May 2012 – Page 2 – Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society

LATL PCC in “Possessed” (1947)

A Los Angeles Transit Lines PCC car stars in this short clip from 1947’s “Possessed” starring Joan Crawford. Uncovered by transit fan David Thompson – thanks!

Pacific Electric Railway Sight-Seeing Trolley Trips Brochure (1912)

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1527798488746{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Pacific Electric Railway Sight-Seeing Trolley Trips Brochure circa 1912 (front, above). This brochure describes the Balloon Route, Triangle and Old Mission Trolley Trips which were $1.00 each for a reserved seat and parlor car service.[/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_image src=”https://www.pacificelectric.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/MP-Sight-Seeing-Trolley-Trips-2.jpg” image_size=”full” lightbox=”true” desc=”The back of the brochure is dedicated to the Mount Lowe trip with fares from $2.50 when leaving from the 6th and Main PE building.” hover_image_overlay=”false”][mk_padding_divider][mk_image src=”https://www.pacificelectric.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/MP-Sight-Balloon-Route-Trolley-Trip.jpg” image_size=”full” lightbox=”true” desc=”The interior panel promotes the Balloon Route Trolley Trip. This trip included visits to Hollywood, National Soldier’s Home, Redondo Beach, Moonstone Beach, Venice of America and free admission to the Camera Obscura at Santa Monica.” hover_image_overlay=”false”][mk_padding_divider][mk_image src=”https://www.pacificelectric.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/MP-TT-2-Triangle-Trolley-Trip.jpg” image_size=”full” lightbox=”true” desc=”Interior panel for the Triangle Trolley Trip. This trip included stops at the walnut groves of Whittier, oil fields, Santa Ana, sugar factories, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach, Naples, Long Beach, Point Fermin, San Pedro and Aviation Field in Dominguez Hills, home of several national air meets beginning in 1910.” hover_image_overlay=”false”][mk_padding_divider][mk_image src=”https://www.pacificelectric.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/MP-TT-1-Old-Mission-Trolley-Trip.jpg” image_size=”full” lightbox=”true” desc=”Interior panel for the Old Mission Trolley Trip. This trip included stops at the San Gabriel Mission, Alhambra, Pasadena, Glendora, Monrovia, Oneonta, Busch Gardens, South Pasadena, and free admission to Cawston Ostrich Farm. Michael Patris Collection.” hover_image_overlay=”false”][mk_padding_divider][mk_image src=”https://www.pacificelectric.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/MP-TT-3-Trolley-Trips-Map.jpg” image_size=”full” lightbox=”true” desc=”Interior panel route map.” hover_image_overlay=”false”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Pacific Electric Trip Pass (1934)

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1527798318618{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Pacific Electric Railway 1934 Trip Pass for AT&SF assistant yardmaster R. F. Jurgens and his wife good between San Bernardino and Los Angeles. Note on the top it is “Not good for Mount Lowe Trip.”

Michael Patris Collection

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Cliffton By the Sea (Redondo Beach) Special Excursion Ticket (1924)

Cliffton by the Sea (Redondo Beach) special excursion ticket circa 1914, provided by the Campbell-Bentley Company, exclusive real estate selling agents. Special cars left the rear of the PE station at 6th and Main Streets for this special tour to see subdivided lots for sale at the ocean front community touted as “Newport of the West” making reference to Newport, Rhode Island. As a partial result of the Great Merger of 1911 the PE had extended a line down Catalina Avenue in what we now know as the Hollywood Riviera. Henry Huntington helped push this real estate project by having a Mediterranean style seaside cottage of his own built on the corner of Avenue B and the Esplanade in 1906, by none other than renowned architect Myron Hunt, who had built numerous homes in the Pasadena area. Another prominent Pasadenan interested in the area projects was Reverend Dr. Robert J. Burdette and his wife Clara, who purchased three of these lots to build their own beach house down the street at 1600 S. Esplanade. Efforts to develop this area were lackluster until the 1920’s. Measures 5” by 3” and on the reverse has spaces for the name of the real estate agent, guest, and the guest’s address and telephone numbers, which, on this card, have been left blank.

Michael Patris Collection

Pasadena City Lines Token

Front and back of City of Pasadena transit token. Years of usage unknown. 7/8” diameter.

Michael Patris Collection

739 in “Criss Cross” (1949)

Pacific Electric Hollywood Car no. 739 emerges from the Hill Street Tunnel at 3:40 into this clip from 1949’s noir “Criss Cross,” starring Burt Lancaster and The Munsters’ Yvonne DeCarlo.

The film features extensive use of locations throughout Bunker Hill. Suggested by PE fan David Thompson – thanks, David! – ed.

1264 at 9th and Vermont

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1254 turns at 9th and Vermont in this N Line action shot.

Alan Weeks Photo
Alan Weeks Collection

From Alan:

A friend was scanning some of my old Black and White negatives last week and he found these five pictures with no Negatives. So I decided to scan the Prints. You don’t get as good a picture that way but if the negative is lost you still can scan the print. Drug Stores used to develop black and white film. They developed the Negatives Ok but did a poor job on the Prints. The camera I used was a Ansco Box Camera. 616 size.

This group is of the N Line which ran from Civic Center (Sunset and Spring, South on Spring to Nineth. West on Ninth to Vermont. North on Vermont to 8th St. and then ended at 8th & Western. On September 10, 1950 this line was abandoned. The S Line was rerouted on West 8th St to replace that portion of the N Line. The Four Hundred Class cars were a bit slow with only two motors. The classes mostly had four motor cars.