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Pacific Electric station, downtown

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Order Number	00070136
Title	Pacific Electric station, downtown
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	S-000-977 4x5; Transportation-Electric cars-Stations.
Date	Circa 1905
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Interior view of the Pacific Electric Building, the main streetcar station located on Main and 6th streets. Two streetcars, one bound for Long Beach, the other for Pasadena, are seen surrounded by several conductors. The Palm Garden & Buffet, a small lunch counter managed by Eugen Ma¨chtig, is visible on the left. Another business, perhaps a men's clothier, is also present in the building. One sign on the far left reads "Mt. Lowe", once a popular mountain destination for Pacific Electric customers.
Subject	Pacific Electric Railway Company. Pacific Electric Building (Los Angeles, Calif.). Palm Garden & Buffet (Restaurant : Los Angeles, Calif.). Street-railroads--California--Los Angeles. Electric railroads--Cars--California--Los Angeles. Railroad conductors--Cars--California--Los Angeles.
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