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A vintage street-level view of the Pacific Electric headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc. Collection

A vintage view of the Pacific Electric headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc. Collection

A 1930s-era view of the Pacific Electric headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc. Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1214 stands in the shade of a passenger platform while the Riverside Theater (playing 1939’s “Broadway Serenade” and Disney’s “Ugly [...]

A Southern Pacific tower stands at a diamond crossing with the Pacific Electric in the Eastern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurbans no. 1209 and no. 1215 meet at a shaded switch in Rialto. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1214 passes the Casa de Anza Hotel in Riverside on its way back to Los Angeles. The image is dated April 17, 1939. Alan Weeks Collection

Pacific Electric interurbans no. 1201 and no. 1209 meet at a bucolic location in the Eastern District. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric local no. 626 stops at a station on the Sierra Vista line. Jack Finn Collection

Two Pacific Electric streetcars pass one another on PE’s four-track main. Special no. 5084 heads south while no. 728 heads north from Watts. Jack Finn Collection