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Identifier	post_00282
Title	Angels Flight, Los Angeles, Cal.
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1910
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
Subject (Name)	Angels Flight (Railway)
Subject (Place)	Hill Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.); Downtown Los Angeles (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
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/#d.en.3004
Publisher	Pacific Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	San Francisco
Language	eng
Description	Night view of the Angel's Flight railway and surrounding buildings.
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: "city buildings."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 22
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection