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Title
Red Car on Santa Monica Boulevard
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1940
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
The renaissance revival style library, designed by C.H. Russel is located at 4591 Santa Monica Boulevard, and was built with a $35,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie.
A Pacific Electric car heads west on Santa Monica Boulevard at Madison Avenue, in front of Cahuenga Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. Its route covers Santa Monica Boulevard, Cahuenga Pass, Universal City and North Hollywood, in the San Fernando Valley.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00018879
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Transportation-Electric cars-Pacific Electric-Hollywood; A-008-258 4x5
CARL0000063636
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/90450
Subject
Pacific Electric Railway Company
Los Angeles Public Library.--Cahuenga Branch
Carnegie libraries--California--Los Angeles
Renaissance revival (Architecture)--California--East Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Streets railroads--California--East Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Electric railroads--Cars--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--East Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Branch libraries--California--East Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Russel, Clarence H
East Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Santa Monica Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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