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Know Your City No.143 View looking down train tracks at the abandoned Pacific Electric tunnel and hillside Los Angeles, Calif

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Title: Know Your City No.143 View looking down train tracks at the abandoned Pacific Electric tunnel and hillside Los Angeles, Calif
Date Created and/or Issued: April 9, 1956
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) 825-4680
Description: ANSWER: Yep, it's the old abandoned Pacific Electric tunnel through which interurban cars used to rumble from Glendale Blvd. to the Subway Terminal.
KNOW YOUR CITY, NO.143 -- This could be one you'll recognize right away -- or will puzzle you for hours. Only one in town; used to be a busy place and has had a lot of people temporarily in the dark. For the answer see Page 36, Part 1.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b257_95950FK
ark:/21198/zz0002t75w
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Tunneling--California--Los Angeles County
Landmarks
Transportation
Railroads--Track
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Pacific Electric Railway Company
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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