Image: Pacific Electric and Salt Lake Railroad station in Long Beach, 1905 (CHS-2468)

Description: Pacific Electric and Salt Lake Railroad station in Long Beach, 1905 Photograph of the depot for the Pacific Electric Railway and Salt Lake Railroad in Long Beach, 1905. The long one-story Mission-style structure has a tile roof. Electric wires hang over the rails. About thirteen people are visible in the open-air waiting room separated from the platform by a series of arches. Two bicycles are parked nearby. A scale stands at one corner. A signal stands on the platform. Legible signs include: "Salt Lake Station", "Los A, 22 miles, Long Beach", ..."ticket office"..., "Postal, telegraph"..., "Baggage room". Call number: CHS-2468 Legacy record ID: chs-m6461; USC-1-1-1-6576 Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 Filename: CHS-2468 Coverage date: 1905 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Long Beach Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 2468 Microfiche number: 1-32-26 Archival file: chs_Volume53/CHS-2468.tiff Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 3 photographs : photonegatives, glass photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 20 x 25 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): transportation features Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: 1905 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): negatives (photographic); photographs Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- Architecture -- Commercial Format: glass plate negatives Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles Subject (lcsh): Railroads -- Stations; Electric railroads Subject: Pacific Electric Railway; Salt Lake Railroad
Title: Pacific Electric and Salt Lake Railroad station in Long Beach, 1905 (CHS-2468)
Credit: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/6546
Author: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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