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Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California

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Description: Image of a crowd of people gathered around the Angels Flight incline railway watching F.R. Pendelton send his Cartercar automobile up the incline on September 2, 1909. View from the intersection of Hill Street and Third Street in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, California, with buildings including the Hotel Hillcrest, a construction site, a horse-drawn wagon, the Third Street Tunnel, and a sightseeing tower visible.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1909
Call number: photCL_555_01_175
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Angels Flight, Los Angeles, Cal

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Image of the Angels Flight incline railway, with a car visible at the bottom of the tracks, as seen from the intersection of Hill Street and Third Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with residences of Bunker Hill, including the three-story Crocker Mansion at top, visible at left, and the Third Street Tunnel at center and a sightseeing tower above.

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Angels Flight car interior, Los Angeles, California

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View from inside a passenger car of the Angels Flight incline railway, located at the intersection of Hill Street and Third Street in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, California.

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Passengers waiting for Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California

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View of passengers waiting to take a ride on the Angels Flight incline railway, at the intersection of Hill Street and Third Street in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, California.

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View while riding Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California

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View from inside a passenger car of the Angels Flight incline railway, located at the intersection of Hill Street and Third Street in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, California.

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Passengers getting on Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California

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View of passengers getting into a car of the Angels Flight incline railway at the intersection of Hill Street and Third Street in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, California, with the Pacific Telephone Tower and microwave tower (now the AT&T Tower) visible in the background.

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Angels Flight and Third Street Tunnel, Los Angeles, California

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View of the Angels Flight incline railway, as seen from the intersection of Hill Street and Third Street in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, California, with the Royal Liquor store (with campaign signs for Robert Steinberg and Robert Wilkinson for mayor in the window), pedestrians, and the Third Street Tunnel visible; the Union Bank building can be seen in the distance.

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Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California

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