Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the first electric streetcar between Los Angeles and Pasadena, ca.1900. The streetcar tilts to the left as it rounds a turn, loaded with passengers. Surrounding it are the poles that create the latticework for the streetcar's cable support, behind which is a line of trees. What appears to be the spire of a church is visible in the right background. The car service itself began on May 30th, 1894. Photoprint reads: "Note that this may also be first car into Alhambra in 1901".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation--Street Railroads--General Transportation--Rail--Street railroads--Electric cars #2 Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California Los Angeles South Pasadena USA
Source
1-37-; 1-120-22 [Microfiche number] 6430 [Accession number] CHS-6430 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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