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Pacific Electric Railway Company Photographs: Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Photo Archives 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © May 2006 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved.

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Overview of the Collection Title: Pacific Electric Railway Company Photographs Dates (inclusive): approximately 1870s-1950s Bulk dates: 1910s-1940s Collection Number: photCL 91 Creator: Pacific Electric Railway Company. Extent: 27 boxes (21.59 linear ft.) Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Photo Archives 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: 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. Language: English. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation Pacific Electric Railway Company Photographs. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance Donated to The Huntington Library by the Pacific Electric Company, April 1955. Processing Information The collection was rehoused and the original finding aid created in February 2006 by Sue Luftschein. The collection originally included ephemeral materials such as timetables and promotional materials which were moved to the Library's Prints and Ephemera Collection. Consult the Curator of Historical Prints and Ephemera for access to these materials. Historical Note The Pacific Electric Railway was established by railroad and real estate tycoon Henry E. Huntington in 1901; it grew out of Huntington’s early ventures in both real estate and transportation in the Los Angeles area. In 1898, Huntington and a group of investors purchased the financially strapped Los Angeles and Pasadena Electric Railway; this company operated the first interurban rail line in Los Angeles, running between Central Los Angeles and Pasadena. Huntington, seeing an opportunity to invest in the still small public transportation market in Southern California, began buying land in growing areas not yet reached by existing public transportation. The Pacific Electric was designed to serve these areas. Only a few years after the company’s formation, most of Pacific Electric’s stock was purchased by the Southern Pacific Railroad, of which Huntington’s uncle, Collis P. Huntington, was a founder. Henry Huntington had tried and failed to gain control of the Southern Pacific a decade earlier; in 1911, Southern Pacific bought him out completely and also purchased several other passenger railway operators in the Los Angeles area resulting in the “Great Merger” of 1911. Henry Huntington purchased the Los Angeles Railway (LARy), which provided local streetcar service to Los Angeles and nearby communities. As a result of the Great Merger, the Pacific Electric became the nation’s largest interurban electric transport system with over 1000 miles of track. The first interurban line constructed by the Railway ran from Los Angeles to Long Beach, and opened July 4, 1902. By 1914, riders could go from downtown Los Angeles to San Bernardino, Santa Ana, San Pedro or San Fernando. Pacific Electric offered low cost trips to a variety of southern California destinations. One of the most popular was

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the Mount Lowe trolley trip, which included a narrow-gauge cable car ride to the top of Echo Mountain. The Pacific Electric also ran frequent freight trains under electric power throughout its service area, and was responsible for an innovation in grade crossing safety that was adopted by other railroads, a fully automatic electromechanical grade crossing signal nicknamed the “wigwag.” In 1905, Huntington opened the Pacific Electric Building at 6th and Main Streets in Los Angeles. At the time, it was the largest building in the city. The Pacific Electric Building housed office and commercial space and served as the terminal for many of the interurban routes. Twenty years later, the Pacific Electric opened the Subway Terminal Building at 4th and Hill Streets, and completed a mile-long subway (the “Hollywood Subway”) as a means of avoiding the growing automobile congestion in downtown Los Angeles. The 1920s witnessed the rise of automobiles, and ridership on the Pacific Electric’s lines was down. Tracks were being paved over and trains had to yield their high speed rights of way to traffic crossings. The onset of World War II, however, saw an increase in ridership, but by the 1950s it was clear that the automobile would become the primary means of transportation in the region. The last Pacific Electric line in operation, the Los Angeles to Long Beach trolley, ceased operation on April 8, 1961. Scope and Contents 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. The views along the Pacific Electric routes include beach communities such as San Pedro, Long Beach, Newport Beach, Redondo Beach, Laguna Beach, Venice, Ocean Park and Santa Monica. These images include views of the coastline, the towns, and the amusement areas of Long Beach, Redondo Beach, Venice, and Ocean Park. Also included are many photographs of Mount Lowe—the cable incline railway, the trolley up to Ye Alpine Tavern, the Tavern itself, and the Mount Lowe Tavern. The Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange County views document the landscape and popular sites in and around the towns served by the Railway; these include the Glenwood Mission Inn and Rubidoux Drive summit. Also of note are the photographs documenting activities of Pacific Electric employees, including construction of and activities in the Pacific Electric Club and outings sponsored by the Railway; and the construction of the Pacific Electric and Subway Terminal Buildings. Arrangement The collection remains in its numerical order and is described at the folder level. The first half of the collection is generally arranged by route; the remainder seems to be arranged by general subject. There is some chronological logic to the arrangement; photographs with later dates are placed later in the collection. Numbers 2559-2581 are open numbers with no photographs assigned. Some folders contain memos, correspondence, press releases, or notes; their presence is noted. Every attempt has been made to be as inclusive as possible in the description of the folder contents; some folders, labeled “Miscellaneous”, contain images that span two or more subjects. The collection has also been intellectually described by subject matter in a "Subject List" in this finding aid. Entries are arranged alphabetically. Related materials in the Huntington Library For materials related to the Pacific Electric Railroad: • Balloon Route Excursion, approximately 1900-1910 (photCL 176) • Mount Lowe Railroad Construction, 1892-1893 (photCL 194) • Pacific Electric Advertising and Employees (photCL 209) • Pacific Electric Railroad Southern California Scenes, 1910 (photCL 65) • Pacific Electric Views, ca. 1910. (photCL 75) • Califorina Ephemera: Pacific Electric Railroad (Rare Books Department) For construction of the Pacific Electric building and the Jonathan Club:

