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Photographs

Box 1

Photographs 1-75d

Box 1, Item 1-10

Downtown Los Angeles, 1868-1924

Box 1, Item 11-18

Downtown Los Angeles, San Juan Capistrano bicyclists. 1880s, early 1900s, 1875-1929

Box 1, Item 19-30 1/2

Steam locomotives (Burbank, Hollywood); Downtown Los Angeles, 1872-1934

Box 1, Item 31-38

Various vehicles; Aerial views. 1860-1903, Undated

Box 1, Item 39-50

Central Los Angeles. 1853-1930, undated

Note

[Missing no. 52. No. 49, Spring Street north from First Street, 1887 (duplicate), rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 1, Item 51-60

Los Angeles Railway South Park workshops. 1905-1928

Box 1, Item 61-70a

Los Angeles street photos "then and now". 1889-1928, undated

Note

[No. 64, Interior power station and car house, 70 Grand Avenue, February 12, 1896, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 1, Item 71-75d

Cable cars, Los Angeles and Hollywood. 1891-1928, undated

Box 2

Photographs 76-101b

Box 2, Item 76-76d

Elysian Park, Los Angeles, view north. 1909, 1928

Box 2, Item 77-79

Los Angeles street railway maps; Powerhouse/workshop. 1874-1927

Note

[Original print of no. 78 missing as of 2/22/83; negative on file.]
Box 2, Item 80-83

Los Angeles post office building; Horse cars; Double end cars-Pico Street line. 1890-1939

Note

[Includes 2 newspaper clippings re: Los Angeles Federal building and Los Angeles County Post Office.]
Box 2, Item 84a-84l

Los Angeles Electric Railway; Pico Street line, 1887-1932, Undated

Note

[Includes correspondence and notes.]

Note

[Nos. 84j and 84k, Pico Electric Railway Trailer and Motor, 1887, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 2, Item 85-90s

Electric car designs. 1896-1931, Undated

Box 2, Item 91-101b

Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway-Pico Line; Viaduct; Steam passenger cars. 1889-1903, Undated

Box 3

Photographs 102-181

Box 3, Item 102-110

Los Angeles city views including Westlake Park and Garvanza. 1880- 1929

Box 3, Item 111-121a

Mount Lowe Trolley; Santa Monica; Los Angeles Courthouse; Haas Ranch; Woodhead and Gay Store. 1873-1935, Undated

Box 3, Item 122-130 1/2

Views of Los Angeles and street scenes. 1873-1909

Box 3, Item 131-140a

Street scenes of downtown Los Angeles; Plaza views; Dane's Line Car and Wolfskill Tract sale sign; Los Angeles Traction Company Building. 1857-1913

Note

[No. 136, LA/Central Plaza looking west, ca. 1874, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 3, Item 141-150

Downtown Los Angeles; Orange Heights; Pasadena; Glendale; State Normal School. 1884-1935

Note

[Includes 2 clippings.]
Box 3, Item 151-160e

Haynes automobile; Scenes of Los Angeles. 1863-1904

Note

[Missing no. 152a; negative on file.]

Note

[No. 160, Los Angeles in 1869. Panorama (halftone), removed for conservation.]
Box 3, Item 161-171

Los Angeles city views; Bridge at Garvanza; City gardens, San Pedro. 1873-1913

Box 3, Item 172-181

Railroad cars; Hotels; Western Avenue. 1864-1935, undated

Note

[Missing no. 173d; negative on file.]
Box 4

Photographs 182-219o

Box 4, Item 182-190a

Tombstone [Arizona]; Pico Street Line Power House station; Electric Locomotive; 4th Street viaduct; Jacob Kurhts at carriage manufactory, 7th Street at Hill; Churches. 1875-1931, Undated

Note

[Missing no. 187.]
Box 4, Item 191-202

Vicinity of Temple and Broadway; Moving of Los Angeles High School; High School on 1929 courthouse site. 1851-1931, Undated

Note

[Includes clippings, correspondence, and notes regarding the move of the High School.]
Box 4, Item 203-215

Downtown Los Angeles; Spring Street and vicinity. 1870-1904, Undated

Note

[Includes clipping.]

Note

[No. 212, First and Broadway view, missing as of December 16, 1938 (see ledger); no. 215, Court House ca. 1878, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 4, Item 216-216h

Henry E. Huntington. 1904-1933, Undated

Box 4, Item 217-217c

Huntington, Howard Edwards. 1918-1922, Undated

Box 4, Item 218-218h

Akin, John Jay. 1899-1913, Undated

Note

[No. 218a, Portrait, filed in oversize box 17.]
Box 4, Item 219

Lewis, Edwin L. 1902-1939

Note

[Correspondence, notes, printed matter, clippings, and a typescript.]
Physical Description: [1 of 2]
Box 4, Item 219a-219o

Lewis, Edwin L. 1896-1930

Note

[No. 219l, Portrait, 1921, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Physical Description: [2 of 2]
Box 5

Photographs 219 1/2-243b

Box 5, Item 219 1/2-219 1/2a

Merrihew, Alden Burr. 1934, Undated

Box 5, Item 220-220a

Pillsbury, George E. 1915, Undated

Box 5, Item 221-221c

Bulpin, Thomas W. 1922, 1932, Undated

Box 5, Item 222

Hill, R.B. Undated

Box 5, Item 223-223c

Widney, R.M. Undated

Box 5, Item 224

Workman, Boyle. 1933

Box 5, Item 224a-224b

Workman, William. Undated

Box 5, Item 225-225a

Broderick, William J. 1887, Undated

Box 5, Item 226-226b

Forman, Charles. 1885, 1929, Undated

Box 5, Item 227-227a

Beaudry, Prudent. 1928, Undated

Box 5, Item 228-228c

Muir, John A. 1900, 1902, Undated

Box 5, Item 229-229b

Spence, Edward F. Undated

Box 5, Item 230-230a

Graham, Don. M. Undated

Box 5, Item 231-231a

Hamaker, William Nelson. Undated

Box 5, Item 232-232h

Clark, Eli P. 1915-1931, Undated

Box 5, Item 233-233b

Garland, William May. 1925, Undated

Box 5, Item 234c-234i

Wood, Fred W. 1896, 1929, Undated

Note

[Nos. 234, 234a, 234b, Portraits of Fred W. Wood, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 5, Item 235-235c

