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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.

Pacific Electric Railway Company photCL 91 1 Photographs: Finding Aid 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

Pacific Electric Railway Company photCL 91 2 Photographs: Finding Aid 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:

Pacific Electric Railway Company photCL 91 3 Photographs: Finding Aid 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

Pacific Electric Railway Company photCL 91 4 Photographs: Finding Aid 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

Photographs

Box 1 Photographs 1-162 Box 1, Item 1-21 San Pedro, undated Box 1, Item 22-41 San Pedro, undated Box 1, Item 42-64 Long Beach, undated Box 1, Item 65-76 Long Beach, undated Box 1, Item 77-99 Long Beach, 1910, undated Box 1, Item Long Beach-San Pedro Line. Track; Junctions; Views and scenery, 1910, 100-123 undated Box 1, Item Newport Beach Line (Dana Point, Aliso, Green Bay, Laguna Beach, Balboa 124-162 Beach, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach scenery and views), 1890, 1892, 1931, undated Box 2 Photographs 163-395 Box 2, Item Redondo Beach. Hotel Redondo, undated 163-203 Note [Nos. 167-170, 172-179, 184, 185 rehoused in oversize Box 21.]

Box 2, Item Redondo Beach. “Plunge” bath house, undated 204-254 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 Redondo Beach; Hermosa Beach; Manhattan Beach, undated 255-265

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Box 2, Item Venice, undated 266-281 Box 2, Item Venice, undated 282-326 Box 2, Item Venice; Ocean Park, 1877-1887, undated 327-371 Box 2, Item Santa Monica, undated 372-395 Box 3 Photographs 396-558 Box 3, Item Santa Monica; Redondo Beach; Playa del Rey; Ocean Park; Venice; Long Beach; 396-411 Santa Catalina Island, undated Note [No. 396 rehoused in oversize Box 21.]

Box 3, Item Laguna Beach; Dana Point; San Juan Capistrano, undated 412-417 Box 3, Item Santa Monica, undated 418-425 Box 3, Item Sawtelle, Soldier’s Home, undated 426-431 Box 3, Item Hollywood. Paul de Longpre residence; Residences; Hotel Hollywood, undated 432-443 Box 3, Item Whittier-La Habra Line. Scenery; Whittier State School; Rivera, ca. 1905, 444-469a undated Box 3, Item Santa Ana-Orange Line. Scenery; street scenes (Santa Ana, Garden Grove, 470-482 Orange); Farms, undated Box 3, Item Covina-Pomona Line. Covina; Orange and lemon groves in Whittier and Covina; 483-510 Strawberry farm; Kerckhoff residence, undated Box 3, Item Covina-Pomona Line. El Monte; Claremont station; Pomona, undated 511-535 Box 3, Item Monrovia-Glendora Line. Glendora; Azusa; Monrovia; Baldwin Ranch; Scenery; 536-558 Orange groves, undated Box 4 Photographs 559-699 Box 4, Item Sierra Madre Line, undated 559-571 Box 4, Item Upland-San Bernardino Line. San Bernardino; Fontana station; Chino; Ontario, 572-598 undated Box 4, Item San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Palm Springs; Banning; Redlands, 599-625 undated Box 4, Item Riverside County. Rubidoux Drive Summit; Orange groves; Riverside, undated 626-646 Box 4, Item Riverside County. Sherman Indian Institute; Arlington Heights Fruit Company; 647-666 Riverside streets, undated Box 4, Item Riverside. Glenwood Mission Inn, undated 667-699 Box 5 Photographs 700-851 Box 5, Item Riverside. Glenwood Mission Inn, undated 700-716 Box 5, Item Glendale Line. Echo Park; Glendale; Tracks and scenery, undated 717-741a Box 5, Item Glendale Line. Casa Verdugo, undated 742-772 Box 5, Item Pasadena, 1907, undated 773-793 Box 5, Item Pasadena Lines (short and main). Pasadena; Highland Park; Garvanza; Oneonta 794-809 Park junction, 1906, 1920s, 1940s Box 5, Item South Pasadena and Rose Parade, Pasadena. Raymond Hotel; Ostrich farm; 810-832 Roses, undated

