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 a Clay Street Hill Railroad streetcar on the corner of Clay Street and Kearney Street with passengers, San Francisco, 1873. The streetcar is pictured at center, full of passengers, on the first cable-car line ever built. Two men in suits stand to the right of it on the ground. A two-story building and wrought-iron fence are visible in the background. The ground appears unpaved. Several of the passengers are dressed very formally. Picture file card reads "Sitting on the front seat center, Mr. A.S. Hallidi(e?), the originator and builder of the first cable RR. His wife is seated next to him". Photoprint reads: "The first cable car in the world".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Hallidie, A. S Hallidie, Mrs Clay Street Hill Railroad Company Street-railroads Transportation--Street Railroads--General--Outside L.A. County Transportation features
Time Period
1873
Place
California Clay Street & Kearney Street San Francisco USA
Source
1-120-70 [Microfiche number] 7976 [Accession number] CHS-7976 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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