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Historical Society of Southern California Collection: Architectural Work from the Office of Thornton Fitzhugh (photCL 400 volume 10)   For local Los Angeles streetcar transport: Los Angeles Railway Corporation Photographs (photCL 58)   Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.   Corporate Names Casa Verdugo (Glendale, Calif.)—Photographs. Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, Calif.)—Photographs. Mission Inn—Photographs. Motor Transit Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.)—Photographs. Subjects Amusement parks—California—Photographs. Business districts—California—Los Angeles—Photographs. Buses—Photographs. Commercial buildings—California—Los Angeles—Photographs. Electric railroads—California—Photographs. Electric railroads—Cars—Photographs. Electric railroads—Design and construction—Photographs. Electric railroads—Maintenance and repair—Photographs. Electric railroads—Substations—Photographs. Hotels—California—Photographs. Industries—California—Photographs. Missions—California—Photographs. Parks—California—Los Angeles—Photographs. Railroad bridges—Los Angeles—Photographs. Railroad repair shops—Photographs. Railroad stations—California—Photographs. Railroad terminals—Los Angeles—California—Photographs. Railroads, Cable—Photographs. Railroads—California—History—20th century—Photographs. Railroads employees—Photographs. Railroads—Buildings and structures—Photographs. Railroads—Track—Photographs. Resorts—California—Photographs. Scenic railways—Photographs. Street-railroads--California--Los Angeles--Photographs. Soldiers' homes—Sawtelle—California—Photographs. Strikes and lockouts—Railroads—Los Angeles—California—Photographs. Subway tunnels—Los Angeles—California—Photographs. Places Covina (Calif.)—Photographs. Glendale (Calif.)—Photographs. Glendora (Calif.)—Photographs. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)—Photographs. Laguna Beach (Calif.)—Photographs. Long Beach (Calif.)—Photographs. Los Angeles (Calif.)—Photographs

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Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.)—Photographs. Monrovia (Calif.)—Photographs. Newport Beach (Calif.)—Photographs. Pasadena (Calif.)—Photographs. Pomona (Calif.)—Photographs. Redondo Beach (Calif.)—Photographs. Riverside County (Calif.)—Photographs. San Bernardino County (Calif.)—Photographs. San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)—Photographs. Santa Ana (Calif.)—Photographs. Santa Monica (Calif.)—Photographs. Sierra Madre (Calif.)—Photographs. Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)—Photographs. Whittier (Calif.)—Photographs. Genres and Forms of Material Photographs. Black-and-white negatives. Correspondence. Memorandums. Notes. Press releases.

 

Container List

 

    Box 1 Box 1, Item Box 1, Item Box 1, Item Box 1, Item Box 1, Item Box 1, Item 100-123 Box 1, Item 124-162

 

Photographs   Photographs 1-162 San Pedro, undated San Pedro, undated Long Beach, undated Long Beach, undated Long Beach, 1910, undated Long Beach-San Pedro Line. Track; Junctions; Views and scenery, 1910, undated Newport Beach Line (Dana Point, Aliso, Green Bay, Laguna Beach, Balboa Beach, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach scenery and views), 1890, 1892, 1931, undated

1-21 22-41 42-64 65-76 77-99

Box 2 Box 2, Item 163-203

Photographs 163-395 Redondo Beach. Hotel Redondo, undated Note [Nos. 167-170, 172-179, 184, 185 rehoused in oversize Box 21.]

  Box 2, Item 204-254

  Redondo Beach. “Plunge” bath house, undated Note [Nos. 204-210, 212, 213, 215, 216, 217a, 218, 291a, 220, 226, 227, 229, 231-234, 237, 238, 240-245, 251, 252 rehoused in oversize Box 21.]

  Box 2, Item 255-265

 

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Container List Photographs Box 2, Item 266-281 Box 2, Item 282-326 Box 2, Item 327-371 Box 2, Item 372-395

Venice, undated Venice, undated Venice; Ocean Park, 1877-1887, undated Santa Monica, undated

Box 3 Box 3, Item 396-411

Photographs 396-558 Santa Monica; Redondo Beach; Playa del Rey; Ocean Park; Venice; Long Beach; Santa Catalina Island, undated Note [No. 396 rehoused in oversize Box 21.]

