Tilton’s Trolley Trip streetcar, Pasadena, California, 1909
It took some digging to find what this streetcar was all about. The signage at the front says “Tilton’s Trolley Trip – from Sea to Orange Groves.” It turns out that it was a sightseeing trip (and/or real estate prospecting trip) taken over the Pacific Electric streetcar network and billed itself as “One Hundred Miles For One Hundred Cents.” That seems like a pretty good deal to me. And in 1909, when this photo was taken, there would have been zero traffic to hold up the schedule.
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Love to see photos of the Green Hotel/now the Castle Green. I lived there – sixth floor, last window on the left on the flat roofed section (that was the hotel) – when I was a student at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1967-1968. Oh yes, and that part of the hotel that faces Green Street – which is now a senior residence – was an early location of Throop University which later became California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech).
At first I thought it was the Hollywood Hotel but then I realized that the hills were facing the wrong direction. I love that an atmospheric building like that is still around!