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 celebrators and streetcars during the opening of the Pico Heights Electric Railway, the first electric railroad from Plaza to Pico Heights, 1887. Men and young boys dressed in suits pose in front of two open-air streetcars, an open field visible behind them. The cars, whose sides read "Plaza, Pico Street, Pico Heights" were the part of the first electric railroad. The engine car for the streetcars and a horse-drawn carriage can be seen to the far right.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Pico Heights Electric Railway Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation--Street Railroads--General Transportation--Rail--Street railroads--Electric cars Transportation features
Time Period
1887
Place
California Los Angeles USA
Source
1-120-74 [Microfiche number] 7987A [Accession number] CHS-7987A [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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