  Box 3, Item 412-417 Box 3, Item 418-425 Box 3, Item 426-431 Box 3, Item 432-443 Box 3, Item 444-469a Box 3, Item 470-482 Box 3, Item 483-510 Box 3, Item 511-535 Box 3, Item 536-558

  Laguna Beach; Dana Point; San Juan Capistrano, undated Santa Monica, undated Sawtelle, Soldier’s Home, undated Hollywood. Paul de Longpre residence; Residences; Hotel Hollywood, undated Whittier-La Habra Line. Scenery; Whittier State School; Rivera, ca. 1905, undated Santa Ana-Orange Line. Scenery; street scenes (Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Orange); Farms, undated Covina-Pomona Line. Covina; Orange and lemon groves in Whittier and Covina; Strawberry farm; Kerckhoff residence, undated Covina-Pomona Line. El Monte; Claremont station; Pomona, undated Monrovia-Glendora Line. Glendora; Azusa; Monrovia; Baldwin Ranch; Scenery; Orange groves, undated

Box 4 Box 4, Item 559-571 Box 4, Item 572-598 Box 4, Item 599-625 Box 4, Item 626-646 Box 4, Item 647-666 Box 4, Item 667-699

Photographs 559-699 Sierra Madre Line, undated

Box 5 Box 5, Item 700-716 Box 5, Item 717-741a Box 5, Item 742-772 Box 5, Item 773-793 Box 5, Item 794-809

Photographs 700-851 Riverside. Glenwood Mission Inn, undated

Upland-San Bernardino Line. San Bernardino; Fontana station; Chino; Ontario, undated San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Palm Springs; Banning; Redlands, undated Riverside County. Rubidoux Drive Summit; Orange groves; Riverside, undated Riverside County. Sherman Indian Institute; Arlington Heights Fruit Company; Riverside streets, undated Riverside. Glenwood Mission Inn, undated

Box 5, Item 810-832

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Glendale Line. Echo Park; Glendale; Tracks and scenery, undated Glendale Line. Casa Verdugo, undated Pasadena, 1907, undated Pasadena Lines (short and main). Pasadena; Highland Park; Garvanza; Oneonta Park junction, 1906, 1920s, 1940s South Pasadena and Rose Parade, Pasadena. Raymond Hotel; Ostrich farm; Roses, undated

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Container List Photographs Box 5, Item 833-851

San Gabriel. Old Mission trolley trip, 1920, 1921, 1938, undated

Box 6 Box 6, Item 852-872 Box 6, Item 873-902 Box 6, Item 903-932a Box 6, Item 933-950a Box 6, Item 951-982 Box 6, Item 983a-1003

Photographs 852-1003 Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, 1895, undated Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, undated Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, undated Mount Lowe, undated Mount Lowe. Rubio Canyon; Mount Lowe Tavern, undated Mount Lowe, undated Note [No. 983 missing as of February 2006.]

  Box 7 Box 7, Item 1004-1018d Box 7, Item 1019-1038 Box 7, Item 1039-1064 Box 7, Item 1065-1109 Box 7, Item 1110-1152

  Photographs 1004-1152 Mount Lowe, undated Mount Lowe. Great cable incline, 1897, 1903, undated Mount Lowe. Observatory, undated Mount Lowe. Great cable incline, 1893, 1920s, 1955, undated Mount Lowe, undated

Box 8 Box 8, Item 1153-1186 Box 8, Item 1187-1216 Box 8, Item 1217-1233 Box 8, Item 1234-1264 Box 8, Item 1265-1285 Box 8, Item 1286-1311

Photographs 1153-1311 Mount Lowe trolley trip, undated

Box 9 Box 9, Item 1312-1346 Box 9, Item 1347-1363 Box 9, Item 1364-1376

Photographs 1312-1462 Mount Lowe, 1911, ca. 1920s

Mount Lowe trolley trip, undated Mount Lowe trolley trip, 1898, 1912, undated Mount Lowe trolley trip, undated Mount Lowe. Snow activities, ca. 1920s Mount Lowe. Snow activities, ca. 1920s

Mount Lowe, undated Mount Lowe. Animals, ca. 1920s

Box 9, Item 1377-1385 Box 9, Item 1386-1406 Box 9, Item 1407-1440 Box 9, Item 1441-1462 Box 10

Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, ca. 1920s, 1955, 1959 Los Angeles. Chester Place residences; Doheny residence, undated West Lake Park; East Lake Park, undated Central Los Angeles. Arcade depot; Chinese/Chinatown; Street scenes; Plaza Church, 1900, undated Photographs 1463-1618

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Container List Photographs Box 10, Item 1463-1483 Box 10, Item 1484-1491 Box 10, Item 1492-1501 Box 10, Item 1502-1512 Box 10, Item 1513-1529

Central Los Angeles. Buildings; Street scenes, 1925, 1929, undated Hollywood. Easter services at Hollywood Bowl; Glendale. Tower of Legends, Forest Lawn Cemetery; Hemet. Ramona pageant, undated Missions, undated El Paseo de Cahuenga park; Campo de Cahuenga, undated Santa Anita Race Track; Circus train, undated Note [Numbers 1525-1529, various views of the Padua Hills Theater near Claremont, missing as of August 2006.]

