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Men standing beside a Pacific Electric railway car in Torrance Shops, 1924
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Men standing beside a Pacific Electric railway car in Torrance Shops, 1924
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Description
Photograph of men standing beside a Pacific Electric railway car in Torrance Shops, 1924. At center, a group of four men are seen standing in a circle beside a large railway car. The men all wear hats and are dressed in formal attire. Three of the men are seen pressing their hands against the body of the railway car. The car has a large rectangular base and a smaller rectangular cabin. To the left of the cabin's entry door, a small bell can be seen atop a platform. Above the bell on the top of the cabin, two headlights can be seen. On the top of the cabin to the right, a large metallic rod is visible extending further to the right. Along the side of the cabin, the words "Pacific Electric 1620" can be seen painted below the three windows. In the foreground, railway tracks are visible. In the background to the right, the interior of a large building is seen. In the extreme background to the left, piles of flat wooden structures are visible. Description on the back of the picture reads: "1620 at Torrance Shops in 1924. Motor was just built at Torrance".
Asset Metadata
Title
Men standing beside a Pacific Electric railway car in Torrance Shops, 1924
Subject
Electric railroads
(lcsh),
Pacific Electric Railway
(subject),
railroad features
(adlf),
Street-railroads
(lcsh),
Transportation -- Rail -- Street railroads -- Electric cars #2
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Torrance
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1924
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 21 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1924
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-m12482
Identifier
43714 (
accession number
), CHS-43714 (
call number
), CHS-43714 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11967 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12482 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-12637 (
legacy record id
), 1-120-135 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11967
Unique identifier
UC131010
Legacy Identifier
CHS-43714.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
22.0 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
55.9 cm × 35.2 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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