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This vintage shot captures turn of the century Pasadena at its finest. Pacific Electric streetcar no. 347 pauses for passengers on a busy Pasadena street. The destination sign reads “Via [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1002 passes under an “Alhambra” sign on a street in the Northern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1216 with a Redondo Beach destination sign awaits passengers at Alhambra Station, possibly in 1940-41. Date changed per comment Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1003 heads north toward Alhambra and San Gabriel on the Huntington Drive four-track mainline. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurbans coming from and headed to Los Angeles pass one another on a busy thoroughfare in the Northern Division. Depicted here are nos. 1053 and 1012. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1053 negotiates a left turn at the Mission San Gabriel on the Alhambra line. Jack Finn Collection

A Pacific Electric interurban can be seen far in the distance in a shot otherwise dominated by 1930s-era vehicles, foretelling the future of Southern California. Jack Finn Collection

Visiting Mission San Gabriel was a major attraction along the Pacific Electric’s early routes. Here interurban special no. 021 discharges passengers at the gates of the Mission. The [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1012 heads back toward Los Angeles as it passes newly built subdivisions. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1054 moves down the street on the PE’s Alhambra-San Gabriel line in this pre-World War II photo. Date changed per comment Jack Finn Collection