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Title
Two images of a trackless trolley in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, ca.1909
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1909
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 showing two images of a trackless trolley in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, ca.1909. The top image shows the trolley bus out to the far right, connected by elaborate extensions to the cables above. Two men stand in front of it. A sign on the back of the bus reads "Fare 10¢". Trees and mountainous terrain are visible in the background. The bottom image is similar, save for the fact that the trolley is now pictured further to the left, and a maintenance tower has been rolled up to the cable above, on top of which a man stands. Three other men stand along the equipment on the ground. CHS-7177B: Singular photograph of the lower image in CHS-7177.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegative, transparency, photoprint, b&w
10 x 13 cm., 26 x 21 cm.
negatives (photographic)
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12596
USC-1-1-1-12751 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7177
CHS-7177B
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12596
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7177.jpg
Subject
Street-railroads
Buses
Transportation--Rail--Street Railroads--General (Misc. Cars)
Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1909
Place
California
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Laurel Canyon
USA
Source
1-120-66 [Microfiche number]
7177; 7177B [Accession number]
CHS-7177; CHS-7177B [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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