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June 14, 2012
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MCL - Olive St. Terminal MTA_0520 on Flickr.
circa 1955 signage at the Metropolitan Coach Lines Olive Street Terminal.

MCL - Olive St. Terminal MTA_0520 on Flickr.

circa 1955

signage at the Metropolitan Coach Lines Olive Street Terminal.

Tags: Metropolitan Coach Lines Olive St Terminal Signage Facility Structures Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive bus stop

Photo
October 15, 2011
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Last Night 2 Entrance-6th & Main Depot on Flickr.La Noir - Metro Depot.  1963.

Last Night 2 Entrance-6th & Main Depot on Flickr.

La Noir - Metro Depot. 1963.

Tags: Rail LAMTA Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Collection Depots MTA Authority Facility Structures Bus Stop Bus Stops HistoryPin Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority Night Neon

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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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