Visual Materials

Traffic collision between street car and truck, Cahuenga Pass and Dark Canyon. 1924

Description: A view of the wreckage following a collision between a street car and a truck. The front of the street car is dented and scratched and the windows are broken. The truck is no longer recognizable as a vehicle, with the body completely destroyed and the engine laying exposed on the tracks. A crowd of men watch as workers attach chains to remove the truck wreckage from the tracks. A billboard in the background reads "Hollywood Knolls ; Homesites $1500 up".
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1924
Call number: photCL Whitt 0870 ; Whitt neg. 0004
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Street with electric car tracks

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A panoramic view of West California Blvd in Pasadena with electric car tracks. There are two early automobiles parked on the street, and a horse-drawn carriage traveling along it on the left.

photCL 402 (40099)

Truck carrying Rickenbacker Brougham going down Colorado Street, Pasadena. 1924

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Truck carrying a Rickenbacker Brougham and banner advertising same, cost $1895, stopped in front of a church. The banner advertises for Pelton Motor Co. at 254 W. Colorado Street.

photCL 402 (25950)

East 3rd Street looking west to Pine, earthquake, Long Beach

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Image of the 100 block of East 3rd Street looking towards the intersection of Pine Avenue in Long Beach, California, following the March 10, 1933, Long Beach earthquake, with pedestrians walking in the street amid automobiles, street car tracks, past rubble, bricks, debris, building damage, and the exposed bedroom, bathroom, and living area of a second-floor apartment. Visible storefront signs include: "W.H. Rohlfing, Linoleum Shades and Rods, 122 E. 3rd," "Buffalo Lunch," "Western Shoe Market," and "Owl Drug Co."

photCL_555_01_672

Main Street between 3rd and 4th Streets, Alhambra. 1928

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Street view of Main Street between 3rd and 4th Streets, Alhambra. Businesses in this stretch include Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corp., a shoe shop, a dry cleaners, and an ice cream shop. Automobiles and a truck are parked on the street.

photCL 402 (31210)

Service truck in garage, Beverly Hills. 1930

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A service truck of the Maddux company is parked in a large, high-ceilinged garage. There are several automobiles against the far wall being looked at by men in white coveralls. One such man is kneeling by the front passenger tire of the service truck. Lettering on the side of the truck reads "Lincoln" and "Maddux Inc. 9230 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills CR-4131".

photCL Whitt 2513 ; Whitt neg. 2527

Sparkletts water delivery truck. 1940

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A delivery man in uniform stands by the side of a Sparkletts water delivery truck. Writing on the truck advertises not just for Sparkletts, "California's finest drinking water", but also for "Lemolime made from Sparkletts", "Sparkleeta Club Soda" and "Sparkleeta Root Beer". The delivery man is holding a case of Sparkleeta Root Beer.

photCL Whitt 1630 ; Whitt neg. 1640

Traffic collision between street car and truck, Cahuenga Pass and Dark Canyon. 1924

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