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Title
Pacific Electric car on Wharf, Port of Los Angeles, Santa Monica
Date Created and/or Issued
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
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
A photograph of an open book, showing an image of people standing in front of Pacific Electric streetcar no. 235 on the Long Wharf in Santa Monica. Railway employees stand in front of the streetcar.
This is a copy negative (a photograph of another photograph). "LAP 235 visits the Long Wharf circa 1909" is on item. Title devised based on note on item. 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 : film negative ; sheet 6 x 7.5 cm
Identifier
photCL_555
489977
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/16659
Subject
Pacific Electric Railway Company
Long Wharf (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Electric railroads--Cars
Street-railroads
Photographs. (aat)
Place
Santa Monica (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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