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Portrait of people posed around two electric streetcars at Sycamore Park, ca.1895
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Portrait of people posed around two electric streetcars at Sycamore Park, ca.1895
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Description
Photographic portrait of people posed around two electric streetcars at Sycamore Park on the way to Pasadena, ca.1895. Thirteen people, five of whom are dressed in conductor's uniforms, stand around or inside two electric rail cars. One conductor stands at the front of the leftmost car while a passenger sits inside, a second conductor on the ground at the aft with men in civilian clothes in front and in back of him. Two more civilians are seated at the front of the second car, while two conductors stand to either side of a passenger between them, behind which a little girl is visible on the car. Two final passengers lean against the car to the right. Signs on the cars read "R.R. Depots West Lake Park", "L.A. Con. Electric P. [...]", "South and Broadway / 102 / University Division / Washington Agricultural [...]", "Jacoby Bros.", "Gummings", "The Shoe Man / [...] & Spring" and "East Los Angeles Plaza [...]".
Asset Metadata
Title
Portrait of people posed around two electric streetcars at Sycamore Park, ca.1895
Subject
Electric railroads
(lcsh),
L. A. Con. Electric
(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
1895
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat),
transparencies
(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
1895
Creator
Puck, Charles
(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
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12449
Identifier
7064 (
accession number
), CHS-7064 (
call number
), CHS-7064 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11767 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12449 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12604 (
legacy record id
), 1-120-37 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11767
Unique identifier
UC131342
Legacy Identifier
CHS-7064.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.6 in × 11.9 in at 300dpi
47.3 cm × 30.2 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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