Visual Materials

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

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Description: 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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Production date: approximately 1870s-1880s.
Call number: photPF 610-619
Provenance: Acquired from various sources.
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