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June 13, 2012
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PE No. 2779 - 6th & LA St MTA_0972 on Flickr.
circa 1950 Pacific Electric Car No. 2779 at 6th and Los Angeles Street.

PE No. 2779 - 6th & LA St MTA_0972 on Flickr.

circa 1950

Pacific Electric Car No. 2779 at 6th and Los Angeles Street.

Tags: Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive PE Pacific Electric 6th St Los Angeles St Rail Exterior Historic History Facility Structures

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April 27, 2012
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Employee at Division 3 mirror ’30s on Flickr.circa 1930
Los Angeles Railway Employee ready for work.

Employee at Division 3 mirror ’30s on Flickr.

circa 1930

Los Angeles Railway Employee ready for work.

Tags: Division 3 Empoyee LARY Los Angeles Railway (1890-1945) Diversity Employees Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive Uniforms

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The Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the largest transit operator research collection in the US.

We are partners with the National Transportation Library, member of the OCLC library network, member of the Western Transportation Knowledge Network, member of the USC LA as Subject archives forum, an affiliate of the National Academies Transportation Research Board, and members of the Special Library Association's Transportation Division.

We advocate using social media tools to connect communities and research. For more information, visit metro.net/library or email us at library@metro.net

See the Metro Research Library's Transportation Headlines and Primary Resources blogs, and daily Twitter Tabloid from Paper.li You can also find us on Google+.

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