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Rail and motor coach lines of the Pacific Electric Railway in Southern California

Description: Shows passenger and freight rail lines, passenger only rail lines, freight only rail lines and motor coach lines: rail passenger transit has mostly been converted to bus lines. Motor coach lines are shown as dotted lines. Submaps: Downtown Los Angeles; Santa Catalina Island. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: January 1952
Call number: 492531
Creator: Pacific Electric Railway Company(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 51 x 79 cm
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Rail and motor coach lines of the Pacific Electric Railway in southern California

Manuscripts

mssHM 84515

Relief Map of Territory Served by Lines of Pacific Electric Railway in Southern California : largest electric railway system in the World

Rare Books

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

photCL 91

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Texas & Pacific Railway and connecting lines

Rare Books

Railroad lines between El Paso, Texas and New Orleans shown in red. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Ms note: [1913].

492474

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Photograph albums of Pacific Electric Railway Company employees and advertising

Visual Materials

Two photograph albums compiled by the Pacific Electric Railway Company featuring employees, offices and publicity scenes of Southern California tourist destinations. Views include individual and group portraits of employees (some named); offices, workers and ticket office at the downtown Los Angeles headquarters; substations; streetcars and working equipment. There are numerous views of Mount Lowe and Echo Mountain showing people in the tavern and bungalows reached by the Mount Lowe Railway; crowds on the beaches and piers of Venice, Santa Monica and Ocean Park; the Redondo Beach Bath House; street scenes in Balboa at a crowded ceremony, and the Mission Inn, Riverside. Other views include posed scenes with models or "bathing beauties"; company exhibits at citrus fairs; a group of clowning men in "drag" (possibly employees), and a group portrait of Mexican American children and company nurses at one of Pacific Electric's section camps for Mexican American employees.

photCL 209

Rail and motor coach lines of the Pacific Electric Railway in Southern California

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