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
Photographic portrait of two streetcar conductors with their streetcar on Ninth and Grand View Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1900. Two men in conductors' uniforms are pictured at center to the right of their streetcar, which is presumable of the Pacific Electric system. The elder of the two men, identified as Gansett, wears a handlebar moustache. He stands on the running board of the streetcar with his hands in his pockets. The younger man, identified as P.C. Peterson, stands next to him on the unpaved road, his jacket buttoned at its top button only. A two-story craftsman-style house is visible in the background. There is a blur in the lower right hand corner that appears to be the head of a pedestrian going by. Foliage hangs in from above.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs
Gansett Peterson, P. C Pacific Electric Railroad Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation--Street Railroads--General Transportation--Rail--Street railroads--Electric cars #2 Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
9th Street & Grand View Avenue California Los Angeles USA
Source
1-120-68 [Microfiche number] 7858 [Accession number] CHS-7858 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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