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Identifier	clloy_070
Title	Court Flight, Los Angeles, Cal.
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1930
Subject (Topic)	Railroads, cable--California--Los Angeles; Street railroads--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Court Flight (Railway);
Subject (Place)	Los Angeles (Calif.); Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.); Court Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 14 x 9 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	M. Kashower Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Cal.
Language	eng
Description	A view looking uphill at the Court Flight, with automobiles parked in the foreground and an apartment building on the right. A tower at the top of the hill has a sign which reads, "One big look."
Historical Background	The Court Flight was built by Samuel G Vandegrift, to serve the wealthy Bunker Hill neighborhood. Constructed in 1904, it rose 200 feet in about the same horizontal distance, running between Broadway and Court Streets, in the middle of the block between Temple and First Streets. City regulations mandated that there be a stairway running parallel to the track for persons who did not want to pay for the ride, thereby preventing a monopoly. The railway underwent renovations in 1936, but closed in 1943 when the line was damaged by a fire.
Publisher's Identifier	Written in lower-right corner of photograph: "14554"; Series number: 717
Additional Notes	Printed on textured paper.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection