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Title
Exterior view of the first electric power house in Los Angeles, possibly on Maple Avenue, ca.1890
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1890
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the first electric power house in Los Angeles, possibly on Maple Avenue, ca.1890. The scene, framed by a circle, shows two shacks situated at a right angle from one another, the backmost shack having a long chimney almost twice its height. Beyond the buildings to the left, a short water tower can be seen, along with the top of third building. A metal barrel sits on top of wooden scaffolding to the right, where a bare tree can also be seen.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12629
USC-1-1-1-12783 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7111
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12629
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7111.jpg
Subject
Street-railroads
Power supply
Buildings
Transportation--Rail--Street Railroads--General (Buildings)
Power generation sites
Time Period
circa 1890
Place
California
Los Angeles
Maple Avenue
USA
Source
1-120-59 [Microfiche number]
7111 [Accession number]
CHS-7111 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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