Gibson, Francis Asbury. 1901, Undated

Box 5, Item 236-236a

Larrabee, William D. Undated

Box 5, Item 237-237a

Hurd, E.C. 1907

Note

[No. 237 (original), Portrait of E.C. Hurd, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 5, Item 238-238b

Kysor, E.F. 1887, Undated

Box 5, Item 239-239e

Jewett, Stanley P. 1882-1934, Undated

Box 5, Item 240-240a

Hook, William Spencer. 1895, Undated

Box 5, Item 241-241a

Crank, James Fillmore. 1935, Undated

Box 5, Item 242-242b

Maxwell, Walter Scott. 1930, Undated

Box 5, Item 243-243b

Robinson, Sir James Clifton. 1909-1931, Undated

Box 6

Photographs 244a-273c

Box 6, Item 244a-244b

Casteel, Edwin L. Undated

Box 6, Item 244c-244d

Ritch, Joseph R. 1929, Undated

Box 6, Item 245a-245b

Randolph, Epes. 1929, Undated

Note

[No. 245, Portrait of Epes Randolph, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 6, Item 246a-246b

McRoberts, Charles M. 1929, 1932

Note

[No. 246, Portrait of Charles M. McRoberts, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 6, Item 247-247d

Dunn, William E. 1925, Undated

Note

[No. 247e and duplicate, portraits of William E. Dunn, rehoused in oversized box 17.]
Box 6, Item 248a-248l

Kuhrts, George J. 1903-1932

Note

[No. 248, Portrait of George J. Kuhrts, rehoused in oversize box 18.]
Box 6, Item 249a-249g

Eaton, Frederick. 1928-1934

Note

[No. 249, Portrait of Frederick Eaton, rehoused in oversize box 18.]
Box 6, Item 250a

Bicknell, John D. 1929, 1933, Undated

Note

[No. 250, Portrait of John D. Bicknell, rehoused in oversize box 18.]
Box 6, Item 251-251c

Hubbell, Stephen C. 1929, Undated

Note

[No. 251a, Portrait of Stephen C. Hubbell, rehoused in oversize box 18.]
Box 6, Item 252a-252j

Sherman, General Moses H. 1928-1934

Note

[No. 252, Portrait of Gen. Moses H. Sherman, rehoused in oversize box 18.]
Box 6, Item 253-253b

Griffin, John S. Undated

Box 6, Item 254-254d

Gillette, Jeffrey Winser. 1928, Undated

Box 6, Item 255a-255d

Harris, Phillip B. 1939

Note

[No. 255, Portrait of Phillip B. Harris, rehoused in oversize box 18.]
Box 6, Item 256-256a

Haynes, John Randolph. 1937, Undated

Box 6, Item 257

Hellman Sr., Isaias William. Undated

Box 6, Item 258a-258l

Henderson, Charles A. 1905-1934, Undated

Note

[No. 258, LARy auditor's office with staff, 1895-1900, rehoused in oversize box 18.]
Box 6, Item 259-259b

Hollenbeck, John E. 1928-1933, Undated

Box 6, Item 260-260a

Howland, Charles H. 1929

Box 6, Item 261-261a

Stephens, Daniel Grandin. 1929, 1932

Box 6, Item 262-262a

Trask, D.K. Undated

Note

[Photograph only.]
Box 6, Item 263-263c

Waldron, David. V. 1929, Undated

Box 6, Item 264-264g

Parker, Henry J. 1879, 1889, 1929-1930

Box 6, Item 265-265a

Thom, Cameron E. 1932, Undated

Box 6, Item 266-266a

Wright, Edward Thomas. Undated

Box 6, Item 267-267a

Hardin, James R. Undated

Box 6, Item 268-268a

Anderson, George Baker; Wimberly. 1923

Box 6, Item 270

Cole, Thomas A. Undated

Box 6, Item 271-271d

Hawks, William E. 1930-1931, Undated

Box 6, Item 272-272f

Wicks, M.L. 1919, 1930, Undated

Box 6, Item 273-273c

Lord, Isaac Wilson. Undated

Box 7

Photographs 274-299

Box 7, Item 274-274a

McLoughlin, James Gregory. 1930, Undated

Box 7, Item 275-275a

Wheeler, John O. 1930, Undated

Box 7, Item 276-276f

Weid, Otto and Ivar. 1930-1934, Undated

Box 7, Item 277

Griffith, Colonel Griffith J. 1930

Box 7, Item 278-278a

Burkhardt, William H. Undated

Box 7, Item 279

Downey, John G. Undated

Box 7, Item 280-280b

Maltman, John S. 1930, 1934, Undated

Box 7, Item 281-281d

Child, Ozra W. 1931, Undated

Box 7, Item 282-282c

Workman, Elijah H. 1931, 1932, Undated

Box 7, Item 283-283c

Mott, Thomas D. 1931, Undated

Box 7, Item 284-287a

Colorado Street Bridge; Dynamite conspiracy. 1890-1933

Note

[Includes clipping.]
Box 7, Item 288-288ff

Views from LARy Building. 1921, 1923

Box 7, Item 288gg-288xx

Views from LARy Building. 1921-1926

Note

[Includes three photographs of actress Dorothy Devore.]
Box 7, Item 289-292c

Traffic signal/central tower; Pigeon farm; Los Angeles Consolidated Electric power station; LARy building. 1891-1935, Undated

Note

[Includes seismological report on LARy building.]
Box 7, Item 293-299

Itata steamer; Ambassador Hotel; Mount Lowe trolley; Fröbel Institute; Consolidated Electric power house. 1891-1921

Note

[nos. 293, A.S.I.R.A. Convention, Denver, Colorado, 1909, and no. 299, Lincoln Park bandstand and crowd, 1909, rehoused in oversize box 18.]

Note

[Includes clipping.]
Box 8

Photographs 300-328a

Box 8, Item 300-304

Consolidated Electric Railway; LARy. 1890-1910

Box 8, Item 305-309f

LARy and L.A. Consolidated Electric; Pacific Railway cars. 1892-1898

Box 8, Item 310-315e

Downtown Los Angeles; LARy tickets; Derailment. 1887-1908, Undated

Box 8, Item 316-328a

Harold Lloyd and horse car; LARy instruction and train cars; Miscellaneous train cars; Spring Street. 1888-1928, Undated

Note

[Includes clipping.]

Note

[No. 316, Accident, Downey Avenue viaduct, May 26, 1901; no. 320, Funeral car, division 1, 1897; nos. 321-321a, Car barn, division 1, May 25, 1909, rehoused in oversize box 18. No. 327, LARy Trainmen, April 13, 1909, no. 328, 328a, LARy conductors and motormen, rehoused in oversize box 19.]
Box 9

Photographs 329-393

Box 9, Item 329-340

Group photos; LARy employees; Downtown Los Angeles views. 1879-1926, Undated

Box 9, Item 341-341v

Laurel Canyon Trackless Trolley. 1909, 1936-1937

Note

[Includes correspondence.]
Box 9, Item 342-356

Baseball players; Los Angeles views; Stagecoach. 1870-1903, Undated

Box 9, Item 357-358j

LARy buses; Los Angeles Motor Bus Company. 1924-1928

Note

[Includes notes.]
Box 9, Item 359-362b

Group photos. 1907-1929

Note

[No. 362a, LARy Company claims department group photo, rehoused in oversize box 19.]
Box 9, Item 363-373a

Inglewood; Santa Monica; Hotels; Los Angeles views. 1865-1934, Undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]
Box 9, Item 374-382

Plaza de Los Angeles and vicinity; Pico House. 1857-1880, 1930

Note

[Includes letter and clipping.]
Box 9, Item 383-393

Central Los Angeles. 1874-1906, Undated

Box 10

Photographs 394-488

Box 10, Item 394-402a

Central Los Angeles, 1870-1931

Note

[Includes clipping.]
Box 10, Item 403-427e

Central Los Angeles and Pasadena. 1870-1929

Note

[Includes clippings.]
Box 10, Item 428-446

Inglewood, California; LARy picnic. 1890-1930, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[Item nos. 437, 441, 443, missing as of March 1984. Item no. 440 removed to ephemera.]
Box 10, Item 447-455

Railway construction; Rail cars. 1888-1929, undated

Box 10, Item 456-466

Tunnels; LARy officials and employees; Street cars; Carhouses; Administration building. 1911-1927, undated

Box 10, Item 468-477a

Elysian Park and Eagle Rock vicinity; Downtown Los Angeles street congestion. 1900-1930

Note

[No. 467 missing as of March 1984.]
Box 10, Item 478-488

Los Angeles. 1885-1891, 1930, undated

Note

[Includes typescript of interview with Benjamin Hard re: first car operated to Westlake Park, July 1891.]
Box 11

Photographs 489-546a

Box 11, Item 489-499

Los Angeles. 1888

Box 11, Item 500-510

Westlake Park; Santa Monica; Downtown Los Angeles. 1860, 1888, 1898, undated

Note

[No. 507 missing as of March 1984.]
Box 11, Item 511a-514b

Pershing Square; 7th and Alameda, Los Angeles; Angeles Mesa. 1912, 1928, 1930

Box 11, Item 515-534

LARy Board of Directors; Substations; Car and track costs; Route map. 1860-1929

Note

[No. 533 (Watkins #4326) moved to stereo file; no. 532, map of Los Angeles, 1884, no print; glass negative on file.]
Box 11, Item 535-539

U.S. Steamer Charleston; Long Beach; San Francisco fire; Miscellaneous individuals. 1895-1929

Box 11, Item 540-546a

Downtown Los Angeles around Main Street; Pacific Electric cars. 1911

Box 12

Photographs 547-639j

Box 12, Item 547-555a

Eagle Rock; Echo Park horse car; Luncheon at Harry Fryman Ranch; South Park substation; Native Americans; Street cars. 1894-1930

Box 12, Item 557-569

LARy shops; Barns; Offices; Street cars; Courthouse. 1888-1933, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[Nos. 556, 558, 560, 561 missing as of March 1984.]
Box 12, Item 570-579

Agricultural Park Line; Spring and 6th Street Line; 8th Street. 1877-1900, 1930-1931

Note

[Includes brass token and clipping.]
Box 12, Item 580-588

Santa Catalina Island; San Pedro wharf; Baker Block demolition; San Diego. 1879-1894, 1930-1935, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]
Box 12, Item 591-601

Street scenes, Los Angeles; Anaheim; Canyons. 1876-1930, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[Nos. 589, 590, 596, missing as of March 1984.]
Box 12, Item 602-610 1/2

Senator and Mrs. Cole; Downtown Los Angeles street scenes; Laurel Canyon; San Francisco railways. 1871-1908, 1931

Note

[Includes clippings.]
Box 12, Item 611-623

Pasadena and South Pasadena views; Santa Barbara street railways; San Pedro; Downtown Los Angeles. 1885-1899, 1931

Note

[Includes letters.]
Box 12, Item 629-638g

Downtown Los Angeles and civic center; Los Angeles pioneers. 1927-1932

Note

[Includes clippings, correspondence and biographical sketches of Francis Phinney Fisk Temple, Dr. William F. Edgar, Edgar D. Goode.]

