Skip to main content

Image / Pacific Electric Railway car in North Hollywood, on the Van Nuys line

Have a question about this item?

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title
Pacific Electric Railway car in North Hollywood, on the Van Nuys line
Date Created and/or Issued
1952-08
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Pacific Electric Railway streetcar no. 5126 on the Van Nuys line seen travelling over a railroad trestle in North Hollywood, in the San Fernando Valley. The sign on the front of the car says "Los Angeles."
"Van Nuys line Aug. 1952 - Pacific Electric 5126 No. Hollywood"--text, handwritten in pencil on housing. Title and date devised by cataloger based on notes on housing. The Pacific Electric Railway system of electric streetcars and rail was also known as the Red Car system.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : color transparency ; film size 35m (slide format)
Identifier
photCL_555_01_334
486862
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/20575
Subject
Local transit
Pacific Electric Railway Company
Street-railroads
Electric railroads--Cars
Photographs. (aat)
Place
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.

Explore related content on Calisphere: