Angels Flight, Los Angeles, Cal.
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Identifier |
post_00282 |
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Title |
Angels Flight, Los Angeles, Cal. |
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Creator |
Unknown |
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Date Published |
circa 1910 |
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Subject (Topic) |
Railroads, cable--California--Los Angeles; Street railroads--California--Los Angeles; Storefronts--California--Los Angeles; Buildings--California--Los Angeles; Streets--California--Los Angeles; Automobiles; Sidewalks |
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Subject (Name) |
Angels Flight (Railway) |
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Subject (Place) |
Hill Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.); Downtown Los Angeles (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 ; 9 x 14 cm |
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Institution |
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University |
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Copyright Status |
public domain |
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Copyright Statement |
https://library.lmu.edu/policies&procedures/librarycopyrightpolicy/ |
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Publisher |
Pacific Novelty Co. |
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Place of Publication |
San Francisco |
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Language |
eng |
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Description |
Night view of the Angel's Flight railway and surrounding buildings. |
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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. |
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Additional Printed Matter |
on back: "city buildings." |
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Publisher's Identifier |
Publisher's serial number: 22 |
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Source |
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection |
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