San Pedro Station, 1935
By Ralph Cantos This spectacular photograph of the Pacific Electric’s San Pedro Station shows a 3-car train of 10 Hundreds waiting departure time to Los Angeles, as a former Portland [...]
LARY Cars on Broadway: 1930
By Ralph Cantos This colorized postcard from 1930 looks north on Broadway at about 9th Street. When these colorized post cards were produced, some “fine” street details were lost, [...]
LARY: Rimpau Loop / PE: Vineyard Junction, 1938
By Ralph Cantos This remarkable aerial photograph taken around 1938-39 shows the LARY Pico-Rimpau Loop and Pacific Electric’s Vineyard Junction yard. This photo must have been taken on a [...]
LARY Cars on Spring Street, 1926
In another vintage colorized postcard of downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles Railway cars are prominently featured as they pass in front of the newly built SPRING-ARCADE Building located at 541 S. [...]
LARY 1928 Postcard Depicting 7th & Broadway
By Ralph Cantos Back in the “good old days,” postcards showing the Downtown district or Main Street in any American city, big or small, would more often than not show streetcars or [...]
Rose Parade Special on South Fair Oaks, 1938
Rose Parade Special on South Fair Oaks, Pasadena, just north of the Union Pacific crossing. Cars 1240 plus 1251 (trailer) plus 1231. Inbound on January 1, 1938. © 1938 by Phillips C. Kauke, Stan [...]
Removing Pacific Electric Rail on South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, 1944
Removing Pacific Electric Rail across from the AT&SF station on South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, June 8, 1944. © 1944 by Phillips C. Kauke, Stan Kistler Collection
Pacific Electric 1218 Southbound near Huntington Beach, 1946
Pacific Electric 1218 Southbound along Pacific Coast Highway near Huntington Beach, August 24, 1946. © 1946 by Phillips C. Kauke, Stan Kistler Collection
Pacific Electric 1599 at Macy Street Shops, 1939
Pacific Electric 1599 at Macy Street Shops, January 1, 1939. PE 0901 is just out of view. © 1939 by Phillips C. Kauke, Stan Kistler Collection
