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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a group of men beside the streetcar barns and office on the southwest corner of Downey Avenue (later North Broadway) and Hancock Street, 1890. Fifteen men stand on the sidewalk beside the two-story wood building. Several of the men wear streetcar uniforms. A pole in front of the building is covered with ivy. A dog stands at left and a mule at right. A streetcar is visible in the background. Two of the men are seated facing each other with a boardgame(?) resting on their knees. The group includes: mule driver Andy Swanson or Swansfelt, foreman Ira Tilden (next to Swanson), H. Fallansbee, George A. Shepherd, L.L. Dyers (father of E.J. Dyers). Legible writing includes: "Redondo S.P. [...] Sante Fe, [...] L.A.P.R. C[...] depots Downey Ave., 117 City limits", ..."Herm"....
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Street Car Transportation Street Car Street-railroads Buildings Terminals (Transportation) Offices Transportation--Rail--Street Railroads--General (Buildings) Transportation features
Time Period
1890
Place
California Downey Avenue & Hancock Street Los Angeles USA
Source
1-120-11 [Microfiche number] 4276 [Accession number] CHS-4276 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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