Note

[Nos. 624-628 missing as of November 2005.]
Box 12, Item 639-639j

Haskins, S.M. 1932-1937

Box 13

Photographs 640-663a

Box 13, Item 640

Gibson, James Alexander. Undated

Box 13, Item 641

Smith, C.W. 1901

Box 13, Item 642a-642h

Hutchinson, E.H. 1932

Box 13, Item 643-643e

Crutcher, Albert, 1931. Undated

Box 13, Item 644-644a

Cole, Nathan, Jr. Undated

Box 13, Item 645

Reminiscences of Los Angeles and Redondo Railway, by Charles Burnett. June 28, 1932

Box 13, Item 646

Means, C.V. Undated

Box 13, Item 647-647g

Sachse, Richard. 1932, 1936

Box 13, Item 648

Van Vleck, Frank. Undated

Box 13, Item 649-649b

Rees, S.P. 1905, 1932

Box 13, Item 650-650h

Johns, G.G. 1900, 1903, 1934, undated

Note

[Re: $110,000 bid for Figueroa Street car line franchise.]
Box 13, Item 651-651c

Bryant, Dr. Ernest A. 1903, 1933

Box 13, Item 652

Mc Reynolds, O.O. 1934

Box 13, Item 653-653i

Peck, Thomas. 1934-1935

Box 13, Item 654-654f

Stephens, Edward L. 1900, 1932-1936

Box 13, Item 655a

Meyberg, Max. 1934

Box 13, Item 655b

Van Vranken, F. 1929, 1936

Box 13, Item 656

Mellus, James J. 1935

Box 13, Item 657-657j

Storrs, Lucius S. 1936-1939

Box 13, Item 658

Morgan, Clinton E. 1936

Box 13, Item 659-659b

Irwin, William J. 1936-1937

Box 13, Item 660-660j

Smith, Oscar A.; Pontius, David W.; Harriman, Edward H. 1909, 1937

Box 13, Item 661-661e

Robinson, Henry. 1937

Box 13, Item 662-662a

Bishop, Samuel Anderson. 1908, 1937

Box 13, Item 663

Clarke, J.L. 1903

Box 13, Item 663a

Jennings, William. 1903

Box 14

Photographs 664-722

Box 14, Item 664-669b

East Los Angeles area car lines. 1878, 1890, 1898, 1931

Note

[Includes clipping.]
Box 14, Item 670-677

Pullman car; Groups of street railway employees. 1895-1901, 1925-1932

Note

[Includes clippings, notes, correspondence.]

Note

[No. 671, LARy Div. 3 baseball team, rehoused in oversize box 19.]

Note

[No. 672 missing.]
Box 14, Item 678-689

Horse and electric car lines; Slauson power house; Accidents; Broadway store, Los Angeles. 1885-1932

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[No. 689a and 689b, 9th and Spring Streets site of accident, May 3, 1899, rehoused in oversize box 19.]
Box 14, Item 690-699

Street railroad facilities; Los Angeles views; William Wells. 1877-1893, 1939, undated

Note

[No. 690, Original electric switchboard of the Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway, rehoused in oversize box 19.]

Note

[No. 692 missing as of March 1984.]
Box 14, Item 700-711

Mabel Knight-Roberts; Cahuenga Pass; 10th Olympiad; Doheny oil derricks, 1870-1932

Note

[Includes clippings, letters.]

Removed or Separated Material

Item 706, The 1932 Western Decorating Co. banner/flag design mockup was moved to Box 28.
Box 14, Item 712-722

Decorated cars; Downtown Los Angeles; Cable viaduct. 1889-1895

Note

[No. 719, First cable car to East Los Angeles, rehoused in oversize box 19; no. 720, Dispatcher's office at Central Avenue and 6th Street; and no. 721, Main Street and Agricultural Park railroad car on west site of Main Street between 11th and 12th Streets, rehoused in oversize box 20.]
Box 15

Photographs 723-789

Box 15, Item 723-741 1/2

L.A. Consolidated and LARy cars and facilities; San Diego car line; Baseball team. 1892-1932, undated

Note

[Includes clippings, notes.]

Note

[Nos. 726, Nissley, Lincoln. Electrical engineer at his desk, c. 1898, 727, Car house, 6th and Central, Interior view, July 1896, 741 1/2, Sketches of 20 Los Angeles buildings, rehoused in oversize box 20.]

Note

[Nos. 734-736 missing as of December 2005.]
Box 15, Item 742-755

East and Central Los Angeles streets and businesses. 1880-1907, 1931-1933, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[Nos. 749-752, 754 missing as of December 2005.]
Box 15, Item 756-1-756-17

Personal reminiscences/"historical statements". 1928-1934

Note

[Photocopies of originals transferred to Manuscripts Department.]
Box 15, Item 757-770

Miscellaneous views of Central Los Angeles, Santa Monica. 1887-1933, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[No. 757, L.A./Central. Main and Alameda, Naud Warehouse, no. 758, Second Street west of Central Avenue, rehoused in oversize box 20.]

Note

[Nos. 760, 761, 763, 767, missing as of December 2005.]
Box 15, Item 771-776

Miscellaneous downtown Los Angeles views. 1934, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]
Box 15, Item 777-789

Miscellaneous LARy, LA Consolidated Railway; 100th anniversary of founding of Los Angeles. 1871-1903, 1934

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[No. 786 missing as of March 1984.]
Box 16

Photographs 790-820

Box 16, Item 790-801e

Railroad employees; Downtown Los Angeles views; Rail cars. 1886-1937, undated

Note

[Includes notes, clippings and printed matter.]

Note

[No. 800 missing as of March 1984.]
Box 16, Item 802-815

Downtown Los Angeles views; Accidents involving LARy cars. 1875-1938

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[According to ledger, no. 814 was originally New Zealand timetable; missing as of March 1996. No no. 809.]
Box 16, Item 816-1-817

Miscellaneous biographical sketches. 1927-1939, undated

Note

[Photocopies of originals transferred to Manuscripts Department.]
Box 16, Item 818-820

Pacific Electric Railroad cars and track. Undated

Note

[No. 821, LARy band, Shrine Auditorium, and no. 822, LARy car #262 (2 copies), rehoused in oversize box.]
Box 20

Photographs 821-823

Item 823, Map of LARy lines was moved to Box 28 following conservation treatment.
Box 20, Item 821

LARy Railway Band at benefit dance. 1912

Box 20, Item 822

Railway car. 1902

Box 20, Item 824

[Composite of 16 photographs depicting street cars in use by the Los Angeles Railway. Approximately 1902

Physical Description: 23 x 30 5/16 inches
 

Oversize photographs

Box 17

Oversize photographs (49-247)

Box 18

Oversize photographs (248-321)

Box 19

Oversize photographs (327-719)

 

Ledger book and clippings

Box 21

Ledger book; Original clippings

Box 22

Original clippings

 

Glass negatives

Boxes 23-26

Glass negatives

Physical Description: 97 negatives

Access Information

Access to the original glass negatives is restricted. Arrangements for viewing negatives must be made in advance with the Curator of Photographs.
 