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Box 5, Item San Gabriel. Old Mission trolley trip, 1920, 1921, 1938, undated 833-851 Box 6 Photographs 852-1003 Box 6, Item Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, 1895, undated 852-872 Box 6, Item Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, undated 873-902 Box 6, Item Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, undated 903-932a Box 6, Item Mount Lowe, undated 933-950a Box 6, Item Mount Lowe. Rubio Canyon; Mount Lowe Tavern, undated 951-982 Box 6, Item Mount Lowe, undated 983a-1003 Note [No. 983 missing as of February 2006.]

Box 7 Photographs 1004-1152 Box 7, Item Mount Lowe, undated 1004-1018d Box 7, Item Mount Lowe. Great cable incline, 1897, 1903, undated 1019-1038 Box 7, Item Mount Lowe. Observatory, undated 1039-1064 Box 7, Item Mount Lowe. Great cable incline, 1893, 1920s, 1955, undated 1065-1109 Box 7, Item Mount Lowe, undated 1110-1152 Box 8 Photographs 1153-1311 Box 8, Item Mount Lowe trolley trip, undated 1153-1186 Box 8, Item Mount Lowe trolley trip, undated 1187-1216 Box 8, Item Mount Lowe trolley trip, 1898, 1912, undated 1217-1233 Box 8, Item Mount Lowe trolley trip, undated 1234-1264 Box 8, Item Mount Lowe. Snow activities, ca. 1920s 1265-1285 Box 8, Item Mount Lowe. Snow activities, ca. 1920s 1286-1311 Box 9 Photographs 1312-1462 Box 9, Item Mount Lowe, 1911, ca. 1920s 1312-1346 Box 9, Item Mount Lowe, undated 1347-1363 Box 9, Item Mount Lowe. Animals, ca. 1920s 1364-1376 Box 9, Item Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, ca. 1920s, 1955, 1959 1377-1385 Box 9, Item Los Angeles. Chester Place residences; Doheny residence, undated 1386-1406 Box 9, Item West Lake Park; East Lake Park, undated 1407-1440 Box 9, Item Central Los Angeles. Arcade depot; Chinese/Chinatown; Street scenes; Plaza 1441-1462 Church, 1900, undated Box 10 Photographs 1463-1618

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Box 10, Item Central Los Angeles. Buildings; Street scenes, 1925, 1929, undated 1463-1483 Box 10, Item Hollywood. Easter services at Hollywood Bowl; Glendale. Tower of Legends, 1484-1491 Forest Lawn Cemetery; Hemet. Ramona pageant, undated Box 10, Item Missions, undated 1492-1501 Box 10, Item El Paseo de Cahuenga park; Campo de Cahuenga, undated 1502-1512 Box 10, Item Santa Anita Race Track; Circus train, undated 1513-1529 Note [Numbers 1525-1529, various views of the Padua Hills Theater near Claremont, missing as of August 2006.]

