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Title
Pacific Electric railway tracks in Compton, showing boxcars to the right, 1908
Contributor
Gillingham, Robert C
Date Created and/or Issued
1908
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 Pacific Electric railway tracks in Compton, showing boxcars to the right, 1908. Two sets of tracks are visible at center and to the left, embedded in the packed earth of the road with a line of utility poles running between them. To the left, the Compton grammar school can be seen hidden by trees, its bell tower jutting just above the foliage. Other, residential buildings are visible in the left distance.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5690
USC-0-1-1-5809 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-12741
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5690
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-12741.jpg
Subject
Compton Grammar School
Los Angeles County--Compton
Railroads--Track
Elementary schools
Railroad features
Time Period
1908
Place
California
Compton
Los Angeles
USA
north from Compton Boulevard
Source
12741 [Accession number]
CHS-12741 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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