  Box 10, Item 1530-1533 Box 10, Item 1534-1555

  Olympics, 1932 Los Angeles county transportation. Trains; terminals; Easter Rock at Mount Lowe; Watts station and Watts street scenes; Long Beach line; Road construction, undated Stations. Miscellaneous stations and stops; Whittier bus station on opening day, 1948, undated

Box 10, Item 1556-1575a Box 10, Item 1576-1600 Box 10, Item 1601-1618 Box 11 Box 11, Item 1619-1648 Box 11, Item 1649-1661 Box 11, Item 1662-1667 Box 11, Item 1668-1696 Box 11, Item 1697-1724 Box 11, Item 1725-1737 Box 11, Item 1738-1780 Box 12 Box 12, Item 1781-1815

American Transit Association convention, undated Pageants and parades, 1901, undated Photographs 1619-1780 Publicity and public relations photos. Carmen Venegas, General Electric engineer; MGM filming; Jerry Colonna; Miscellaneous filming; Billy Dooley; George O’Brien, 1929, undated Exhibitions. San Bernardino National Orange Show (Pacific Electric exhibits); Los Angeles County Fair, 1920, 1923, undated Pigeon farm, undated Pacific Electric advertising, 1918, 1926-1930, 1933, undated Pacific Electric employees, 1923, 1930, ca. 1940s Pacific Electric employees, undated Pacific Electric Club. Construction; Interiors; Activities; Rod and Gun Club, 1920s-1930s Photographs 1781-1933 Pacific Electric employees. Baseball and bowling teams; Pacific Electric vacation home, San Bernardino Mountains; Staff parties; Laborer's Camp, Arcadia, 1916, 1929, 1930s, 1946

Box 12, Item 1816-1839 Box 12, Item 1840-1852 Box 12, Item 1853-1870 Box 12, Item 1871-1885 Box 12, Item 1886-1900 Box 12, Item 1901-1917

Pacific Electric employees. Picnics, 1920s

Box 12, Item 1918-1933

Pacific Electric subway construction, 1924-1925

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Pacific Electric employees. Executive dinner; Pico grade crossing structure dedication; D.W. Pontius, 1927, 1929, 1930s Groups using/viewing Pacific Electric cars/buses, 1929-1932, undated Southern California Editorial Association summer outing album; Lake Arrowhead, 1922 Big Pines Recreation Area. Winter sports, 1931, undated San Bernardino County. San Bernardino Mountains; Cabins, undated

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Container List Photographs Box 13 Box 13, Item 1934-1957 Box 13, Item 1958-1977 Box 13, Item 1978-1999 Box 13, Item 2000-2026 Box 13, Item 2027-2048a

Photographs 1934-2048a Pacific Electric subway construction, 1925

Box 14 Box 14, Item 2049-2099 Box 14, Item 2100-2123 Box 14, Item 2124-2147 Box 14, Item 2148-2185

Photographs 2049-2220 Pacific Electric maintenance. Torrance shop; Equipment; Workers; Signals, 1913, 1930s San Bernardino County resorts. Big Bear; Little Bear Lake; Camp Pinecrest, undated

Subway Terminal Building construction, 1925-1926 Pacific Electric subway terminal, 1920s, 1940s Pacific Electric cars, 1927, undated Pacific Electric shop, Torrance, undated

San Bernardino County resorts, ca. 1920s Miscellaneous. UCLA construction; Exposition Park; Central Los Angeles street scenes; Track construction; Automatic street announcer; Power plant interior, 1925, 1930, undated Miscellaneous. Employees; Excursion specials; Riverside County roads and parks; San Bernardino County, undated

Box 14, Item 2186-2203 Box 14, Item 2204-2220

Track and rights of way, 1933, 1940s

Box 15 Box 15, Item 2221-2225 Box 15, Item 2226-2235 Box 15, Item 2236-2250 Box 15, Item 2251-2266 Box 15, Item 2267-2279 Box 15, Item 2280-2294 Box 15, Item 2295-2310 Box 15, Item 2311-2329 Box 15, Item 2330-2351

Photographs 2221-2351 Resorts, undated

Box 16 Box 16, Item 2352-2403

Photographs 2352-2501 CBS special events broadcast “Keep-em-Rolling,” 1943

Track, ca. 1901, undated Bridges and tunnels. First Street viaduct; Hyperion bridge; Aliso Street viaduct, 1927, 1929, 1930s Track construction. Cahuenga Pass; Equipment; Muscat grade, 1910, 1920s-1930s Motor Transit Company, undated Motor Transit Company, undated Pacific Electric buses, 1930, undated Buses and passengers, ca. 1940s-1950s Buses on the Hollywood Freeway, ca. 1950s

Box 16, Item 2404-2411 Box 16, Item 2412-2430 Box 16, Item 2431-2447 Box 16, Item 2448-2463

Friendship train, 1947

Box 16, Item 2464-2475

Main Street station, 1930s, 1942, 1944, 1947

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World War II effort. “Wave Special;” “Fly for Navy” special, 1940s World War II effort, 1942 Pacific Electric Macy Street shop, 1942

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Container List Photographs Box 16, Item 2476-2488

Miscellaneous. Yards; Terminals; Substations; Parades/pageants; Shops; Buses; San Bernardino County; Long Beach; UCLA; Union Station, 1924, 1938, 1939, 1945, undated

Box 16, Item 2489-2501

6th and Main Street station, 1940s

Box 17 Box 17, Item 2502-2510

Photographs 2502-2760 6th and Main Street terminal, 1940s Note [Nos. 2502 and 2503 rehoused in oversize Box 22.]

  Box 17, Item 2511-2541 Box 17, Item 2542-2558 Box 17, Item 2582-2596 Box 17, Item 2597-2610a Box 17, Item 2611-2625 Box 17, Item 2626-2670 Box 17, Item 2671-2716 Box 17, Item 2717-2760

  Transit strikes, 1946-1947 Miscellaneous. Schools; Tournament of Roses; Pomona; Hollywood; Redlands; Pacific Electric buses; Motordrome; Bel Air Country Club, 1930s, undated Recreation and entertainment. Bands; Outings; Trolley line opening; Stations; exhibits, 1910s-1930s Miscellaneous. Sea Bright (San Pedro); Outings; Camping; Oil wells; Los Angeles County street views, 1915, 1920s, undated Miscellaneous. Beaches; Coastline; Motor coach; Pacific Electric maintenance, 1920s Pacific Electric Building construction, 1902-1904 Power house extension construction, 1902 New power house extension construction, 1902

Box 18 Box 18, Item 2761-2811 Box 18, Item 2812-2866 Box 18, Item 2867-2914 Box 18, Item 2915-2930 Box 18, Item 2931-2936 Box 18, Item 2937-2993 Box 18, Item 2994-3044

Photographs 2761-3044 Car house and new power house extension construction, 1902-1903

Box 19 Box 19, Item 3045-3080

Photographs 3045-3224 Pacific Electric Substations #2 and 8. Street views; Arcadia substation; Echo Mountain substation; Pasadena line track; Pasadena substation; Monrovia-Glendale line, 1902-1903

Power house and shops, 1902-1903 Power house engines, 1902-1903 Power house machinery, 1903 Pacific Electric cars, 1902, undated Pacific Electric Substations #5 and 6. Long Beach line; Substation construction and views; car barn construction, 1902-1903 Pacific Electric Substations #3 and 4. Watts substation; Whittier line; Belt line; Eastlake substation; University substation; Westlake substation, 1902-1903

Box 19, Item 3081-3103 Box 19, Item 3104-3122 Box 19, Item 3123-3158 Box 19, Item 3159-3201 Box 19, Item 3202-3224 Box 20

Pacific Electric cars, undated Pacific Electric cars, undated Pacific Electric cars, undated Pacific Electric cars, undated Pacific Electric cars, undated Photographs 3255-3307

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Container List Photographs Box 20, Item 3225-3237

Miscellaneous. Mount Lowe trolley; Tournament of Roses day; Glendale; Trolley cars; Hollywood subway; 6th and Main Street station; Subway Terminal Building, 1920s, undated Miscellaneous. Pacific Electric shops; Freight yards; Employee orientation; Motor Transit Company buses, c. 1940

Box 20, Item 3238-3253 Box 20, Item 3254-3264 Box 20, Item 3265-3280

Pacific Electric cars, 1930s Miscellaneous. Employees; Pacific Electric magazine covers; Jerry Colonna; Santa Monica; Hollywood; Maintenance, 1940s-1950s

Box 20, Item 3281-3307

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Pacific Electric cars and wrecks, undated

Oversized photographs   Oversized photographs 167-238

Box 22

   

Oversized photographs 240-2503

Glass plate negatives  

Box 23, Item 3308-3347 Box 24, Item 3348-3379 Box 25, Item 3380-3423 Box 26, Item 1794-3122

Pacific Electric cars and wrecks [unprinted glass plate negatives], undated

Box 27, Item 3123-3306

Glass plate negatives

Pacific Electric cars and wrecks [unprinted glass plate negatives], undated Pacific Electric cars and wrecks [unprinted glass plate negatives], undated Glass plate negatives

   

    Box 9, Item 1441-1462 Box 10, Item 1463-1483 Box 3, Item 483-510 Box 3, Item 511-535 Box 5, Item 717-741a Box 5, Item 742-772 Box 3, Item 432-443 Box 10, Item 1484-1491 Box 3, Item 412-417 Box 1, Item 42-64 Box 1, Item 65-76 Box 1, Item 77-99 Box 3, Item 536-558

Subject List  

Los Angeles County towns and beach communities   Central Los Angeles. Arcade depot; Chinese/Chinatown; Street scenes; Plaza Church, 1900, undated Central Los Angeles. Buildings; Street scenes, 1925, 1929, undated Covina-Pomona Line. Covina; Orange and lemon groves in Whittier and Covina; Strawberry farm; Kerckhoff residence, undated Covina-Pomona Line. El Monte; Claremont station; Pomona, undated Glendale Line. Echo Park; Glendale; Tracks and scenery, undated Glendale Line. Casa Verdugo, undated Hollywood. Paul de Longpre residence; Residences; Hotel Hollywood, undated Hollywood. Easter services at Hollywood Bowl; Glendale. Tower of Legends, Forest Lawn Cemetery; Hemet. Ramona pageant, undated Laguna Beach; Dana Point; San Juan Capistrano, undated Long Beach, undated Long Beach, undated Long Beach, 1910, undated Monrovia-Glendora Line. Glendora; Azusa; Monrovia; Baldwin Ranch; Scenery; Orange groves, undated

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Subject List Los Angeles County towns and beach communities Box 1, Item 124-162

Newport Beach Line (Dana Point, Aliso, Green Bay, Laguna Beach, Balboa Beach, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach scenery and views), 1890, 1892, 1931, undated

Box 5, Item 773-793 Box 5, Item 794-809 Box 2, Item 163-203

Pasadena 1907, undated Pasadena Lines (short and main). Pasadena; Highland Park; Garvanza; Oneonta Park junction, 1906, 1920s, 1940s Redondo Beach. Hotel Redondo, undated Note [Nos. 167-170, 172-179, 184, 185 rehoused in oversize Box 21.]

  Box 2, Item 204-254

  Redondo Beach. “Plunge” bath house, undated Note [Nos. 204-210, 212, 213, 215, 216, 217a, 218, 291a, 220, 226, 227, 229, 231-234, 237, 238, 240-245, 251, 252 rehoused in oversize Box 21.]

  Box 2, Item 255-265 Box 5, Item 833-851

  Redondo Beach; Hermosa Beach; Manhattan Beach, undated San Gabriel. Old Mission trolley trip, 1920, 1921, 1938, undated

Box 1, Item 1-21 Box 1, Item 22-41 Box 2, Item 372-395 Box 3, Item 396-411

San Pedro, undated San Pedro, undated Santa Monica, undated Santa Monica; Redondo Beach; Playa del Rey; Ocean Park; Venice; Long Beach; Santa Catalina Island, undated Note [No. 396 rehoused in oversize Box 21.]

  Box 3, Item 418-425 Box 3, Item 426-431 Box 4, Item 559-571 Box 5, Item 810-832 Box 2, Item 266-281 Box 2, Item 282-326

  Santa Monica, undated Sawtelle, Soldier’s Home, undated Sierra Madre Line, undated South Pasadena and Rose Parade, Pasadena. Raymond Hotel; Ostrich farm; Roses, undated Venice, undated Venice, undated

Box 2, Item 327-371

    Box 9, Item 1386-1406 Box 10, Item 1492-1501 Box 11, Item 1662-1667 Box 14, Item 2148-2185

Venice; Ocean Park, 1877-1887, undated

Miscellaneous   Los Angeles. Chester Place residences; Doheny residence, undated Missions, undated Pigeon farm, undated Miscellaneous. UCLA construction; Exposition Park; Central Los Angeles street scenes; Track construction; Automatic street announcer; Power plant interior, 1925, 1930, undated

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Subject List Miscellaneous Box 14, Item 2186-2203 Box 16, Item 2476-2488

Box 20, Item 3238-3253

Miscellaneous. Employees; Excursion specials; Riverside County roads and parks; San Bernardino County, undated Miscellaneous. Yards; Terminals; Substations; Parades/pageants; Shops; Buses; San Bernardino County; Long Beach; UCLA; Union Station, 1924, 1938, 1939, 1945, undated Miscellaneous: schools, Tournament of Roses, Pomona, Hollywood, Redlands, Pacific Electric buses, Motordrome, Bel Air Country Club, 1930s, undated Miscellaneous. Sea Bright (San Pedro); Outings; Camping; Oil wells; Los Angeles County street views, 1915, 1920s, undated Miscellaneous. Beaches; Coastline; Motor coach; Pacific Electric maintenance, 1920s Miscellaneous. Mount Lowe trolley; Tournament of Roses day; Glendale; Trolley cars; Hollywood subway; 6th and Main Street station; Subway Terminal Building, 1920s, undated Miscellaneous. Pacific Electric shops; Freight yards; Employee orientation; Motor Transit Company buses, c. 1940

Box 20, Item 3265-3280

Miscellaneous. Employees; Pacific Electric magazine covers; Jerry Colonna; Santa Monica; Hollywood; Maintenance, 1940s-1950s

Box 17, Item 2542-2558 Box 17, Item 2597-2610a Box 17, Item 2611-2625 Box 20, Item 3225-3237

    Box 3, Item 470-482

Orange County communities   Santa Ana-Orange Line. Scenery; street scenes (Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Orange); Farms, undated

Box 3, Item 444-469a

    Box 18, Item 2761-2811 Box 16, Item 2464-2475 Box 17, Item 2717-2760 Box 17, Item 2626-2670 Box 16, Item 2448-2463 Box 13, Item 2027-2048a Box 17, Item 2671-2716 Box 18, Item 2812-2866 Box 18, Item 2867-2914

Whittier-La Habra Line. Scenery; Whittier State School; Rivera, ca. 1905, undated

Pacific Electric buildings and construction projects   Car house and new power house extension construction, 1902-1903 Main Street station, 1930s, 1942, 1944, 1947 New power house extension construction, 1902 Pacific Electric Building construction, 1902-1904 Pacific Electric Macy Street shop, 1942 Pacific Electric shop, Torrance, undated Power house extension construction, 1902 Power house and shops, 1902-1903 Power house engines, 1902-1903 Power house machinery, 1903

Box 18, Item 2915-2930 Box 12, Item 1918-1933 Box 16, Item 2489-2501 Box 17, Item 2502-2510

Pacific Electric subway construction, 1924-1925 6th and Main Street station, 1940s 6th and Main Street terminal, 1940s Note [Nos. 2502 and 2503 rehoused in oversize Box 22.]

 

 

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Subject List Pacific Electric buildings and construction projects Box 18, Item 2937-2993 Box 18, Item 2994-3044 Box 19, Item 3045-3080

Pacific Electric Substations #5 and 6. Long Beach line; Substation construction and views; car barn construction, 1902-1903 Pacific Electric Substations #3 and 4. Watts substation; Whittier line; Belt line; Eastlake substation; University substation; Westlake substation, 1902-1903 Pacific Electric Substations #2 and 8. Street views; Arcadia substation; Echo Mountain substation; Pasadena line track; Pasadena substation; Monrovia-Glendale line, 1902-1903

Box 13, Item 1934-1957 Box 13, Item 1958-1977 Box 13, Item 1978-1999

Pacific Electric subway construction, 1925

Box 17, Item 2511-2541

Transit strikes, 1946-1947

    Box 15, Item 2311-2329 Box 15, Item 2330-2351 Box 15, Item 2267-2279 Box 15, Item 2280-2294 Box 15, Item 2295-2310 Box 13, Item 2000-2026 Box 19, Item 3081-3103 Box 19, Item 3104-3122 Box 19, Item 3123-3158 Box 19, Item 3159-3201 Box 19, Item 3202-3224 Box 18, Item 2931-2936 Box 20, Item 3254-3264

Subway Terminal Building construction, 1925-1926 Pacific Electric subway terminal, 1920s, 1940s

Pacific Electric cars and buses   Buses and passengers, ca. 1940s-1950s Buses on the Hollywood Freeway, ca. 1950s Motor Transit Company, undated Motor Transit Company, undated Pacific Electric buses, 1930, undated Pacific Electric cars, 1927, undated Pacific Electric cars, undated Pacific Electric cars, undated Pacific Electric cars, undated Pacific Electric cars, undated Pacific Electric cars, undated Pacific Electric cars, 1902, undated Pacific Electric cars, 1930s Pacific Electric cars and wrecks, undated

Box 20, Item 3281-3307 Box 23, Item 3308-3347

Pacific Electric cars and wrecks, undated Note [Unprinted glass plate negatives.]

  Box 24, Item 3348-3379

 

 

 

Pacific Electric cars and wrecks, undated Note [Unprinted glass plate negatives.]

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Subject List Pacific Electric cars and buses Box 25, Item 3380-3423

Pacific Electric cars and wrecks, undated Note [Unprinted glass plate negatives.]

 

    Box 11, Item 1738-1780 Box 11, Item 1697-1724 Box 11, Item 1725-1737 Box 12, Item 1781-1815

 

Pacific Electric employees   Pacific Electric Club. Construction; Interiors; Activities; Rod and Gun Club, 1920s-1930s Pacific Electric employees, 1923, 1930, ca. 1940s Pacific Electric employees, undated Pacific Electric employees. Baseball and bowling teams; Pacific Electric vacation home, San Bernardino Mountains; Staff parties; Laborer's Camp, Arcadia, 1916, 1929, 1930s, 1946

Box 12, Item 1816-1839

Pacific Electric employees. Picnics, 1920s

Box 12, Item 1840-1852

Pacific Electric employees. Executive dinner; Pico grade crossing structure dedication; D.W. Pontius, 1927, 1929, 1930s

   

Pacific Electric tracks and maintenance  

Box 15, Item 2236-2250 Box 14, Item 2049-2099 Box 14, Item 2204-2220 Box 15, Item 2226-2235

Bridges and tunnels. First Street viaduct; Hyperion bridge; Aliso Street viaduct, 1927, 1929, 1930s Pacific Electric maintenance. Torrance shop; Equipment; Workers; Signals, 1913, 1930s

Box 15, Item 2251-2266

Track construction. Cahuenga Pass; Equipment; Muscat grade, 1910, 1920s-1930s

    Box 10, Item 1576-1600 Box 12, Item 1886-1900 Box 10, Item 1502-1512 Box 11, Item 1649-1661

