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Three men standing in front of Pacific Electric car number four hundred eighteen in Long Beach, 1908
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Three men standing in front of Pacific Electric car number four hundred eighteen in Long Beach, 1908

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Photograph of three men standing in front of Pacific Electric car number 418 in Long Beach, 1908. The electric railway car is at center and is a long vehicle lined with large glass windows. Open doorways are visible at the front and back of the car. A long metal arm connects the car to a thin wire overhead. Three men are standing near the front door. They are all facing forward and are visible wearing railroad uniforms, including dark suits and light-colored hats. 
Asset Metadata
Title Three men standing in front of Pacific Electric car number four hundred eighteen in Long Beach, 1908 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1908 
Subject Electric railroads  (lcsh), Pacific Electric Railway  (subject), railroad features  (adlf), Street-railroads  (lcsh), Transportation -- Rail -- Street railroads -- Electric cars #2  (file heading), Transportation -- Street Railroads -- General  (file heading) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Long Beach (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1908 
Type images
Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat) 
Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection) 
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-m12442 
Identifier 14524 (accession number), CHS-14524 (call number), CHS-14524 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11764 (legacy record id), chs-m12442 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-12597 (legacy record id), 1-32-172 (microfiche number), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 11764 
Unique identifier UC130541 
Legacy Identifier CHS-14524.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 19.7 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
50.1 cm × 40.6 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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