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 a Los Angeles-Pacific Railroad Balloon Route timetable, 1907. The timetable shows a drawing of the balloon-shaped track decorated with palm trees and landscape scenes at center. The picture also displays several words: "Balloon Route Los Angeles-Pacific R.R. Four double tracks to the ocean". Above the picture are two boxes, each containing information: "Time Table No. 3" and "Effective April 17, 1907 Subject to change without notice". Below the drawing are two more boxes. The top box lists the stops: "To Santa Monica Hollywood Laurel Canon Playa de Rey Santa Monica Canon Ocean Park Colegrove Sherman Soldier's Home Venice Hermosa Beach Redondo Manhattan Beach Westgate". The bottom box contains the sentence "All cars turn at Fourth Street Station".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs manuscripts
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