Two photographs: Top image: arrival of first 'Big Red Car' in Monrovia, CA, 1903. Bottom: Sierra Madre Red Line station on Baldwin Avenue, Sierra Madre, CA, 1906. The top image shows the first of Pacific Electric Railway's red trolley car arriving in Monrovia, CA. The number of the car, as seen on the front, is 213. Off to the left-hand side a wooden clapboard building is seen; the sign painted on the side of it reads, in part: "Randall & Co., Agricultural Implements". A group of men wearing suits stands near the trolley car. Part of a horse-drawn passenger vehicle is also seen. The bottom image shows another trolley car, this one numbered 401, at the Sierra Madre, CA train station. A small group of people stands nearby. A portion of a hotel's facade is seen behind the trolley car; the San Gabriel Mountains are seen in the background. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Trolley buses Electric railroads--Cars Street-railroads Railroad stations Pacific Electric Railway Company Buildings--California Signs and signboards Horse-drawn vehicles Men--California--Monrovia--Photographs Suits (Clothing) Hats Monrovia (Calif.) Women--California--Sierra Madre Dresses Hotels--California--Sierra Madre--Photographs Trees San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.) Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
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