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Description
Photograph of an exterior shot of the Pacific Railway Company's Power Cable House on the southwest corner of Seventh Street and Grand Avenue, ca.1890. Two street cars, each with a trailer car, come from either side of the corner in front of the brick complex of the Power Cable House, from the corner of which an American flag flies. Three men stand to the side of the leftmost trolley with a fourth behind them. One stand in front of the right trolley. Another group of people poses on the corner of the sidewalk, eight out of the twelve with numbers scratched above their heads on the negative. A sign to the extreme left on the complex reads "Chop House". The numbers above the individuals' heads identify the following: "1) Supt. Jas. A. Akin 2) R.W. Darley, Stenographer 3) Thos. A. Cole, Inspector 4) S. McClure, Roadmaster 5) Wm. M. Garland, Auditor 6) James T. Chadsey, Cable Splicer 7) Frank Van Vleck, Engineer 8) E.L. Lewis, Asst. Superintendent.". A second note on the picture file card reads "Superintendant Jas. J. Sidon" contradicting the listing.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Akin, James J Darley, R. W Cole, Thomas A McClure, S Garland, William M Chadsey, James T Van Vleck, Frank Lewis, E. L Pacific Railway Company United States Postal Service Buildings Power supply Street-railroads Postal service--Buildings Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Train stations Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Pacific Railway Company Transportation--Street Railroads--Buildings
Time Period
circa 1890
Place
-118.25567,34.04746 -118.25546,34.04725 -118.25567,34.04702 -118.25587,34.04723 7th Street & Grand Avenue California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Grand Power Cable House Pacific Railway Company USA
Source
1-7-12 [Microfiche number] 7085 [Accession number] CHS-7085 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-4644 [Identifying number]
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