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Search Metro Research Library’s finding aids hosted by the Online Archive of California: Our Flickr Photo Collections #flickr_badge_source_txt {padding:0; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif; color:#666666;} #flickr_badge_icon {display:block !important; margin:0 !important; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;} #flickr_icon_td {padding:0 5px 0 0 !important;} .flickr_badge_image {text-align:center !important;} .flickr_badge_image img {border: 1px solid black !important;} #flickr_badge_uber_wrapper {width:150px;} #flickr_www {display:block; text-align:center; padding:0 10px 0 10px !important; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif !important; color:#3993ff !important;} #flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:hover, #flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:link, #flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:active, #flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:visited {text-decoration:none !important; background:inherit !important;color:#3993ff;} #flickr_badge_wrapper {background-color:#ffffff;border: solid 1px #000000} #flickr_badge_source {padding:0 !important; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif !important; color:#666666 !important;} www.flickr.com Go toMetro Transportation Library and Archive’s photostream Tumblr (3.0; @lacmtalibrary)http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7e8c97cfd643d79c3ef4ad2290ae6530/tumblr_mmjok6tvz21qat224o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fe6cb8a37fe67f896b19caa96d04e99a/tumblr_mmjok6tvz21qat224o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://memoriastoica.tumblr.com/post/50923036660" target="_blank">memoriastoica</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Lindbrook Drive meets Westwood Boulevard outside of a Ralph’s supermarket in Westwood Village.</p> <p><strong>Photographer:</strong> Ansel Adams.</p> <p>Circa 1940.</p> </blockquote>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/51167683673http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/51167683673Thu, 23 May 2013 13:01:56 -0700HistoryLos AngelesWestwood<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d7f7e2320cf2ee960500d8211324445c/tumblr_mmdwakE4cL1r3f28zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolibraryarchive/7441562168/" title="059 LATL 1243 N Line South At 9th & Spring Sts. 19500909 AKW" target="_blank">059 LATL 1243 N Line South At 9th & Spring Sts. 19500909 AKW</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>Photographer: Alan Weeks<br/><br/> Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar no.1253 on the N Line at 9th Street and Spring Street, September 9, 1950.</p>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/51150509709http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/51150509709Thu, 23 May 2013 08:01:05 -0700LATLLine NStreetcarsLos Angeles Transit LinesRail ExteriorHistoryHistoricYellow Cars<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/20388af915991acc547d9c1ac61e2425/tumblr_mmr08iVeqk1qat224o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://memoriastoica.tumblr.com/post/50428612006" target="_blank">memoriastoica</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span> Arrival Board, Reception Hall; Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal.</span></p> <p><span>Circa 1939.<br/></span></p> </blockquote>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/51089506360http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/51089506360Wed, 22 May 2013 13:01:45 -0700HistoryLos AngelesUnion Station<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ab909b6eab1fd14b8e6a9602b46a8f23/tumblr_mmdvv3e4gl1r3f28zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolibraryarchive/7735592398/" title="Division 20 Pico and Georgia Crying Street Car 1963" target="_blank">Division 20 Pico and Georgia Crying Street Car 1963</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority streetcar no.3002. This streetcar was painted with a crying face and the words, “Goodbye Forever” on the day when all streetcar lines were converted to bus service. <br/><br/> Footage of this streetcar can be viewed at: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ug94xEHZoE" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ug94xEHZoE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ug94xEHZoE</a></a></p>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/51072164413http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/51072164413Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00:52 -0700HistoryDivision 20Red LineLos Angeles RailwayLARyLos Angeles Interurban CompanyFacilityEventRail ExteriorLos Angeles Metropolitan Transit AuthorityLAMTAMTA<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/715f4ee8e51495a04bed94fdee5f82ae/tumblr_mm37949pxR1r3f28zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolibraryarchive/5258758949/" title="001 - LATL W Line Car 1405 N. Figueroa St. & Buena Vista Terrace 19480207." target="_blank">001 - LATL W Line Car 1405 N. Figueroa St. & Buena Vista Terrace 19480207.</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>Photographer: Alan Weeks<br/><br/> Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar no.1405 on North Figueroa Street and Buena Vista Terrace, February 7, 1948.