Pacific Electric tracks running parallel to Huntington Drive, ca.1905(1895?)

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Photograph of Pacific Electric tracks running parallel to Huntington Drive, ca.1905(1895?). At center, a wide dirt road extending straight into the horizon is identified as "Huntington Drive" by the photograph. A single pair of tracks can be seen running down the center of the road. To the left, a wooden fence with several trees line the side of the road. To the right, pairs of railroad tracks are visible. Between the tracks several utility poles can be seen running parallel to the tracks extending into the horizon. To the right of the tracks, several more trees and various vegetation are visible.

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Title Pacific Electric tracks running parallel to Huntington Drive, ca.1905(1895?)

Subject Electric railroads (lcsh), Pacific Electric Railway (corporate name), roadways (adlf), Street-railroads (lcsh), Transportation -- Railroads -- Southern California -- Southern Pacific -- Tracks -- Rails (file heading), Transportation -- Street Railroads -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Huntington Drive (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1905

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1905

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12476

Identifier 43702 (accession number), CHS-43702 (call number), CHS-43702 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11753 (legacy record id), chs-m12476 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-12631 (legacy record id), 1-120-114 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11753

Unique identifier UC130779

Legacy Identifier CHS-43702.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.1 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
51.2 cm × 41.0 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

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