Subject card file

Box 27

Subject card file

 

Oversized items (706, 823, 824)

Box 28

Oversized items 706, 823, and 824

Box 28, Item 706

Western Decorating Co. banner/flag design mockup, 1932.

Note

Removed from Box 14.
Box 28, Item 823

Map of LARy lines.

Note

Removed from Box 20.
Box 20, Item 824

[Composite of 16 photographs depicting street cars in use by the Los Angeles Railway. Approximately 1902

Physical Description: 23 x 30 5/16 inches
 

Subject List

 

Views of Los Angeles and vicinity

Note

In addition to photographs, each folder may contain correspondence, clippings and/or notes, and their presence is noted.
Box 1, Item 1-10

Downtown Los Angeles. 1868-1924

Box 1, Item 11-18

Downtown Los Angeles, San Juan Capistrano bicyclists. 1880s, early 1900s, 1875-1929

Box 1, Item 39-50

Central Los Angeles. 1853-1930, undated

Note

[Missing no. 52. No. 49, Spring Street north from First Street, 1887 (duplicate), rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 1, Item 61-70a

Los Angeles street photos "then and now". 1889-1928, undated

Note

[No. 64, Interior power station and car house, 70 Grand Avenue, February 12, 1896, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 2, Item 76-76d

Elysian Park, Los Angeles, view north. 1909, 1928

Box 2, Item 77-79

Los Angeles street railway maps; Powerhouse/workshop. 1874-1927

Note

[Original print of no. 78 missing as of 2/22/83; negative on file.]
Box 4, Item 191-202

Vicinity of Temple and Broadway; Moving of Los Angeles High School; High School on 1929 courthouse site. 1851-1931, undated

Note

[Includes clippings, correspondence, and notes regarding the move of the High School.]
Box 4, Item 203-215

Downtown Los Angeles; Spring Street and vicinity. 1870-1904, undated

Note

[Includes clipping.]

Note

[No. 212, First and Broadway view, missing as of December 16, 1938 (see ledger); no. 215, Court House ca. 1878, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 7, Item 284-287a

Colorado Street Bridge; Dynamite conspiracy. 1890-1933

Note

[Includes clipping.]
Box 7, Item 288-288ff

Views from LARy Building. 1921, 1923

Box 7, Item 288gg-288xx

Views from LARy Building. 1921-1926

Note

[Includes three photographs of actress Dorothy Devore.]
Box 7, Item 289-292c

Traffic signal/central tower; Pigeon farm; Los Angeles Consolidated Electric power station; LARy building. 1891-1935, undated

Note

[Includes seismological report on LARy building.]
Box 7, Item 293-299

Itata steamer; Ambassador Hotel; Mount Lowe trolley; Fröbel Institute; Consolidated Electric power house. 1891-1921

Note

[nos. 293, A.S.I.R.A. Convention, Denver, Colorado, 1909, and no. 299, Lincoln Park bandstand and crowd, 1909, rehoused in oversize box 18.]

Note

[Includes clipping.]
Box 9, Item 329-340

Group photos; LARy employees; Downtown Los Angeles views. 1879- 1926, undated

Box 9, Item 342-356

Baseball players; Los Angeles views; Stagecoach. 1870-1903, undated

Box 9, Item 363-373a

Inglewood; Santa Monica; Hotels; Los Angeles views. 1865-1934, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]
Box 9, Item 374-382

Plaza de Los Angeles and vicinity; Pico House. 1857-1880, 1930

Note

[Includes letter and clipping.]
Box 9, Item 383-393

Central Los Angeles. 1874-1906, undated

Box 10, Item 394-402a

Central Los Angeles, 1870-1931

Note

[Includes clipping.]
Box 10, Item 403-427e

Central Los Angeles and Pasadena. 1870-1929

Note

[Includes clippings.]
Box 10, Item 428-446

Inglewood, California; LARy picnic. 1890-1930, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[Item nos. 437, 441, 443, missing as of March 1984. Item no. 440 removed to ephemera.]
Box 10, Item 468-477a

Elysian Park and Eagle Rock vicinity; Downtown Los Angeles street congestion. 1900-1930

Note

[No. 467 missing as of March 1984.]
Box 10, Item 478-488

Los Angeles. 1885-1891, 1930, undated

Note

[Includes typescript of interview with Benjamin Hard re: first car operated to Westlake Park, July 1891.]
Box 11, Item 489-499

Los Angeles. 1888

Box 11, Item 500-510

Westlake Park; Santa Monica; Downtown Los Angeles. 1860, 1888, 1898, undated

Note

[No. 507 missing as of March 1984.]
Box 12, Item 580-588

Santa Catalina Island; San Pedro wharf; Baker Block demolition; San Diego. 1879-1894, 1930-1935, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]
Box 12, Item 591-601

Street scenes, Los Angeles; Anaheim; Canyons. 1876-1930, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[Nos. 589, 590, 596, missing as of March 1984.]
Box 12, Item 602-610 1/2

Senator and Mrs. Cole; Downtown Los Angeles street scenes; Laurel Canyon; San Francisco railways. 1871-1908, 1931

Note

[Includes clippings.]
Box 12, Item 611-623

Pasadena and South Pasadena views; Santa Barbara street railways; San Pedro; Downtown Los Angeles. 1885-1899, 1931

Note

[Includes letters.]
Box 12, Item 629-638g

Downtown Los Angeles and civic center; Los Angeles pioneers. 1927-1932

Note

[Includes clippings, correspondence and biographical sketches of Francis Phinney Fisk Temple, Dr. William F. Edgar, Edgar D. Goode.]

Note

[Nos. 624-628 missing as of November 2005.]
Box 14, Item 690-699

Street railroad facilities; Los Angeles views; William Wells. 1877-1893, 1939, undated

Note

[No. 690, Original electric switchboard of the Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway, rehoused in oversize box 19.]

Note

[No. 692 missing as of March 1984.]
Box 14, Item 700-711

Mabel Knight-Roberts; Cahuenga Pass; 10th Olympiad; Doheny oil derricks, 1870-1932

Note

[Includes clippings, letters. Item 706 was moved to Box 28]
Box 15, Item 742-755

East and Central Los Angeles streets and businesses. 1880-1907, 1931-1933, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[Nos. 749-752, 754 missing as of December 2005.]
Box 15, Item 757-770

Miscellaneous views of Central Los Angeles, Santa Monica. 1887-1933, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[No. 757, L.A./Central. Main and Alameda, Naud Warehouse, no. 758, Second Street west of Central Avenue, rehoused in oversize box 20.]

Note

[Nos. 760, 761, 763, 767, missing as of December 2005.]
Box 15, Item 771-776

Miscellaneous downtown Los Angeles views. 1934, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]
Box 15, Item 777-789

Miscellaneous LARy, LA Consolidated Railway; 100th anniversary of founding of Los Angeles. 1871-1903, 1934

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[No. 786 missing as of March 1984.]
Box 16, Item 802-815

Downtown Los Angeles views; Accidents involving LARy cars. 1875-1938

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[According to ledger, no. 814 was originally New Zealand timetable; missing as of March 1996. No no. 809.]
 

Transportation

Note

In addition to photographs, each folder may contain correspondence, clippings and/or notes, and their presence is noted.
Box 1, Item 19-30 1/2

Steam locomotives (Burbank, Hollywood); Downtown Los Angeles, 1872-1934

Box 1, Item 31-38

Various vehicles; Aerial views. 1860-1903, Undated

Box 1, Item 51-60

Los Angeles Railway South Park workshops. 1905-1928

Box 1, Item 71-75d

Cable cars, Los Angeles and Hollywood. 1891-1928, undated

Box 2, Item 80-83

Los Angeles post office building; Horse cars; Double end cars-Pico Street line. 1890-1939

Note

[Includes 2 newspaper clippings re: Los Angeles Federal building and Los Angeles County Post Office.]
Box 2, Item 84a-84l

Los Angeles Electric Railway; Pico Street line, 1887-1932, undated

Note

[Includes correspondence and notes.]

Note

[Nos. 84j and 84k, Pico Electric Railway Trailer and Motor, 1887, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 2, Item 85-90s

Electric car designs. 1896-1931, undated

Box 2 , Item 91-101b

Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway-Pico Line; Viaduct; Steam passenger cars. 1889-1903, undated

Box 3, Item 102-110

Los Angeles city views including Westlake Park and Garvanza. 1880- 1929

Box 3, Item 111-121a

Mount Lowe Trolley; Santa Monica; Los Angeles Courthouse; Haas Ranch; Woodhead and Gay Store. 1873-1935, undated

Box 3, Item 122-130 1/2

Views of Los Angeles and street scenes. 1873-1909

Box 3, Item 131-140a

Street scenes of downtown Los Angeles; Plaza views; Dane's Line Car and Wolfskill Tract sale sign; Los Angeles Traction Company Building. 1857-1913

Note

[No. 136, LA/Central Plaza looking west, ca. 1874, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 3, Item 141-150

Downtown Los Angeles; Orange Heights; Pasadena; Glendale; State Normal School. 1884-1935

Note

[Includes 2 clippings.]
Box 3, Item 151-160e

Haynes automobile; Scenes of Los Angeles. 1863-1904

Note

[Missing no. 152a; negative on file.]

Note

[No. 160, Los Angeles in 1869. Panorama (halftone), removed for conservation.]
Box 3, Item 161-171

Los Angeles city views; Bridge at Garvanza; City gardens, San Pedro. 1873-1913

Box 3, Item 172-181

Railroad cars; Hotels; Western Avenue. 1864-1935, undated

Note

[Missing no. 173d; negative on file.]
Box 4, Item 182-190a

Tombstone [Arizona]; Pico Street Line Power House station; Electric Locomotive; 4th Street viaduct; Jacob Kurhts at carriage manufactory, 7th Street at Hill; Churches. 1875-1931, undated

Note

[Missing no. 187.]
Box 8, Item 300-304

Consolidated Electric Railway; LARy. 1890-1910

Box 8, Item 305-309f

LARy and L.A. Consolidated Electric; Pacific Railway cars. 1892-1898

Box 8, Item 310-315e

Downtown Los Angeles; LARy tickets; Derailment. 1887-1908, undated

Box 8, Item 316-328a

Harold Lloyd and horse car; LARy instruction and train cars; Miscellaneous train cars; Spring Street. 1888-1928, undated

Note

[Includes clipping.]

Note

[No. 316, Accident, Downey Avenue viaduct, May 26, 1901; no. 320, Funeral car, division 1, 1897; nos. 321-321a, Car barn, division 1, May 25, 1909, rehoused in oversize box 18. No. 327, LARy Trainmen, April 13, 1909, no. 328, 328a, LARy conductors and motormen, rehoused in oversize box 19.]
Box 9, Item 341-341v

Laurel Canyon Trackless Trolley. 1909, 1936-1937

Note

[Includes correspondence.]
Box 9, Item 357-358j

LARy buses; Los Angeles Motor Bus Company. 1924-1928

Note

[Includes notes.]
Box 10, Item 447-455

Railway construction; Rail cars. 1888-1929, undated

Box 10, Item 456-466

Tunnels; LARy officials and employees; Street cars; Carhouses; Administration building. 1911-1927, undated

Box 11, Item 511a-514b

Pershing Square; 7th and Alameda, Los Angeles; Angeles Mesa. 1912, 1928, 1930

Box 11, Item 515-534

LARy Board of Directors; Substations; Car and track costs; Route map. 1860-1929

Note

[No. 533 (Watkins #4326) moved to stereo file; no. 532, map of Los Angeles, 1884, no print; glass negative on file.]
Box 11, Item 540-546a

Downtown Los Angeles around Main Street; Pacific Electric cars. 1911

Box 12, Item 547-555a

Eagle Rock; Echo Park horse car; Luncheon at Harry Fryman Ranch; South Park substation; Native Americans; Street cars. 1894-1930

Box 12, Item 557-569

LARy shops; Barns; Offices; Street cars; Courthouse. 1888-1933, undated

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[Nos. 556, 558, 560, 561 missing as of March 1984.]
Box 12, Item 570-579

Agricultural Park Line; Spring and 6th Street Line; 8th Street. 1877-1900, 1930-1931

Note

[Includes brass token and clipping.]
Box 13, Item 645

Reminiscences of Los Angeles and Redondo Railway, by Charles Burnett. June 28, 1932

Box 14, Item 664-669b

East Los Angeles area car lines. 1878, 1890, 1898, 1931

Note

[Includes clipping.]
Box 14, Item 678-689

Horse and electric car lines; Slauson power house; Accidents; Broadway store, Los Angeles. 1885-1932

Note

[Includes clippings.]

Note

[No. 689a and 689b, 9th and Spring Streets site of accident, May 3, 1899, rehoused in oversize box 19.]
Box 14, Item 712-722

Decorated cars; Downtown Los Angeles; Cable viaduct. 1889-1895

Note

[No. 719, First cable car to East Los Angeles, rehoused in oversize box 19; no. 720, Dispatcher's office at Central Avenue and 6th Street; and no. 721, Main Street and Agricultural Park railroad car on west site of Main Street between 11th and 12th Streets, rehoused in oversize box 20.]
Box 15, Item 723-741 1/2

L.A. Consolidated and LARy cars and facilities; San Diego car line; Baseball team. 1892-1932, undated

Note

[Includes clippings, notes.]

Note

[Nos. 726, Nissley, Lincoln. Electrical engineer at his desk, c. 1898, 727, Car house, 6th and Central, Interior view, July 1896, 741 1/2, Sketches of 20 Los Angeles buildings, rehoused in oversize box 20.]

Note

[Nos. 734-736 missing as of December 2005.]
Box 16, Item 790-801e

Railroad employees; Downtown Los Angeles views; Rail cars. 1886-1937, undated

Note

[Includes notes, clippings and printed matter.]

Note

[No. 800 missing as of March 1984.]
Box 16, Item 818-820

Pacific Electric Railroad cars and track. Undated

Note

[No. 821, LARy band, Shrine Auditorium, and no. 822, LARy car #262 (2 copies), rehoused in oversize box.]
Box 20, Item 822

Railway car. 1902

Box 28, Item 823

Map of LARy lines. Undated

 

Individuals

Note

These biographical files contain primarily textual materials; if photographs are present, they are noted.
Box 4, Item 218-218h

Akin, John Jay. 1899-1913, undated

Note

[No. 218a, Portrait, filed in oversize box 17.]
Box 6, Item 268-268a

Anderson, George Baker; Wimberly. 1923

Box 5, Item 227-227a

Beaudry, Prudent. 1928, undated

Box 6, Item 250a

Bicknell, John D. 1929, 1933, undated

Note

[No. 250, Portrait of John D. Bicknell, rehoused in oversize box 18.]
Box 13, Item 662-662a

Bishop, Samuel Anderson. 1908, 1937

Box 5, Item 225-225a

Broderick, William J. 1887, undated

Box 13, Item 651-651c

Bryant, Dr. Ernest A. 1903, 1933

Box 5, Item 221-221c

Bulpin, Thomas W. 1922, 1932, undated

Box 7, Item 278-278a

Burkhardt, William H. Undated

Box 6, Item 244a-244b

Casteel, Edwin L. Undated

Box 7, Item 281-281d

Child, Ozra W. 1931, undated

Box 5, Item 232-232h

Clark, Eli P. 1915-1931, undated

Box 13, Item 663

Clarke, J.L. 1903

Box 13, Item 644-644a

Cole, Nathan, Jr. Undated

Box 6, Item 270

Cole, Thomas A. Undated

Box 5, Item 241-241a

Crank, James Fillmore. 1935, undated

Box 13, Item 643-643e

Crutcher, Albert, 1931. Undated

Box 7, Item 279

Downey, John G. Undated

Box 6, Item 247-247d

Dunn, William E. 1925, undated

Note

[No. 247e and duplicate, portraits of William E. Dunn, rehoused in oversized box 17.]
Box 6, Item 249a-249g

Eaton, Frederick. 1928-1934

Note

[No. 249, Portrait of Frederick Eaton, rehoused in oversize box 18.]
Box 5, Item 226-226b

Forman, Charles. 1885, 1929, undated

Box 5, Item 233-233b

Garland, William May. 1925, undated

Box 5, Item 235-235c

Gibson, Francis Asbury. 1901, undated

Box 13, Item 640

Gibson, James Alexander. Undated

Box 6, Item 254-254d

Gillette, Jeffrey Winser. 1928, undated

Box 5, Item 230-230a

Graham, Don. M. Undated

Box 6, Item 253-253b

Griffin, John S. Undated

Box 7, Item 277

Griffith, Colonel Griffith J. 1930

Box 5, Item 231-231a

Hamaker, William Nelson. Undated

Box 6, Item 267-267a

Hardin, James R. Undated

Box 6, Item 255a-255d

Harris, Phillip B. 1939

Note

[No. 255, Portrait of Phillip B. Harris, rehoused in oversize box 18.]
Box 12, Item 639-639j

Haskins, S.M. 1932-1937

Box 6, Item 271-271d

Hawks, William E. 1930-1931, undated

Box 6, Item 256-256a

Haynes, John Randolph. 1937, undated

Box 6, Item 257

Hellman Sr., Isaias William. Undated

Box 6, Item 258a-258l

Henderson, Charles A. 1905-1934, undated

Note

[No. 258, LARy auditor's office with staff, 1895-1900, rehoused in oversize box 18.]
Box 5, Item 222

