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Identifier	clloy_069
Title	Angel's Flight, Los Angeles
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	after 1951
Subject (Topic)	Railroads, cable--California--Los Angeles; Street railroads--California--Los Angeles
Subject (Name)	Angels Flight (Railway)
Subject (Place)	Los Angeles (Calif.); Hill Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, 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	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/#d.en.3004
Publisher	Mike Roberts Color Production
Place of Publication	Berkeley 2, California
Language	eng
Description	View of the Angel's Flight railway and surrounding buildings at 3rd and Hill Streets in downtown Los Angeles. The cars are painted bright orange and black, and there is an ornate arch at the base of the hill in matching colors. The bottom floor of the Ferguson Building (on the left) is occupied by a Cafe, and there is a traffic signal at the intersection of 3rd and Hil, as well as electric lighting in the tunnel going through the hill.
Historical Background	The Angels Flight Railway began operating in 1901. Located at 3rd and Hill Streets in downtown Los Angeles, it used a funicular system of two counterbalanced cars moving up and down parallel tracks. The cars were originally painted white, but were repainted to black and orange in 1930. In 1959, Angels Flight was slated for demolition as part of the Bunker Hill Urban Renewal Project, but community support succeeded in delaying the dismantling until 1969. Restoration and reconstruction efforts began in 1995.
Additional Printed Matter	On back: "Angel's Flight, Los Angeles. Built by Colonel J.W. Eddy, personal friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is the world's shortest railway. It travels a 33% grade for 315 feet and has carried more passengers per mile than any other railroad in the world--100 million in its first 50 years."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: C4008
Additional Notes	Natural Color Card from Kodachrome; Distributed by the Geo H. Eberhard Company.
Contributors	Kodachrome; Geo H. Eberhard Company
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection