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Pacific Electric Station, Santa Monica, Calif.

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Identifier	post_00170
Title	Pacific Electric Station, Santa Monica, Calif.
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1922
Subject (Topic)	Railroad stations--California--Santa Monica; Electric railroads--California--Santa Monica; Trolley cars--California--Santa Monica;
Subject (Name)	Pacific Electric Railway Company (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	Santa Monica (Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	https://library.lmu.edu/policies&procedures/librarycopyrightpolicy/
Publisher	M. Kashower Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Cal.
Language	eng
Description	A view of the Pacific Electric Station in Santa Monica, circa 1922. The station is a single-story Spanish-style building. Several large archways provide access to a porch in front of the building. A streetcar is visible on the tracks in front of the station.
Historical Background	The Pacific Electric Railway, also known as the Red Car system, was a mass transit system in Southern California using streetcars, light rail, and buses. At its greatest extent, around 1925, the system interconnected cities in Los Angeles and Orange Counties and also connected to Riverside County and San Bernardino County in the Inland Empire. The Santa Monica station was located west of the present day intersection of Broadway and Ocean Avenue.
Publisher's Identifier	Series number: 331
Additional Notes	Written in lower right corner of photograph: "17944. Printed on textured paper. The original image for this postcard is in the Title Insurance and Trust/C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960 in the Department of Special Collection, University of Southern California. The URL for this image is http://digarc.usc.edu/search/controller/view/chs-m2389.html?x=1236634982111
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection