker Block, Main Street, north from Commercial Street, ca.1887
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First electric arc lamp-mast (electric light pole) in Los Angeles, located on the Baker Block, Main Street, north from Commercial Street, ca.1887
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Photograph of first electric arc lamp-mast (electric light pole) in Los Angeles, located on the Baker Block, Main Street, north from Commercial Street, ca.1887. The lamp provided lighting equivalent to four 3000 candle-powered lamps and it was turned on for the first time on December 30, 1881. The lamp stands at approximately eight-stories tall. Halfway up is an island where a man is standing. Mild vehicle and pedestrian traffic flow in the streets below. A majority of the buildings are three-stories tall.
Asset Metadata
Title
First electric arc lamp-mast (electric light pole) in Los Angeles, located on the Baker Block, Main Street, north from Commercial Street, ca.1887
Subject
Electric lighting
(lcsh),
Hotels, taverns, etc.
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Main Street -- North of Temple
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
St. Charles Hotel
(subject),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Commercial Street
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Main Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1887
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),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1887
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.
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m593
Identifier
6093 (
accession number
), CHS-6093 (
call number
), CHS-6093 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25541 (
legacy record id
), chs-m593 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-594 (
legacy record id
), 1-6-18 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25541
Unique identifier
UC128700
Legacy Identifier
CHS-6093.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.5 in × 16.8 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 42.6 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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