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Title
Main Street grade crossing, Southern Pacific Pasadena Branch, Alhambra, Los Angeles County, 1926
Creator
Automobile Club of Southern California
Date Created and/or Issued
1926-04-12
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Automobile Club of Southern California collection, 1892-1963
Rights Information
213-741-4486; http://www.calif.aaa.com
2601 South Figueroa Street, H-118, Los Angeles, CA 90007-3294, USA
Automobile Club of Southern California
yates.morgan@aaa-calif.com
Description
Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of Main Street grade crossing, Southern Pacific Railroad Pasadena Branch, Alhambra, Los Angeles County. Pacific Electric Railway Alhambra Line crosses Southern Pacific Railroad at this point. No signal protection on either Southern Pacific Railroad or Pacific Electric Railway lines. Also visible are: buildings (businesses), automobiles, utility poles and lines, many railroad ties laying on road, street lights, barber pole, signs. Legible signs include: "Police Dept., Alhambra, Calif.", ..."J[...] Drugs, soda, fountain", Ti[...]es", "Offices and apartments", "Stanford & Stanford Real Estate", "Railroad crossing, look out for the cars", "Cra[...] cash[...] everything [...] ph[...], we deliver", "California Bank".
Type
image
Format
photographs
photographic prints
photoprint : b&w
9 x 14.5 cm.
Identifier
acsc-m244 [Legacy record ID]
AAA-EN-26-87
http://doi.org/10.25549/acsc-m244
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/AAA-EN-26-87.jpg
Subject
Railroads--Crossings
Buildings
Utility lines
Roadways
Time Period
1926-04-12
Place
Alhambra
California
Los Angeles
Main Street
Source
Automobile Club of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Engineering Notebook. Los Angeles County. Book V. 26-87 [Call number]
Relation
Automobile Club of Southern California collection, 1892-1963
Automobile Club of Southern California engineering notebook photoprints, 1922-1941
acsc-m1249

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