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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Pico Heights electric car, the first in Los Angeles, ca.1887
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Pico Heights electric car, the first in Los Angeles, ca.1887
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Description
Photograph of a Pico Heights electric car, the first in Los Angeles, ca.1887. Sixteen people stand in or around the car. Three people, one of whom is the engineer, attend the operator's car in front, while the rest congregate around the passenger car trailing it to the left. A sign spans the top of the cable car reading: "Plaza, Pico Street, Pico Heights".
Asset Metadata
Title
Pico Heights electric car, the first in Los Angeles, ca.1887
Subject
Electric railroads
(lcsh),
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),
Pico Heights
(city or populated place),
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)
Date Created
1887
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-m12474
Identifier
7120 (
accession number
), CHS-7120 (
call number
), CHS-7120 (
filename
), isla id: 1-120-62 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11715 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12474 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12629 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11715
Unique identifier
UC131161
Legacy Identifier
CHS-7120.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.2 in × 14.8 in at 300dpi
48.9 cm × 37.8 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Date Created
1860/1960