PERYHS Archives

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1057 stops at Border Junction to allow the PE personnel to make a call on the Torrance – Gardena Loop of the San Pedro Line. The year is 1939. Jack Finn [...]

Rescue and cleanup crews work on a horrific wreck involving a truck and Pacific Electric interurban at the intersection of Lincoln Blvd. and Venice Blvd. on March 23, 1942. Modified based on [...]

Pacific Electric PCC Limited streetcar no. 5028 traverses the darkness in the Subway Terminal tunnel. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric PCC streetcar no. 5026 is about to leave daylight as it enters the tunnel to the Subway Terminal Building in downtown Los Angeles. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric equipment is stacked up in overnight storage awaiting the morning rush on the Western Division. Jack Finn Collection

An early view of downtown Los Angeles construction of streetcar tracks. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 310 departs from the Pacific Electric headquarters as a new bus leaves on the vehicle ramp. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1137 to Pasadena is flanked by streetcar no. 738 at the Pacific Electric headquarters building in downtown Los Angeles. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 369 from Long Beach arrives inside the terminal at the base of the Pacific Electric headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. Number 304 from Pasadena is at the right, [...]

United States Maritime Commission interurban no. 345 poses before the looming Hotel Cecil in the distance. Jack Finn Collection