California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Line of Pacific Electric cars at the Seventh Street and Central Street stop in Los Angeles, ca.1907

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Line of Pacific Electric cars at the Seventh Street and Central Street stop in Los Angeles, ca.1907

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Photograph of a line of Pacific Electric cars at the Seventh Street and Central Street stop in Los Angeles, ca.1907. Five cars are linked together at center. They are all dark vehicles with entrances at the front and back. The first, third, and fifth cars in the line have long metal arms attached to overhead power lines. Three men in uniforms can be seen standing at various points along the train. In the background, a large brick building is visible at right, and an extensive network of utility wires and poles can be seen at center and left. The car at right is number 349. Photoprint reads: "349 and train when new at 7th and Central shops in Los Angeles. These cars later became 800-929 class, scrapped in 1940-41. 2nd and 4th cars are trailers".

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Title Line of Pacific Electric cars at the Seventh Street and Central Street stop in Los Angeles, ca.1907

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 7th and Central (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1907

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 1907

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12454

Identifier 14591 (accession number), CHS-14591 (call number), CHS-14591 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11788 (legacy record id), chs-m12454 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-12609 (legacy record id), 1-120-119 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11788

Unique identifier UC130554

Legacy Identifier CHS-14591.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.5 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
49.6 cm × 39.8 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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