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A treatise upon cable or rope traction, as applied to the working of street and other railways

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    Temple Street Cable Railway, Los Angeles

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    Passengers on streetcars of the Temple Street Cable Railway, which says "Spring, Temple & City Limits" across top and "Temple St. Cable Ry." across the bottom, near downtown Los Angeles, California. The car is stopped in front of the powerhouse for the Temple Street Cable Railway located at the northwest corner of Temple Street and East Edgeware Road in Angelino Heights.

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    Temple Street Cable Railway Company letter to Isaias W. Hellman

    Manuscripts

    Enclosed in: letter from Hellman to Henry E. Huntington, 1901 September 12. Also: statements of repair expenses, receipts and disbursements for Temple Street Cable Railway Company.

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    Photographs of track laying for the Los Angeles Cable Railway in Boyle Heights and other views in Los Angeles

    Visual Materials

    Various cabinet card photographs of Los Angeles, including a series of four images showing digging and laying track for the First Street cable railway in central Los Angeles (Boyle Heights), 1880s. Other photographs in this folder: Grounds of J. M. Workman, Boyle Heights; panoramic view of Los Angeles from the road to San Gabriel by Carleton Watkins; view of Los Angeles Railway Company car on Fifth Street, Los Angeles; Ostrich Farm; image of various Native American water baskets, taken by photographer Jarvis, Pasadena, California.

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