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Crowd of people gathered for opening day of the electric car line in Santa Monica, April 1, 1896
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Crowd of people gathered for opening day of the electric car line in Santa Monica, April 1, 1896
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Description
Photograph of a crowd of people gathered for opening day of the electric car line in Santa Monica, April 1, 1896. The men, women and children are piling off of four cars at center. The finely-dressed crowd stands in front of the cars in the foreground while trees hang over the cars from the left side.
Asset Metadata
Title
Crowd of people gathered for opening day of the electric car line in Santa Monica, April 1, 1896
Subject
Electric railroads
(lcsh),
Parades and festivals
(adlf),
Street-railroads
(lcsh),
Transportation -- Rail -- Street railroads -- Electric cars
(file heading),
Transportation -- Street Railroads -- General
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Santa Monica
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1896-04-01
Type
images
Format
5 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 20 x 25 cm., 17 x 22 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat),
portraits
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1896-04-01
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
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-m12459
Identifier
1943 (
accession number
), CHS-1943 (
call number
), CHS-1943 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11953 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12459 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12614 (
legacy record id
), 1-120-3 (
microfiche number
), 1-54- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11953
Unique identifier
UC130678
Legacy Identifier
CHS-1943.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.1 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
43.6 cm × 33.3 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Date Created
1860/1960