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Title
The Pacific Electric Company San Marino railroad (or railway?) station, ca.1920
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
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 the Pacific Electric Company San Marino railroad (or railway?) station, ca.1920. A cable car makes a turn on tracks that converges into a parallel path with the tracks running diagonal across the landscape. Utility pole line the tracks. A round structure and trees are visible in the background. Mountains are visible in the distance. The name of the city, San Marino, is posted on a utility pole (center). Behind the utility pole is a billboard which reads: "[...]tol [f]lour".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12616
USC-0-1-1-12771
USC-1-1-1-12771 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8476
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12616
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8476.jpg
Subject
Pacific Electric Company
Street-railroads
Terminals (Transportation)
Transportation--Rail--Street Railroads--Stations
Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
California
Los Angeles
San Marino
USA
Source
1-37-147 [Microfiche number]
8476 [Accession number]
CHS-8476 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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