California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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

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

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Photograph of the first electric railroad in Los Angeles, which ran from the Plaza to Pico Heights (west to Vermont Avenue and Alvarado Street), ca.1886-1887. About 13 men stand on the running board of the rail car which is packed full of people. Another man stands on the ground next to the motor man who is in the rail cab. A sign across the top of the car reads: "Spring Street, First Street, Boyle Heights".

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

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Contributor Puck Collection (provenance)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1886/1887

Subject Electric railroads (lcsh), General Subjects -- Transportation -- Street Railways (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 1886/1887

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), 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-m12472

Identifier 4786 (accession number), CHS-4786 (call number), CHS-4786 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11961 (legacy record id), chs-m12472 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12627 (legacy record id), 1-120-13 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11961

Unique identifier UC131310

Legacy Identifier CHS-4786.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 35.2 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

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