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Order Number	00076280
Title	Preparing the Pacific Electric right-of-way, Glendora
Photographer	Rasmussen, Craig.
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	Glendora.
Date	1906
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;13 x 18 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Glendora was founded on April 1, 1887 by George D. Whitcomb and was officially incorporated as a City in 1911. In the mid-1930s, nearly all of the city's 4,500 acres of land were cultivated for citrus fruit; by the late 1950s agriculture had given way to large-scale residential development. As of 2006, population of the city known as the "Pride of the Foothills" was estimated at 51,608.
Description	Several men stand and watch as numerous others work diligently digging holes, stringing trolley wire, and laying ties and rails for the Pacific Electric "Red Cars" that would arrive into Glendora a year later, in December 1907. The PE tracks entered Glendora from the west and generally paralleled those of the Santa Fe until reaching Grand Avenue, at which point they veered north and followed Electric Ave. (now Mountain View) to the Station. Glendora residents purchased the land for the right-of-way for $35,000; the PE served the city until service was discontinued in 1951. Photograph taken circa December 1906.
Subject	Electric railroads--California--Glendora. Street-railroads--California--Glendora. Dirt roads--California--Glendora. Excavation--California--Glendora. Glendora (Calif.). Pacific Electric Railway Company.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection