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Title
Pacific Electric tracks running parallel to Huntington Drive, ca.1905(1895?)
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1905
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 Pacific Electric tracks running parallel to Huntington Drive, ca.1905(1895?). At center, a wide dirt road extending straight into the horizon is identified as "Huntington Drive" by the photograph. A single pair of tracks can be seen running down the center of the road. To the left, a wooden fence with several trees line the side of the road. To the right, pairs of railroad tracks are visible. Between the tracks several utility poles can be seen running parallel to the tracks extending into the horizon. To the right of the tracks, several more trees and various vegetation are visible.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12476
USC-0-1-1-12631 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-43702
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12476
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-43702.jpg
Subject
Pacific Electric Railway
Street-railroads
Electric railroads
Transportation--Street Railroads--General
Transportation--Railroads--Southern California--Southern Pacific--Tracks--Rails
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1905
Place
California
Huntington Drive
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-120-114 [Microfiche number]
43702 [Accession number]
CHS-43702 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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