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Title
View of an electric locomotive bearing a sign promoting the city of Glendale in Glendale, ca.1920-1925
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920/1925
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of a view of an electric locomotive bearing a sign promoting the city of Glendale in Glendale, ca.1920-1925. Two men stand in front of an electric rail car in the centerground. The rail car is parked on the tracks, and bears a banner that reads "I am on my way to Glendale, California. 'The Fastest Growing City in America'". The edge of another rail car is visible in the left of the image, while trees can be seen in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5673
USC-0-1-1-5792 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-31243
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5673
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-31243.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles County--Glendale--General
Railroads
Signs and signboards
Railroad features
Time Period
circa 1920/1925
Place
California
Glendale
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-29- [Microfiche number]
31243 [Accession number]
CHS-31243 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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