Hill, R.B. Undated

Box 6, Item 259-259b

Hollenbeck, John E. 1928-1933, undated

Box 5, Item 240-240a

Hook, William Spencer. 1895, undated

Box 6, Item 260-260a

Howland, Charles H. 1929

Box 6, Item 251-251c

Hubbell, Stephen C. 1929, undated

Note

[No. 251a, Portrait of Stephen C. Hubbell, rehoused in oversize box 18.]
Box 4, Item 216-216h

Henry E. Huntington. 1904-1933, undated

Box 4, Item 217-217c

Huntington, Howard Edwards. 1918-1922, undated

Box 5, Item 237-237a

Hurd, E.C. 1907

Note

[No. 237 (original), Portrait of E.C. Hurd, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 13, Item 642a-642h

Hutchinson, E.H. 1932

Box 13, Item 659-659b

Irwin, William J. 1936-1937

Box 13, Item 663a

Jennings, William. 1903

Box 5, Item 239-239e

Jewett, Stanley P. 1882-1934, undated

Box 13, Item 650-650h

Johns, G.G. 1900, 1903, 1934, undated

Note

[Re: $110,000 bid for Figueroa Street car line franchise.]
Box 6, Item 248a-248l

Kuhrts, George J. 1903-1932

Note

[No. 248, Portrait of George J. Kuhrts, rehoused in oversize box 18.]
Box 5, Item 238-238b

Kysor, E.F. 1887, undated

Box 5, Item 236-236a

Larrabee, William D. Undated

Box 4, Item 219

Lewis, Edwin L. 1902-1939

Note

[Correspondence, notes, printed matter, clippings, and a typescript.]
Physical Description: [1 of 2]
Box 4, Item 219a-219o

Lewis, Edwin L. 1896-1930

Note

[No. 219l, Portrait, 1921, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Physical Description: [2 of 2]
Box 6, Item 273-273c

Lord, Isaac Wilson. Undated

Box 5, Item 219 1/2-219 1/2a

Merrihew, Alden Burr. 1934, undated

Box 7, Item 274-274a

McLoughlin, James Gregory. 1930, undated

Box 6, Item 246a-246b

McRoberts, Charles M. 1929, 1932

Note

[No. 246, Portrait of Charles M. McRoberts, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 13, Item 652

McReynolds, O.O. 1934

Box 7, Item 280-280b

Maltman, John S. 1930, 1934, undated

Box 5, Item 242-242b

Maxwell, Walter Scott. 1930, undated

Box 13, Item 646

Means, C.V. Undated

Box 13, Item 656

Mellus, James J. 1935

Box 13, Item 655a

Meyberg, Max. 1934

Box 13, Item 658

Morgan, Clinton E. 1936

Box 7, Item 283-283c

Mott, Thomas D. 1931, undated

Box 5, Item 228-228c

Muir, John A. 1900, 1902, undated

Box 6, Item 264-264g

Parker, Henry J. 1879, 1889, 1929-1930

Box 13, Item 653-653i

Peck, Thomas. 1934-1935

Box 5, Item 220-220a

Pillsbury, George E. 1915, undated

Box 6, Item 245a-245b

Randolph, Epes. 1929, undated

Note

[No. 245, Portrait of Epes Randolph, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 13, Item 649-649b

Rees, S.P. 1905, 1932

Box 6, Item 244c-244d

Ritch, Joseph R. 1929, undated

Box 13, Item 661-661e

Robinson, Henry. 1937

Box 5, Item 243-243b

Robinson, Sir James Clifton. 1909-1931, undated

Box 13, Item 647-647g

Sachse, Richard. 1932, 1936

Box 6, Item 252a-252j

Sherman, General Moses H. 1928-1934

Note

[No. 252, Portrait of Gen. Moses H. Sherman, rehoused in oversize box 18.]
Box 13, Item 641

Smith, C.W. 1901

Box 13, Item 660-660j

Smith, Oscar A.; Pontius, David W.; Harriman, Edward H. 1909, 1937

Box 5, Item 229-229b

Spence, Edward F. Undated

Box 6, Item 261-261a

Stephens, Daniel Grandin. 1929, 1932

Box 13, Item 654-654f

Stephens, Edward L. 1900, 1932-1936

Box 13, Item 657-657j

Storrs, Lucius S. 1936-1939

Box 6, Item 265-265a

Thom, Cameron E. 1932, undated

Box 6, Item 262-262a

Trask, D.K. Undated

Note

[Photograph only.]
Box 13, Item 648

Van Vleck, Frank. Undated

Box 13, Item 655b

Van Vranken, F. 1929, 1936

Box 6, Item 263-263c

Waldron, David. V. 1929, undated

Box 7, Item 276-276f

Weid, Otto and Ivar. 1930-1934, undated

Box 7, Item 275-275a

Wheeler, John O. 1930, undated

Box 6, Item 272-272f

Wicks, M.L. 1919, 1930, undated

Box 5, Item 223-223c

Widney, R.M. Undated

Box 5, Item 234c-234i

Wood, Fred W. 1896, 1929, undated

Note

[Nos. 234, 234a, 234b, Portraits of Fred W. Wood, rehoused in oversize box 17.]
Box 5, Item 224

Workman, Boyle. 1933

Box 5, Item 224a-224b

Workman, William. Undated

Box 6, Item 266-266a

Wright, Edward Thomas. Undated

Box 7, Item 282-282c

Workman, Elijah H. 1931, 1932, undated

 

Miscellaneous

Box 11, Item 535-539

U.S. Steamer Charleston; Long Beach; San Francisco fire; Miscellaneous individuals. 1895-1929

Box 15, Item 756-1-756-17

Personal reminiscences/"historical statements". 1928-1934

Note

[Photocopies of originals transferred to Manuscripts Department.]
Box 20, Item 821

LARy Railway Band at benefit dance. 1912