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 the first electric railroad in Los Angeles, which ran from the Plaza to Pico Heights (west to Vermont Avenue and Alvarado Street), ca.1886-1887. About 13 men stand on the running board of the rail car which is packed full of people. Another man stands on the ground next to the motor man who is in the rail cab. A sign across the top of the car reads: "Spring Street, First Street, Boyle Heights".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
General Subjects--Transportation--Street Railways Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation--Street Railroads--General Transportation--Rail--Street Railroads--Electric Cars #2 Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1886/1887
Place
California Los Angeles USA
Source
1-120-13 [Microfiche number] 4786 [Accession number] CHS-4786 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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