</p>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/51013943546http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/51013943546Tue, 21 May 2013 14:01:15 -0700HistoryLATLHistoryPinStreetcarsLos Angeles Transit LinesL.A. Transportation Headlines via Paper.li - Feel free to subscribe if you're into it.: L.A....http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/51009051731http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/51009051731Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:16 -0700Photo Sleuth: When the Evidence Doesn’t Add Up: arkvst: “ What is a researcher to do when the...http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50994787498http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50994787498Tue, 21 May 2013 09:01:57 -0700ArchivesHistory<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ba9e803f9a2f5fc12db5f690dba12699/tumblr_mlokyeRoJu1r3f28zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolibraryarchive/4968507364/" title="008 LATL 5 Line Car 1423 Northbound At Private Right of Way (near 67th St) & Crenshaw Bl.19550507" target="_blank">008 LATL 5 Line Car 1423 Northbound At Private Right of Way (near 67th St) & Crenshaw Bl.19550507</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>Photographer: Alan Weeks<br/><br/> Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar no.1423 on Line 5, near 67th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard. May 7, 1955.</p>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50942109293http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50942109293Mon, 20 May 2013 16:01:07 -0700HistoryLATLCrenshawStreetcarsHistoricRail ExteriorLos Angeles Transit LinesYellow Cars<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2r1mgtkZack?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Beach Bus, 1974 (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r1mgtkZack&feature=share" target="_blank">metrolibrarian</a>)</p> <p>Beach Bus, <span>Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD), 1974.</span></p> <p>Promotional video. The Southern California Rapid Transit District launched its summer “Street Fleet” in June 1974 “on four new bus lines (605, 606, 607 and 608) to carry people from different parts of Los Angeles County to Santa Monica.</p> <p>The motor coaches were specially decorated to look like submarines …</p> <p>Read more, and see more images, here:</p> <p><a href="http://metroprimaryresources.info/come-ride-with-us-on-the-rolling-submarines-of-los-angeles-scrtds-1974-street-fleet-beach-bus-service/1346/" target="_blank">http://metroprimaryresources.info/come-ride-with-us-on-the-rolling-submarines-of-los-angeles-scrtds-1974-street-fleet-beach-bus-service/1346/</a></p>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50850398591http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50850398591Sun, 19 May 2013 14:01:15 -0700Historysummerbeachspecial serviceSCRTDLos Angeles<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/81c75b5b299019a40ea910d725fdc03c/tumblr_mm377z6w1C1r3f28zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolibraryarchive/5259365648/" title="002 - LATL W Line Car 1505 At N. Figueroa & York Bl. 19480215" target="_blank">002 - LATL W Line Car 1505 At N. Figueroa & York Bl. 19480215</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>Photographer: Alan Weeks<br/><br/> los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar no.1505 on Line W at North Figueroa Street and York Boulevard, February 15, 1948.</p>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50756916601http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50756916601Sat, 18 May 2013 14:01:09 -0700HistoryLATLStreetcarsLos Angeles Transit Lines<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e7db72c22f35ebad4ac10318e77538bd/tumblr_mm376cavVV1r3f28zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolibraryarchive/5263973775/" title="003 - LATL W Line Car 1506 N. Figueroa St. & Buena Vista Terrace 19471124" target="_blank">003 - LATL W Line Car 1506 N. Figueroa St. & Buena Vista Terrace 19471124</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>Photographer: Alan Weeks<br/><br/> Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar no.1506 on Line W at North Figueroa Street and Buena Vista Terrace, November 24, 1947.</p>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50674952058http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50674952058Fri, 17 May 2013 14:01:10 -0700HistoryLATLHistoryPinStreetcarsLos Angeles Transit Lines<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b1ede798845f122b228646cfc7a22a0a/tumblr_mm374wmkT71r3f28zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolibraryarchive/5277891846/" title="007 - LATL W Line Car 1544 N. Figueroa St & Meridian19480215" target="_blank">007 - LATL W Line Car 1544 N. Figueroa St & Meridian19480215</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>Photographer: Alan Weeks<br/><br/> Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar no.1544 on Line W on North Figueroa Street, February 15, 1948.</p>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50599788581http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50599788581Thu, 16 May 2013 14:01:07 -0700LATLHistoryPinStreetcarsLos Angeles Transit LinesHistory<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/debddd7ea6e62df88fa42399b0f31f51/tumblr_mmjvwlzgXN1qat224o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://memoriastoica.tumblr.com/post/50103202438" target="_blank">memoriastoica</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Lyceum Theatre, located at 227 South Spring Street, Los Angeles. Originally known as the Los Angeles Theater, it was razed to construct a parking lot. Beneath it is one of the original springs from which Spring Street derived its name.</p> <p>Circa 1941.</p> </blockquote>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50588340991http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50588340991Thu, 16 May 2013 11:00:54 -0700HistoryLos Angelesdowntown los angeles<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/408553be775f9cc58aeb8e7692a9cc07/tumblr_mlok2zb2HX1r3f28zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolibraryarchive/5277891776/" title="006 - LATL W Line Car 1511 End of Line At Buena Vista Terrace 19471124" target="_blank">006 - LATL W Line Car 1511 End of Line At Buena Vista Terrace 19471124</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>Photographer: Alan Weeks<br/><br/> Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar no.1511 at Buena Vista Terrace. November 24, 1947.