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Celebrators and streetcars during the opening of the Pico Heights Electric Railway, 1887
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Celebrators and streetcars during the opening of the Pico Heights Electric Railway, 1887

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Photograph of celebrators and streetcars during the opening of the Pico Heights Electric Railway, 1887. A large group of men in suits congregate in front of two sets of cable cars, each of which is positioned on its own track. The signs on the cars read "Plaza, Pico Street, Pico Heights" and feature candy-striped canvas flaps along the sides that have been pulled back and tied to the streetcars' railings. The ground in front is unpaved. 
Asset Metadata
Title Celebrators and streetcars during the opening of the Pico Heights Electric Railway, 1887 
Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer) 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1887 
Subject Electric railroads  (lcsh), Pico Heights Electric Railway  (subject), Street-railroads  (lcsh), Transportation -- Rail -- Street railroads -- Electric cars #2  (file heading), Transportation -- Street Railroads -- General  (file heading), transportation features  (adlf) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1887 
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), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection) 
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-m12471 
Identifier 7987B (accession number), CHS-7987B (call number), CHS-7987B (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11796 (legacy record id), chs-m12471 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12626 (legacy record id), 1-120-75 (microfiche number), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 11796 
Unique identifier UC131156 
Legacy Identifier CHS-7987B-0.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 19.5 in × 15.4 in at 300dpi
49.5 cm × 39.3 cm at 300dpi 
Inherited Values
Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960 
Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans. 
Date Created 1860/1960 
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