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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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Description
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
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)
Date Created
1908
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
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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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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