Box 10, Item Olympics, 1932 1530-1533 Box 10, Item Los Angeles county transportation. Trains; terminals; Easter Rock at Mount 1534-1555 Lowe; Watts station and Watts street scenes; Long Beach line; Road construction, undated Box 10, Item Stations. Miscellaneous stations and stops; Whittier bus station on opening 1556-1575a day, 1948, undated Box 10, Item American Transit Association convention, undated 1576-1600 Box 10, Item Pageants and parades, 1901, undated 1601-1618 Box 11 Photographs 1619-1780 Box 11, Item Publicity and public relations photos. Carmen Venegas, General Electric 1619-1648 engineer; MGM filming; Jerry Colonna; Miscellaneous filming; Billy Dooley; George O’Brien, 1929, undated Box 11, Item Exhibitions. San Bernardino National Orange Show (Pacific Electric exhibits); 1649-1661 Los Angeles County Fair, 1920, 1923, undated Box 11, Item Pigeon farm, undated 1662-1667 Box 11, Item Pacific Electric advertising, 1918, 1926-1930, 1933, undated 1668-1696 Box 11, Item Pacific Electric employees, 1923, 1930, ca. 1940s 1697-1724 Box 11, Item Pacific Electric employees, undated 1725-1737 Box 11, Item Pacific Electric Club. Construction; Interiors; Activities; Rod and Gun Club, 1738-1780 1920s-1930s Box 12 Photographs 1781-1933 Box 12, Item Pacific Electric employees. Baseball and bowling teams; Pacific Electric 1781-1815 vacation home, San Bernardino Mountains; Staff parties; Laborer's Camp, Arcadia, 1916, 1929, 1930s, 1946 Box 12, Item Pacific Electric employees. Picnics, 1920s 1816-1839 Box 12, Item Pacific Electric employees. Executive dinner; Pico grade crossing structure 1840-1852 dedication; D.W. Pontius, 1927, 1929, 1930s Box 12, Item Groups using/viewing Pacific Electric cars/buses, 1929-1932, undated 1853-1870 Box 12, Item Southern California Editorial Association summer outing album; Lake 1871-1885 Arrowhead, 1922 Box 12, Item Big Pines Recreation Area. Winter sports, 1931, undated 1886-1900 Box 12, Item San Bernardino County. San Bernardino Mountains; Cabins, undated 1901-1917 Box 12, Item Pacific Electric subway construction, 1924-1925 1918-1933

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Box 13 Photographs 1934-2048a Box 13, Item Pacific Electric subway construction, 1925 1934-1957 Box 13, Item Subway Terminal Building construction, 1925-1926 1958-1977 Box 13, Item Pacific Electric subway terminal, 1920s, 1940s 1978-1999 Box 13, Item Pacific Electric cars, 1927, undated 2000-2026 Box 13, Item Pacific Electric shop, Torrance, undated 2027-2048a Box 14 Photographs 2049-2220 Box 14, Item Pacific Electric maintenance. Torrance shop; Equipment; Workers; Signals, 2049-2099 1913, 1930s Box 14, Item San Bernardino County resorts. Big Bear; Little Bear Lake; Camp Pinecrest, 2100-2123 undated Box 14, Item San Bernardino County resorts, ca. 1920s 2124-2147 Box 14, Item Miscellaneous. UCLA construction; Exposition Park; Central Los Angeles street 2148-2185 scenes; Track construction; Automatic street announcer; Power plant interior, 1925, 1930, undated Box 14, Item Miscellaneous. Employees; Excursion specials; Riverside County roads and 2186-2203 parks; San Bernardino County, undated Box 14, Item Track and rights of way, 1933, 1940s 2204-2220 Box 15 Photographs 2221-2351 Box 15, Item Resorts, undated 2221-2225 Box 15, Item Track, ca. 1901, undated 2226-2235 Box 15, Item Bridges and tunnels. First Street viaduct; Hyperion bridge; Aliso Street viaduct, 2236-2250 1927, 1929, 1930s Box 15, Item Track construction. Cahuenga Pass; Equipment; Muscat grade, 1910, 2251-2266 1920s-1930s Box 15, Item Motor Transit Company, undated 2267-2279 Box 15, Item Motor Transit Company, undated 2280-2294 Box 15, Item Pacific Electric buses, 1930, undated 2295-2310 Box 15, Item Buses and passengers, ca. 1940s-1950s 2311-2329 Box 15, Item Buses on the Hollywood Freeway, ca. 1950s 2330-2351 Box 16 Photographs 2352-2501 Box 16, Item CBS special events broadcast “Keep-em-Rolling,” 1943 2352-2403 Box 16, Item Friendship train, 1947 2404-2411 Box 16, Item World War II effort. “Wave Special;” “Fly for Navy” special, 1940s 2412-2430 Box 16, Item World War II effort, 1942 2431-2447 Box 16, Item Pacific Electric Macy Street shop, 1942 2448-2463 Box 16, Item Main Street station, 1930s, 1942, 1944, 1947 2464-2475

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Box 16, Item Miscellaneous. Yards; Terminals; Substations; Parades/pageants; Shops; Buses; 2476-2488 San Bernardino County; Long Beach; UCLA; Union Station, 1924, 1938, 1939, 1945, undated Box 16, Item 6th and Main Street station, 1940s 2489-2501 Box 17 Photographs 2502-2760 Box 17, Item 6th and Main Street terminal, 1940s 2502-2510 Note [Nos. 2502 and 2503 rehoused in oversize Box 22.]

Box 17, Item Transit strikes, 1946-1947 2511-2541 Box 17, Item Miscellaneous. Schools; Tournament of Roses; Pomona; Hollywood; Redlands; 2542-2558 Pacific Electric buses; Motordrome; Bel Air Country Club, 1930s, undated Box 17, Item Recreation and entertainment. Bands; Outings; Trolley line opening; Stations; 2582-2596 exhibits, 1910s-1930s Box 17, Item Miscellaneous. Sea Bright (San Pedro); Outings; Camping; Oil wells; Los 2597-2610a Angeles County street views, 1915, 1920s, undated Box 17, Item Miscellaneous. Beaches; Coastline; Motor coach; Pacific Electric maintenance, 2611-2625 1920s Box 17, Item Pacific Electric Building construction, 1902-1904 2626-2670 Box 17, Item Power house extension construction, 1902 2671-2716 Box 17, Item New power house extension construction, 1902 2717-2760 Box 18 Photographs 2761-3044 Box 18, Item Car house and new power house extension construction, 1902-1903 2761-2811 Box 18, Item Power house and shops, 1902-1903 2812-2866 Box 18, Item Power house engines, 1902-1903 2867-2914 Box 18, Item Power house machinery, 1903 2915-2930 Box 18, Item Pacific Electric cars, 1902, undated 2931-2936 Box 18, Item Pacific Electric Substations #5 and 6. Long Beach line; Substation construction 2937-2993 and views; car barn construction, 1902-1903 Box 18, Item Pacific Electric Substations #3 and 4. Watts substation; Whittier line; Belt line; 2994-3044 Eastlake substation; University substation; Westlake substation, 1902-1903 Box 19 Photographs 3045-3224 Box 19, Item Pacific Electric Substations #2 and 8. Street views; Arcadia substation; Echo 3045-3080 Mountain substation; Pasadena line track; Pasadena substation; Monrovia-Glendale line, 1902-1903 Box 19, Item Pacific Electric cars, undated 3081-3103 Box 19, Item Pacific Electric cars, undated 3104-3122 Box 19, Item Pacific Electric cars, undated 3123-3158 Box 19, Item Pacific Electric cars, undated 3159-3201 Box 19, Item Pacific Electric cars, undated 3202-3224 Box 20 Photographs 3255-3307

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Box 20, Item Miscellaneous. Mount Lowe trolley; Tournament of Roses day; Glendale; Trolley 3225-3237 cars; Hollywood subway; 6th and Main Street station; Subway Terminal Building, 1920s, undated Box 20, Item Miscellaneous. Pacific Electric shops; Freight yards; Employee orientation; 3238-3253 Motor Transit Company buses, c. 1940 Box 20, Item Pacific Electric cars, 1930s 3254-3264 Box 20, Item Miscellaneous. Employees; Pacific Electric magazine covers; Jerry Colonna; 3265-3280 Santa Monica; Hollywood; Maintenance, 1940s-1950s Box 20, Item Pacific Electric cars and wrecks, undated 3281-3307

Oversized photographs

Box 21 Oversized photographs 167-238 Box 22 Oversized photographs 240-2503

Glass plate negatives

Box 23, Item Pacific Electric cars and wrecks [unprinted glass plate negatives], undated 3308-3347 Box 24, Item Pacific Electric cars and wrecks [unprinted glass plate negatives], undated 3348-3379 Box 25, Item Pacific Electric cars and wrecks [unprinted glass plate negatives], undated 3380-3423 Box 26, Item Glass plate negatives 1794-3122 Box 27, Item Glass plate negatives 3123-3306 Subject List

