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Title: Joseph M. Cooper operates Angels Flight in Los Angeles, Calif., 1960
Date Created and/or Issued: May 28, 1960
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-3082
Description: Declared Historic-Cultural Monument #4 by the City of Los Angeles in 1962.
WORKING 'THE ANGEL'-Joseph M. Cooper, 60, operates Angel's Flight, funicular railroad at 3rd and Hill St. His commuters, 5,000 a day, ride the road over its full length, 315 ft., up and down the incline ending at Olive St.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b431_203777
ark:/21198/zz0002qwq0
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Street-railroads--California--Los Angeles County
Railroads, Elevated--California--Los Angeles
People
Historic buildings--California--Los Angeles County
Electric railroads--California--Los Angeles County
Angels Flight (Railway)--Employees
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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