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Title
View of Angels Flight and the surrounding area, Los Angeles, ca.1927
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1927
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 a view of Angels Flight and the surrounding area, Los Angeles, ca.1927. The short incline railway can be seen at center as it climbs a steep hill. The Ferguson building, a eight-story rectangular building, can be seen at left, while a tunnel is visible at right. A streetcar and several automobiles are visible in the foreground, while many pedestrians can be seen on nearby sidewalks.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m8495
USC-2-1-1-8631 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37052
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8495
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37052.jpg
Subject
Ferguson bldg
Fern Cafeteria
Transportation--Rail--Street Railroads--Incline
Transportation
Street-railroads
Railroad features
Time Period
circa 1927
Place
California
Los Angeles
Third Street
Hill Street
USA
Source
37052 [Accession number]
CHS-37052 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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