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Looking north on Spring Street from 3rd St, downtown Los Angeles, 1902
This view looking north up Spring Street from 3rd St in downtown Los Angeles in 1902 is so alive with turn-of-the-century life, I can almost clip-clop of horses hooves on the asphalt, the clanging of the streetcar bells, and the … Continue reading
A very crowded intersection of 6th and Spring Streets, downtown Los Angeles, 1928
In this photo, we’re looking north along Spring St from 6th St in downtown Los Angeles in 1928. Many—most, in fact—photos of 1920s L.A. shows streets with very little traffic and plenty of places to park. Downtown L.A., however, was … Continue reading
Pacific Electric Red Car streetcar stops at the three-way intersection of Hollywood Blvd, Vermont Ave, and Prospect Ave, Los Angeles, circa mid 1950s
Those Pacific Electric Red Cars must have really packed a visual wallop as they rolled around the streets of L.A. This in circa mid 1950s photo, we see a pair of Hollywood Blvd streetcars at the three-way intersection of Hollywood … Continue reading
Looking south on Broadway from 10th Street (later Olympic Blvd) toward the L.A. Examiner newspaper building on 11th Street, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1920s
In this 1920s photo, we’re looking south down Broadway from 10th Street. Tenth is now called Olympic Blvd and the intersection no longer looks like this. The streetcars are, of course, long gone, as is that triangular building with four … Continue reading
Horse-drawn streetcar in Los Angeles, California, circa 1890s
Horse-drawn streetcars were introduced in Los Angeles by the Springs and Sixth Street Railroad in 1874. Over the following years they were developed and refined into something nicer like this one which, for the summer months, was actually fitted out … Continue reading
Looking along Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1907
In this photo we’re looking along Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, circa 1907. I loved seeing photos from the era when the streets of L.A. accommodated automobiles and streetcars alongside horse-drawn carriages. The noises and smells must have been quite … Continue reading
Looking north up Broadway from 7th Street, downtown Los Angeles during a transit strike, 1946
It must have been odd to look north up Broadway from 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles this particular night in 1946 and see no streetcars. Evidently there was a transit strike so no streetcars were running around Los Angeles, … Continue reading
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Pacific Electric Red Car streetcar on one of its final runs from the North Hollywood depot in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, circa 1952
I’m glad that someone was on hand to capture this moment—and in color. This may not have been the very final run, but it’s certainly one of the final Red Car runs on Pacific Electric’s North Hollywood line from the … Continue reading
Looking west along Seventh St, past Spring St, downtown Los Angeles, 1915
This 1915 view looking west along Seventh St, past Spring St, in downtown Los Angeles shows us four different types of transportation: streetcars, automobiles, horse-drawn wagons, and pedestrians. Imagine the noises the people in this photo were hearing. Without that … Continue reading
A dozen or so Los Angeles Railway street cars lined up along East Seventh St, downtown Los Angeles, 1914
Who even knew they had traffic jams or peak hours back in 1914? In this photo we’re looking at a dozen or so Los Angeles Railway street cars lined up along Seventh St in downtown Los Angeles while waiting their … Continue reading