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Color photo of Pacific Electric Red Car #5162 having left the Subway Tunnel in downtown Los Angeles en route to Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1952
I don’t have a lot of information about this photo of Pacific Electric Red Car #5162 other than presuming its route originated at the Subway Terminal Building which was a block north of Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles. (That … Continue reading
Rush hour with around a dozen Los Angeles Railway streetcars lined up on East 7th St waiting to cross Main St, downtown Los Angeles, 1914
Back in 1914, when this photo was captured, Los Angeles hadn’t yet become the city built for the private automobile. For most people, streetcars were the way to get around town and in this shot we can see that “rush … Continue reading
Photo showing the removal of the Red Car streetcars tracks along the Hollywood Freeway heading into the Cahuenga Pass near the Hollywood Bowl, 1953
This photo shows us the end of an era: the removal of the Red Car streetcars tracks along the Hollywood Freeway in 1953. We’re facing north heading into the Cahuenga Pass and I suspect that offramp on the left leads … Continue reading
Los Angeles Consolidated Electric streetcar, decorated for Washington’s Birthday, Pico Heights, Los Angeles, circa 1892
I’d never heard of the Los Angeles neighborhood known as Pico Heights until I found this circa 1892 photograph. Established in the 1880s, it was centered around Pico Boulevard roughly between Alvarado St and Normandie Ave, which puts it roughly … Continue reading
A streetcar rounds the corner of 7th St & Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, June 1919
The corner of 7th St & Broadway in downtown Los Angeles was not only LA’s busiest intersection, but also it seems its most photographed section, if my anecdotal experience is anything to go by. But here is an angle I … Continue reading
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Looking west along 7th Street toward the Warner Brothers Downtown Theatre at Hill St, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1937
I love everything in this circa 1937 photo looking west along 7th Street toward Hill Street in downtown LA: the young girl in the checked skirt (I wonder where she was going that day), the woman in the hat to … Continue reading
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Looking north up Main St from around 6th St, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1906
Click on the above photo to see a larger version. In this circa 1906 shot, we’re looking north up Main St from around 6th St in downtown Los Angeles. Being close to the turn of the century, most of the … Continue reading
Color photo of an electric LA Transit Lines trolley coach approaches the intersection of 5th and Hill Streets, downtown Los Angeles, circa mid-1950s
In this colorful photo, we’re watching an electric LA Transit Lines trolley coach (a successor to the LARY streetcars) approach the intersection of 5th and Hill Sts in downtown Los Angeles. However, I’m more interested in the background – specifically … Continue reading
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Pacific Electric Red Cars bound for Glendale and Hollywood sit on tracks below the Subway Terminal building at 4th and Hill Streets, downtown Los Angeles, undated
Though dimly lit and hard to make out, this photo glows with atmosphere. The (rather brave, I think) photographer was standing on the tracks that those four Pacific Electric Red Cars were about to take to Glendale and Hollywood. This … Continue reading
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Looking north up Broadway from 7th St during a Shriner convention, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1925
Back in the first half of the 20th century, the busiest intersection in Los Angeles was where Broadway meets 7th St. And so it make sense that a good number of photos from that era LA were taken at, around, … Continue reading
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