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Rail and motor coach lines of the Pacific Electric Railway in Southern California
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Rail and motor coach lines of the Pacific Electric Railway in southern California
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mssHM 84515
Relief Map of Territory Served by Lines of Pacific Electric Railway in Southern California : largest electric railway system in the World
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Shaded relief makes this lithograph look like an aerial photograph. Many station names have disappeared. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Sticker: 127146 A-West.
127146
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Miscellaneous. Beaches; Coastline; Motor coach; Pacific Electric maintenance
Visual Materials
The collection consists of 3396 black and white photographs (many with corresponding original and copy negatives), 116 unprinted glass plate negatives, memos, correspondence, press releases, and notes related to the Pacific Electric Railway, ca. 1870s-1950s. The collection provides a comprehensive overview of the routes and areas served by the Railway during the years of its operation, and thus a picture of the growth of Southern California during the first half of the twentieth century. The images include views of landscape along, and towns served by, the Pacific Electric routes, including Central Los Angeles; Pacific Electric track and stations; Pacific Electric advertising, publicity, and public relations photographs; Los Angeles and surrounding area parks; Pacific Electric employees and employee activities; construction of Pacific Electric facilities, such as the Hollywood subway, the 6th and Main Street terminal, and the Subway Terminal Building; and Pacific Electric trolley cars and buses.
photCL 91
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Miscellaneous. Beaches; Coastline; Motor coach; Pacific Electric maintenance
Visual Materials
The collection consists of 3396 black and white photographs (many with corresponding original and copy negatives), 116 unprinted glass plate negatives, memos, correspondence, press releases, and notes related to the Pacific Electric Railway, ca. 1870s-1950s. The collection provides a comprehensive overview of the routes and areas served by the Railway during the years of its operation, and thus a picture of the growth of Southern California during the first half of the twentieth century. The images include views of landscape along, and towns served by, the Pacific Electric routes, including Central Los Angeles; Pacific Electric track and stations; Pacific Electric advertising, publicity, and public relations photographs; Los Angeles and surrounding area parks; Pacific Electric employees and employee activities; construction of Pacific Electric facilities, such as the Hollywood subway, the 6th and Main Street terminal, and the Subway Terminal Building; and Pacific Electric trolley cars and buses.
photCL 91
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Pacific Electric Railway System showing proposed parkways
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Apparently an early layout for the Los Angeles Freeway system. First freeway was the Arroyo Seco Parkway, now I-110. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles, feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
492438
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Climatic map of California : published by the Southern Pacific Company, 1896
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Illustrates existing rail lines, verso has additional descriptive information. Gift of the Friends. MS note: 252163. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded, hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Information about California and the West.
252163