The Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA or Metro), 1890 to the present, is the largest transit operator research collection in the US. It is a partner of the National Transportation Library, a member of OCLC the world's largest library network, a member of the Western Transportation Knowledge Network, a member of the Getty/USC LAasSubject archives forum, and an affiliate of the National Academies Transportation Research Board. We are a strong advocate of using social media tools to connect communities and research. For more information, visit http://www.metro.net/library or email us library@metro.net
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Photographer: Alan Weeks June 22, 1948 Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar no.1387 on the R Line at 7th and Vermont, Los Angeles, California. (read more)
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September 27, 1952 Pacific Electric Railway streetcar no.5179 heading South on Van Nuys Boulevard towards Sylvan Street. Photographer: Alan Weeks (read more)
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Donated by Warren Fu, April 8, 2002. circa 1945 This photograph depicts a Pacific Electric Railway Company three-car train headed by car no.989 on the Venice ... (read more)
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circa 1940 This photograph depicts passengers boarding the Venice Short Line train on Hill Street, near 5th Street, in Downtown Los Angeles. (read more)
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circa 1910 Pacific Electric Railway car no. 112 in front of the Southern Pacific Arcade Depot.The Arcade Depot was located on the east side of Central ... (read more)
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1890. This photograph depicts the Pasadena Grand Opera House in 1890, the year of its purchase by Professor Lowe. Offices for the Mt. Lowe Railway were ... (read more)
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circa 1940. A view of Pacific Electric Railway Company's Sierra Madre Line on Sierra Madre Boulevard, above Orange Grove Avenue in Pasadena. (read more)
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August 1947. This photograph depicts the construction of bus deck improvements at Pacific Electric Railway Company's 6th & Main Street Station which included a widening of ... (read more)
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circa 1941. This photograph depicts a two-car train bound for Pasadena pulling out of the Pacific Electric Railway station at 6th & Main. (read more)
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circa 1950. This photograph depicts the intersection of Los Angeles Street and Sixth Street as seen from the elevated structure at the Pacific Electric Railway Company ... (read more)
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circa 1943. This photograph depicts Pacific Electric Car no. 722 heading a two-car train out of the 6th & Main elevated station en route to Watts. ... (read more)
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circa 1942 This photograph depicts the ticket area of Pacific Electric Railway Company's Sixth and Main Street Station during World War II. (read more)
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circa 1942 This photograph depicts the information booth at Pacific Electric Railway Company's 6th & Main Street Station during World War II. (read more)
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circa 1942 This photograph depicts the interior of the Pacific Electric Railway Company's Sixth and Main Station. Passengers wait at the bus gates to board vehicles ... (read more)
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circa 1942 This photograph depicts the interior of the Pacific Electric Railway Company's Sixth and Main Street Station during World War II. Passengers wait at the ... (read more)
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circa 1942 This photograph depicts the ticket office in the Pacific Electric Railway Company's 6th & Main Street Station during World War II. (read more)
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circa 1947 This photograph depicts the concourse gates at Pacific Electric Railway Company's 6th & Main Street Station. (read more)
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Various celebrities ask citizens of Los Angeles to make an effort to reduce traffic and provide a positive public image for the city during the two ... (read more)
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A Gold Medal Performanance by Public Transit / Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD) in association with Chesen Video Concepts, 1984. Recaps the sucessful use of ... (read more)
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Many people came to Exposition Park to watch the Olympic Games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena at Exposition ... (read more)
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Long lines of people waited at each of the Southern California Rapid Transit District's shuttle stops throughout Downtown Los Angeles. (read more)
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Crowds of people picnicking, purchasing souvenirs, and waiting for the games to begin. (read more)
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Southern California Rapid Transit District buses bring crowds to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (read more)
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This performance was part of the Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival which ran from June 2 to August 12 in conjunction with the 1984 Summer Olympics. (read more)
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Crowds of spectators to the 1984 Summer Olympics outside of Exposition Park, where the Memorial Coliseum is located. (read more)
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