Los Angeles County towns and beach communities

Box 9, Item Central Los Angeles. Arcade depot; Chinese/Chinatown; Street scenes; Plaza 1441-1462 Church, 1900, undated Box 10, Item Central Los Angeles. Buildings; Street scenes, 1925, 1929, undated 1463-1483 Box 3, Item Covina-Pomona Line. Covina; Orange and lemon groves in Whittier and Covina; 483-510 Strawberry farm; Kerckhoff residence, undated Box 3, Item Covina-Pomona Line. El Monte; Claremont station; Pomona, undated 511-535 Box 5, Item Glendale Line. Echo Park; Glendale; Tracks and scenery, undated 717-741a Box 5, Item Glendale Line. Casa Verdugo, undated 742-772 Box 3, Item Hollywood. Paul de Longpre residence; Residences; Hotel Hollywood, undated 432-443 Box 10, Item Hollywood. Easter services at Hollywood Bowl; Glendale. Tower of Legends, Forest 1484-1491 Lawn Cemetery; Hemet. Ramona pageant, undated Box 3, Item Laguna Beach; Dana Point; San Juan Capistrano, undated 412-417 Box 1, Item 42-64 Long Beach, undated Box 1, Item 65-76 Long Beach, undated Box 1, Item 77-99 Long Beach, 1910, undated Box 3, Item Monrovia-Glendora Line. Glendora; Azusa; Monrovia; Baldwin Ranch; Scenery; 536-558 Orange groves, undated

Pacific Electric Railway Company photCL 91 11 Photographs: Finding Aid Subject List Los Angeles County towns and beach communities

Box 1, Item Newport Beach Line (Dana Point, Aliso, Green Bay, Laguna Beach, Balboa Beach, 124-162 Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach scenery and views), 1890, 1892, 1931, undated Box 5, Item Pasadena 1907, undated 773-793 Box 5, Item Pasadena Lines (short and main). Pasadena; Highland Park; Garvanza; Oneonta 794-809 Park junction, 1906, 1920s, 1940s Box 2, Item Redondo Beach. Hotel Redondo, undated 163-203 Note [Nos. 167-170, 172-179, 184, 185 rehoused in oversize Box 21.]

Box 2, Item Redondo Beach. “Plunge” bath house, undated 204-254 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 Redondo Beach; Hermosa Beach; Manhattan Beach, undated 255-265 Box 5, Item San Gabriel. Old Mission trolley trip, 1920, 1921, 1938, undated 833-851 Box 1, Item 1-21 San Pedro, undated Box 1, Item 22-41 San Pedro, undated Box 2, Item Santa Monica, undated 372-395 Box 3, Item Santa Monica; Redondo Beach; Playa del Rey; Ocean Park; Venice; Long Beach; 396-411 Santa Catalina Island, undated Note [No. 396 rehoused in oversize Box 21.]

Box 3, Item Santa Monica, undated 418-425 Box 3, Item Sawtelle, Soldier’s Home, undated 426-431 Box 4, Item Sierra Madre Line, undated 559-571 Box 5, Item South Pasadena and Rose Parade, Pasadena. Raymond Hotel; Ostrich farm; Roses, 810-832 undated Box 2, Item Venice, undated 266-281 Box 2, Item Venice, undated 282-326 Box 2, Item Venice; Ocean Park, 1877-1887, undated 327-371

Miscellaneous

Box 9, Item Los Angeles. Chester Place residences; Doheny residence, undated 1386-1406 Box 10, Item Missions, undated 1492-1501 Box 11, Item Pigeon farm, undated 1662-1667 Box 14, Item Miscellaneous. UCLA construction; Exposition Park; Central Los Angeles street 2148-2185 scenes; Track construction; Automatic street announcer; Power plant interior, 1925, 1930, undated

Pacific Electric Railway Company photCL 91 12 Photographs: Finding Aid Subject List Miscellaneous

