Pacific Electric car no. 5131 is captured on Hollywood Boulevard from a passing Hollywood car at Christmas 1952.
Roger Bogenberger Photo
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5131 on Hollywood Boulevard
5122 at Hawthorn and Fuller
Pacific Electric car no. 5112 photographed at Hawthorn Avenue and Fuller Street in December 1952.
Roger Bogenberger Photo
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5133 on Hawthorn Avenue
Pacific Electric streetcar no. 5133 rolls down Hawthorn Avenue (at Fuller) in this January 1953 image.
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5140 at Vista Street
Pacific Electric streetcar no. 5140 is photographed inbound at Vista Street in January 1953.
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Two-Car Train Crossing Fletcher Drive
A two-car Pacific Electric train crosses Fletcher Drive on the steel viaduct in this May 1955 shot. Note the Wonder Bread billboard: “Helps Build Strong Bodies 6 Ways.”
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Rush Hour at Fletcher Drive
Two Pacific Electric PCC cars speed over the steel viaduct crossing Fletcher Drive in this May 1955 Western District shot.
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Looking Down at Toluca Yard
An interesting perspective looking down on Pacific Electric’s Toluca Yard, captured in the summer of 1949.
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5151 on Hollywood Boulevard at Christmas
Pacific Electric car no. 5151 pauses before Graumann’s Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard on Christmas Day, 1953. Behind it is a Fairfax line bus.
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June 1955: Time is Running Out
It’s June 15, 1955, and time is running out for the world’s most beautiful PCCs. This shot was captured at the Burbank terminus.
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Crossing the Fletcher Drive Viaduct
A Pacific Electric PCC crosses the Fletcher Drive Bridge on June 10, 1955.
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