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Title
View of Los Angeles from the tower on top of the Angels Flight incline railroad, 1923
Date Created and/or Issued
1923
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 a view of Los Angeles from the tower on top of the Angels Flight incline railroad, 1923. The short railroad can be seen in the foreground at right, and both cars are visible. A metal tower can be seen in the foreground at left, and stairs lead up to the top. Two palm trees can be seen near the base of the tower. A tall rectangular building can be seen at right, while several more large buildings can be seen on both sides of a busy paved road in the background at center.
Type
image
Format
1 photographs : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m21123
USC-2-1-1-8645 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37050
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21123
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37050.jpg
Subject
Transportation--Rail--Street Railroads--Incline
Transportation
Railroad features
Time Period
1923
Place
California
Los Angeles
Third Street
Hill Street
USA
Source
37050 [Accession number]
CHS-37050 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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