California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of an electric locomotive bearing a sign promoting the city of Glendale in Glendale, ca.1920-1925

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View of an electric locomotive bearing a sign promoting the city of Glendale in Glendale, ca.1920-1925

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Photograph of a view of an electric locomotive bearing a sign promoting the city of Glendale in Glendale, ca.1920-1925. Two men stand in front of an electric rail car in the centerground. The rail car is parked on the tracks, and bears a banner that reads "I am on my way to Glendale, California. 'The Fastest Growing City in America'". The edge of another rail car is visible in the left of the image, while trees can be seen in the background.

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Title View of an electric locomotive bearing a sign promoting the city of Glendale in Glendale, ca.1920-1925

Subject Los Angeles County -- Glendale -- General (file heading), railroad features (adlf), Railroads (lcsh), Signs and signboards (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Glendale (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920/1925

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 1920/1925

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-m5673

Identifier 31243 (accession number), CHS-31243 (call number), CHS-31243 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5702 (legacy record id), chs-m5673 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5792 (legacy record id), 1-29- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5702

Unique identifier UC127694

Legacy Identifier CHS-31243.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.3 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
51.6 cm × 40.8 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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