Court Flight, Los Angeles, Cal.
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Identifier |
clloy_070 |
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Title |
Court Flight, Los Angeles, Cal. |
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Creator |
Unknown |
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Date Published |
circa 1930 |
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Subject (Topic) |
Railroads, cable--California--Los Angeles; Street railroads--California--Los Angeles; |
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Subject (Name) |
Court Flight (Railway); |
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Subject (Place) |
Los Angeles (Calif.); Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.); Court Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.); |
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Type |
image |
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Form/Genre |
Postcards |
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Physical Description |
1 postcard : Color ; 14 x 9 cm. |
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Institution |
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University |
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Country of Creation |
US |
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Copyright Status |
public domain |
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Copyright Statement |
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/ |
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Publisher |
M. Kashower Co. |
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Place of Publication |
Los Angeles, Cal. |
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Language |
eng |
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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." |
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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. |
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Publisher's Identifier |
Written in lower-right corner of photograph: "14554"; Series number: 717 |
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Additional Notes |
Printed on textured paper. |
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Source |
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection |
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