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Title
Pacific Electric Railway car in North Hollywood, on the Van Nuys line
Date Created and/or Issued
1952-10
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Pacific Electric Railway streetcar no. 5135 on tracks in North Hollywood, on the Van Nuys line in the San Fernando Valley. The sign on the front of the car says "Los Angeles." Cars are seen parked on the road at the right.
"10-12-52 Pacific Electric 5135 No. Hollywood"--text, handwritten in pencil on housing. Title and date devised by cataloger based on notes on housing. The Pacific Electric Railway system of electric streetcars and rail was also known as the Red Car system.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : color transparency ; film size 35m (slide format)
Identifier
photCL_555_01_338
486866
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/20578
Subject
Local transit
Pacific Electric Railway Company
Street-railroads
Electric railroads--Cars
Photographs. (aat)
Place
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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