</p>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50530763762http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50530763762Wed, 15 May 2013 16:01:19 -0700HistoryLATLHistoryPinStreetcarsLos Angeles Transit Lines<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f80ac765bb6230e86c2806864da9bf42/tumblr_mmjo6oSeit1qat224o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e8b70d4c443dff4cc7416562e1ff3e39/tumblr_mmjo6oSeit1qat224o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4f41cc118624311e54bf542bec9187c3/tumblr_mmjo6oSeit1qat224o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://memoriastoica.tumblr.com/post/50292230747" target="_blank">memoriastoica</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Los Angeles City Hall.</p> <p><strong>Photographer:</strong> Ansel Adams.</p> <p>Circa 1940.</p> </blockquote>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50501399587http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50501399587Wed, 15 May 2013 09:01:44 -0700HistoryLos AngelesCity HallLos Angeles City Halldowntown los angeles<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d8692c831d3864bb309812576e079f6b/tumblr_mm35javnfU1r3f28zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolibraryarchive/7441526324/" title="007 LATL 286-1375 V & R Lines 1st & Vermont Loop 19480831 AKW" target="_blank">007 LATL 286-1375 V & R Lines 1st & Vermont Loop 19480831 AKW</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>Photographer: Alan Weeks<br/><br/> Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar no.286 on Line V and streetcar no.1375 on Line R at the 1st and Vermont Loop, August 31, 1948.</p>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50438918191http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50438918191Tue, 14 May 2013 13:01:55 -0700LATLLine RStreetcarsPatronPatronageHistoricHistoryRail ExteriorLos Angeles Transit LinesYellow CarsFifty Digital Preservation Activities You Can Do: arkvst: Fifty Digital Preservation Activities...http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50425203259http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50425203259Tue, 14 May 2013 09:01:58 -0700PreservationDigital Preservation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5f51aec31c7074bf5f8234b95c176c41/tumblr_mm35gnyZoS1r3f28zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolibraryarchive/7441525976/" title="009 LATL 1389 R Line Whitter & Brannick Loop 19480824 AKW" target="_blank">009 LATL 1389 R Line Whitter & Brannick Loop 19480824 AKW</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>Photographer: Alan Weeks<br/><br/> Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar no.1389 on Line R at the Brannick Loop, August 24, 1948.</p>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50361229669http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50361229669Mon, 13 May 2013 13:02:20 -0700LATLLine RStreetcarsHistoricRail ExteriorHistoryLos Angeles Transit LinesYellow Cars<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8f10f5a2a7b2e72d415f5d51bf994f8/tumblr_mmqls46EI91qzaf8fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://steadyblogging.tumblr.com/post/50338413592/in-1897-a-bicycle-superhighway-was-the-future-of" target="_blank">steadyblogging</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/in-1897-a-bicycle-superhighway-was-the-future-of-california-transit" target="_blank">In 1897, a Bicycle Superhighway Was the Future of California Transit | Motherboard</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>In 1897, a wealthy American businessman named Horace Dobbins began construction on a private, for-profit bicycle superhighway that would stretch from Pasadena to downtown Los Angeles. It may seem like a preposterous notion now—everyone knows Angelenos don’t get out of their cars—but at the time, amidst the height of a pre-automobile worldwide cycling boom, the idea attracted the attention of some hugely powerful players. <a href="http://highlandpark.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/remembering-the-great-california-cycleway/" target="_blank">And it almost got built</a><span>.</span></p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50350162182http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50350162182Mon, 13 May 2013 10:01:03 -0700Los AngelesHistoryTransitBicyclesbike pathbiking<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3ba4ca3fd8c35d7d05381793b9722b2b/tumblr_miucdiyU6R1r3f28zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolibraryarchive/8510006531/" title="Los Angeles Transit Lines Weekly Topics, May 12, 1947" target="_blank">Los Angeles Transit Lines Weekly Topics, May 12, 1947</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>Front side of the May 12, 1947, Volume 8, Number 19 issue of the Los Angeles Transit Lines, Weekly Topics. Weekly Topics was a weekly publication printed for passengers started by the Los Angeles Railway Corporation and continued after being purchased by Los Angeles Transit Lines.<br/><br/> The full text of this issue of Weekly Topics is available at <a href="http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/employeenews/LATL_Weekly_Topics_1947_May12.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/employeenews/LATL_Weekly_…</a><br/><br/> This item is from a collection of material donated by former employee Ed Vandeventer in 2011. Finding aid for this collection is at the Online Archive of California: <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c89w0d7c/" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c89w0d7c/" target="_blank">www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c89w0d7c/</a></a></p>http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50269208949http://lacmtalibrary.tumblr.com/post/50269208949Sun, 12 May 2013 10:01:08 -0700Los Angeles Transit LinesLATLHistoryCustomer Information