Track and rights of way, 1933, 1940s Track, ca. 1901, undated

Parks, resorts, and recreation   American Transit Association convention, undated Big Pines Recreation Area. Winter sports, 1931, undated El Paseo de Cahuenga park; Campo de Cahuenga, undated Exhibitions. San Bernardino National Orange Show (Pacific Electric exhibits); Los Angeles County Fair, 1920, 1923 undated,

Box 6, Item 852-872 Box 6, Item 873-902 Box 6, Item 903-932a Box 6, Item 933-950a

Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, 1895, undated

Box 6, Item 951-982

Mount Lowe. Rubio Canyon; Mount Lowe Tavern, undated

Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, undated Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, undated Mount Lowe, undated

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Subject List Parks, resorts, and recreation Box 6, Item 983a-1003

Mount Lowe, undated Note [No. 983 missing as of February 2006.]

  Box 7, Item 1004-1018d Box 7, Item 1019-1038 Box 7, Item 1039-1064 Box 7, Item 1065-1109 Box 7, Item 1110-1152 Box 8, Item 1153-1186 Box 8, Item 1187-1216 Box 8, Item 1217-1233 Box 8, Item 1234-1264 Box 8, Item 1265-1285 Box 8, Item 1286-1311 Box 9, Item 1312-1346 Box 9, Item 1347-1363 Box 9, Item 1364-1376 Box 9, Item 1377-1385 Box 10, Item 1530-1533 Box 10, Item 1601-1618 Box 17, Item 2582-2596 Box 15, Item 2221-2225 Box 12, Item 1901-1917 Box 14, Item 2100-2123 Box 14, Item 2124-2147 Box 10, Item 1513-1529 Box 12, Item 1871-1885

  Mount Lowe, undated Mount Lowe. Great cable incline, 1897, 1903, undated Mount Lowe. Observatory, undated Mount Lowe. Great cable incline, 1893, 1920s, 1955, undated Mount Lowe, undated Mount Lowe trolley trip, undated Mount Lowe trolley trip, undated Mount Lowe trolley trip, 1898, 1912, undated Mount Lowe trolley trip, undated Mount Lowe. Snow activities, ca. 1920s Mount Lowe. Snow activities, ca. 1920s Mount Lowe, 1911, ca. 1920s Mount Lowe, undated Mount Lowe. Animals, ca. 1920s Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, ca. 1920s, 1955, 1959 Olympics, 1932 Pageants and parades, 1901, undated Recreation and entertainment. Bands; Outings; Trolley line opening; Stations; exhibits, 1910s-1930s Resorts, undated San Bernardino County. San Bernardino Mountains; Cabins, undated San Bernardino County resorts. Big Bear; Little Bear Lake; Camp Pinecrest, undated San Bernardino County resorts, ca. 1920s Santa Anita Race Track; Circus train, undated Southern California Editorial Association summer outing album; Lake Arrowhead, 1922

Box 9, Item 1407-1440

West Lake Park; East Lake Park, undated

   

Publicity and Public Relations  

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Subject List Publicity and Public Relations Box 16, Item 2352-2403 Box 16, Item 2404-2411 Box 12, Item 1853-1870 Box 11, Item 1668-1696 Box 11, Item 1619-1648

CBS special events broadcast "Keep-em-Rolling," 1943

Box 16, Item 2412-2430

World War II effort. “Wave Special;” “Fly for Navy” special, 1940s

Box 16, Item 2431-2447

World War II effort, 1942

    Box 4, Item 626-646

Friendship train, 1947 Groups using/viewing Pacific Electric cars/buses, 1929-1932, undated Pacific Electric advertising, 1918, 1926-1930, 1933, undated Publicity and public relations photos. Carmen Venegas, General Electric engineer; MGM filming; Jerry Colonna; Miscellaneous filming; Billy Dooley; George O’Brien, 1929, undated

San Bernardino and Riverside Counties communities   Riverside County. Rubidoux Drive Summit; Orange groves; Riverside, undated

Box 4, Item 647-666 Box 4, Item 667-699 Box 5, Item 700-716 Box 4, Item 599-625

Riverside County. Sherman Indian Institute; Arlington Heights Fruit Company; Riverside streets, undated Riverside. Glenwood Mission Inn, undated

Box 4, Item 572-598

Upland-San Bernardino Line. San Bernardino; Fontana station; Chino; Ontario, undated

    Box 1, Item 100-123 Box 10, Item 1534-1555 Box 10, Item 1556-1575a

Riverside. Glenwood Mission Inn, undated San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Palm Springs; Banning; Redlands, undated

Tracks and stations   Long Beach-San Pedro Line. Track; Junctions; Views and scenery, 1910, undated Los Angeles county transportation. Trains; terminals; Easter Rock at Mount Lowe; Watts station and Watts street scenes; Long Beach line; Road construction, undated Stations. Miscellaneous stations and stops; Whittier bus station on opening day, 1948, undated

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