Image of a crowd of people gathered around the Angels Flight incline railway watching F.R. Pendelton send his Cartercar automobile up the incline on September 2, 1909. View from the intersection of Hill Street and Third Street in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, California, with buildings including the Hotel Hillcrest, a construction site, a horse-drawn wagon, the Third Street Tunnel, and a sightseeing tower visible. Title devised by cataloger. Date supplied by cataloger based on history of event (see article "Conquers Angel's Flight With Chugging Motor Car,"Los Angeles Times, September 3, 1909, page I13).
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