Pico Heights electric car, the first in Los Angeles, ca.1887 

"Fawkes' Folly", aerial trolley designed by J.W. Fawkes in Burbank and adorned with flags and decorations, 1907-1910(?) 

Exterior view of the Pacific Electric Station in Santa Monica, ca.1922 

Portrait of passengers, conductors and engineers posing near Pico Boulevard Electric Railroad cars, Los Angeles, 1887 

"Fawkes' Folly", an experimental monorail car built by J.W. Fawkes in Burbank and adorned with flags and decorations, 1907-1910(?) 

Crowd of people gathered for opening day of the electric car line in Santa Monica, April 1, 1896 

First electric railroad in Los Angeles, ca.1886-1887 

Street car from the Steam Motorcar Line on Santa Fe Avenue and 9th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1897 

The Pacific Electric Company Fifth Street station in Bay City, ca.1920 

A streetcar trailing a horse, Monrovia, Los Angeles, ca.1890 

Pasadena looking east from Salt Lake Railroad Depot, ca.1887 

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

An electric motor-driven car of San Diego Electric Rapid Transit, 1885-1888 

People standing in front of the first electric streetcar over the Eagle Rock route on the Glendale Electric Line, March 27, 1909 

View of an electric railroad car on tracks near Euclid Avenue in Upland, ca.1905 

Caged tiger at the Los Angeles Zoo, ca.1920 

Bridge across the Arroyo Seco at Garvanza, showing the first cable-car to cross it, ca.1895 

Front of the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, ca.1895 

The Long Beach and San Pedro Pacific Electric line looking north, ca.1905 

Group of men beside streetcar barns and office, southwest corner of Downey Avenue and Hancock Street, 1890