Box 14, Item Miscellaneous. Employees; Excursion specials; Riverside County roads and parks; 2186-2203 San Bernardino County, undated Box 16, Item Miscellaneous. Yards; Terminals; Substations; Parades/pageants; Shops; Buses; 2476-2488 San Bernardino County; Long Beach; UCLA; Union Station, 1924, 1938, 1939, 1945, undated Box 17, Item Miscellaneous: schools, Tournament of Roses, Pomona, Hollywood, Redlands, 2542-2558 Pacific Electric buses, Motordrome, Bel Air Country Club, 1930s, undated Box 17, Item Miscellaneous. Sea Bright (San Pedro); Outings; Camping; Oil wells; Los Angeles 2597-2610a County street views, 1915, 1920s, undated Box 17, Item Miscellaneous. Beaches; Coastline; Motor coach; Pacific Electric maintenance, 2611-2625 1920s Box 20, Item Miscellaneous. Mount Lowe trolley; Tournament of Roses day; Glendale; Trolley 3225-3237 cars; Hollywood subway; 6th and Main Street station; Subway Terminal Building, 1920s, undated Box 20, Item Miscellaneous. Pacific Electric shops; Freight yards; Employee orientation; Motor 3238-3253 Transit Company buses, c. 1940 Box 20, Item Miscellaneous. Employees; Pacific Electric magazine covers; Jerry Colonna; Santa 3265-3280 Monica; Hollywood; Maintenance, 1940s-1950s

Orange County communities

Box 3, Item Santa Ana-Orange Line. Scenery; street scenes (Santa Ana, Garden Grove, 470-482 Orange); Farms, undated Box 3, Item Whittier-La Habra Line. Scenery; Whittier State School; Rivera, ca. 1905, undated 444-469a

Pacific Electric buildings and construction projects

Box 18, Item Car house and new power house extension construction, 1902-1903 2761-2811 Box 16, Item Main Street station, 1930s, 1942, 1944, 1947 2464-2475 Box 17, Item New power house extension construction, 1902 2717-2760 Box 17, Item Pacific Electric Building construction, 1902-1904 2626-2670 Box 16, Item Pacific Electric Macy Street shop, 1942 2448-2463 Box 13, Item Pacific Electric shop, Torrance, undated 2027-2048a Box 17, Item Power house extension construction, 1902 2671-2716 Box 18, Item Power house and shops, 1902-1903 2812-2866 Box 18, Item Power house engines, 1902-1903 2867-2914 Box 18, Item Power house machinery, 1903 2915-2930 Box 12, Item Pacific Electric subway construction, 1924-1925 1918-1933 Box 16, Item 6th and Main Street station, 1940s 2489-2501 Box 17, Item 6th and Main Street terminal, 1940s 2502-2510 Note [Nos. 2502 and 2503 rehoused in oversize Box 22.]

Pacific Electric Railway Company photCL 91 13 Photographs: Finding Aid Subject List Pacific Electric buildings and construction projects

Box 18, Item Pacific Electric Substations #5 and 6. Long Beach line; Substation construction 2937-2993 and views; car barn construction, 1902-1903 Box 18, Item Pacific Electric Substations #3 and 4. Watts substation; Whittier line; Belt line; 2994-3044 Eastlake substation; University substation; Westlake substation, 1902-1903 Box 19, Item Pacific Electric Substations #2 and 8. Street views; Arcadia substation; Echo 3045-3080 Mountain substation; Pasadena line track; Pasadena substation; Monrovia-Glendale line, 1902-1903 Box 13, Item Pacific Electric subway construction, 1925 1934-1957 Box 13, Item Subway Terminal Building construction, 1925-1926 1958-1977 Box 13, Item Pacific Electric subway terminal, 1920s, 1940s 1978-1999 Box 17, Item Transit strikes, 1946-1947 2511-2541

Pacific Electric cars and buses

Box 15, Item Buses and passengers, ca. 1940s-1950s 2311-2329 Box 15, Item Buses on the Hollywood Freeway, ca. 1950s 2330-2351 Box 15, Item Motor Transit Company, undated 2267-2279 Box 15, Item Motor Transit Company, undated 2280-2294 Box 15, Item Pacific Electric buses, 1930, undated 2295-2310 Box 13, Item Pacific Electric cars, 1927, undated 2000-2026 Box 19, Item Pacific Electric cars, undated 3081-3103 Box 19, Item Pacific Electric cars, undated 3104-3122 Box 19, Item Pacific Electric cars, undated 3123-3158 Box 19, Item Pacific Electric cars, undated 3159-3201 Box 19, Item Pacific Electric cars, undated 3202-3224 Box 18, Item Pacific Electric cars, 1902, undated 2931-2936 Box 20, Item Pacific Electric cars, 1930s 3254-3264 Box 20, Item Pacific Electric cars and wrecks, undated 3281-3307 Box 23, Item Pacific Electric cars and wrecks, undated 3308-3347 Note [Unprinted glass plate negatives.]

Box 24, Item Pacific Electric cars and wrecks, undated 3348-3379 Note [Unprinted glass plate negatives.]

Pacific Electric Railway Company photCL 91 14 Photographs: Finding Aid Subject List Pacific Electric cars and buses

Box 25, Item Pacific Electric cars and wrecks, undated 3380-3423 Note [Unprinted glass plate negatives.]

Pacific Electric employees

Box 11, Item Pacific Electric Club. Construction; Interiors; Activities; Rod and Gun Club, 1738-1780 1920s-1930s Box 11, Item Pacific Electric employees, 1923, 1930, ca. 1940s 1697-1724 Box 11, Item Pacific Electric employees, undated 1725-1737 Box 12, Item Pacific Electric employees. Baseball and bowling teams; Pacific Electric vacation 1781-1815 home, San Bernardino Mountains; Staff parties; Laborer's Camp, Arcadia, 1916, 1929, 1930s, 1946 Box 12, Item Pacific Electric employees. Picnics, 1920s 1816-1839 Box 12, Item Pacific Electric employees. Executive dinner; Pico grade crossing structure 1840-1852 dedication; D.W. Pontius, 1927, 1929, 1930s

Pacific Electric tracks and maintenance

Box 15, Item Bridges and tunnels. First Street viaduct; Hyperion bridge; Aliso Street viaduct, 2236-2250 1927, 1929, 1930s Box 14, Item Pacific Electric maintenance. Torrance shop; Equipment; Workers; Signals, 1913, 2049-2099 1930s Box 14, Item Track and rights of way, 1933, 1940s 2204-2220 Box 15, Item Track, ca. 1901, undated 2226-2235 Box 15, Item Track construction. Cahuenga Pass; Equipment; Muscat grade, 1910, 1920s-1930s 2251-2266

Parks, resorts, and recreation

Box 10, Item American Transit Association convention, undated 1576-1600 Box 12, Item Big Pines Recreation Area. Winter sports, 1931, undated 1886-1900 Box 10, Item El Paseo de Cahuenga park; Campo de Cahuenga, undated 1502-1512 Box 11, Item Exhibitions. San Bernardino National Orange Show (Pacific Electric exhibits); Los 1649-1661 Angeles County Fair, 1920, 1923 undated, Box 6, Item Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, 1895, undated 852-872 Box 6, Item Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, undated 873-902 Box 6, Item Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, undated 903-932a Box 6, Item Mount Lowe, undated 933-950a Box 6, Item Mount Lowe. Rubio Canyon; Mount Lowe Tavern, undated 951-982

Pacific Electric Railway Company photCL 91 15 Photographs: Finding Aid Subject List Parks, resorts, and recreation

Box 6, Item Mount Lowe, undated 983a-1003 Note [No. 983 missing as of February 2006.]

Box 7, Item Mount Lowe, undated 1004-1018d Box 7, Item Mount Lowe. Great cable incline, 1897, 1903, undated 1019-1038 Box 7, Item Mount Lowe. Observatory, undated 1039-1064 Box 7, Item Mount Lowe. Great cable incline, 1893, 1920s, 1955, undated 1065-1109 Box 7, Item Mount Lowe, undated 1110-1152 Box 8, Item Mount Lowe trolley trip, undated 1153-1186 Box 8, Item Mount Lowe trolley trip, undated 1187-1216 Box 8, Item Mount Lowe trolley trip, 1898, 1912, undated 1217-1233 Box 8, Item Mount Lowe trolley trip, undated 1234-1264 Box 8, Item Mount Lowe. Snow activities, ca. 1920s 1265-1285 Box 8, Item Mount Lowe. Snow activities, ca. 1920s 1286-1311 Box 9, Item Mount Lowe, 1911, ca. 1920s 1312-1346 Box 9, Item Mount Lowe, undated 1347-1363 Box 9, Item Mount Lowe. Animals, ca. 1920s 1364-1376 Box 9, Item Mount Lowe. Ye Alpine Tavern, ca. 1920s, 1955, 1959 1377-1385 Box 10, Item Olympics, 1932 1530-1533 Box 10, Item Pageants and parades, 1901, undated 1601-1618 Box 17, Item Recreation and entertainment. Bands; Outings; Trolley line opening; Stations; 2582-2596 exhibits, 1910s-1930s Box 15, Item Resorts, undated 2221-2225 Box 12, Item San Bernardino County. San Bernardino Mountains; Cabins, undated 1901-1917 Box 14, Item San Bernardino County resorts. Big Bear; Little Bear Lake; Camp Pinecrest, 2100-2123 undated Box 14, Item San Bernardino County resorts, ca. 1920s 2124-2147 Box 10, Item Santa Anita Race Track; Circus train, undated 1513-1529 Box 12, Item Southern California Editorial Association summer outing album; Lake Arrowhead, 1871-1885 1922 Box 9, Item West Lake Park; East Lake Park, undated 1407-1440

Publicity and Public Relations

Pacific Electric Railway Company photCL 91 16 Photographs: Finding Aid Subject List Publicity and Public Relations

Box 16, Item CBS special events broadcast "Keep-em-Rolling," 1943 2352-2403 Box 16, Item Friendship train, 1947 2404-2411 Box 12, Item Groups using/viewing Pacific Electric cars/buses, 1929-1932, undated 1853-1870 Box 11, Item Pacific Electric advertising, 1918, 1926-1930, 1933, undated 1668-1696 Box 11, Item Publicity and public relations photos. Carmen Venegas, General Electric engineer; 1619-1648 MGM filming; Jerry Colonna; Miscellaneous filming; Billy Dooley; George O’Brien, 1929, undated Box 16, Item World War II effort. “Wave Special;” “Fly for Navy” special, 1940s 2412-2430 Box 16, Item World War II effort, 1942 2431-2447

San Bernardino and Riverside Counties communities

Box 4, Item Riverside County. Rubidoux Drive Summit; Orange groves; Riverside, undated 626-646 Box 4, Item Riverside County. Sherman Indian Institute; Arlington Heights Fruit Company; 647-666 Riverside streets, undated Box 4, Item Riverside. Glenwood Mission Inn, undated 667-699 Box 5, Item Riverside. Glenwood Mission Inn, undated 700-716 Box 4, Item San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Palm Springs; Banning; Redlands, undated 599-625 Box 4, Item Upland-San Bernardino Line. San Bernardino; Fontana station; Chino; Ontario, 572-598 undated

Tracks and stations

Box 1, Item Long Beach-San Pedro Line. Track; Junctions; Views and scenery, 1910, undated 100-123 Box 10, Item Los Angeles county transportation. Trains; terminals; Easter Rock at Mount Lowe; 1534-1555 Watts station and Watts street scenes; Long Beach line; Road construction, undated Box 10, Item Stations. Miscellaneous stations and stops; Whittier bus station on opening day, 1556-1575a 1948, undated

Pacific Electric Railway Company photCL 91 17 Photographs: Finding Aid