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August 09, 2012
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Pacific Electric Building on Flickr.circa 1943.
This photograph depicts Pacific Electric Railway Company’s 6th and Main Street Station as seen from across Main Street.

Pacific Electric Building on Flickr.

circa 1943.

This photograph depicts Pacific Electric Railway Company’s 6th and Main Street Station as seen from across Main Street.

Tags: Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive PE Pacific Electric LARy Los Angeles Railway Los Angeles Railway (1890-1945) LARY Rail Exterior Facility Structures HistoryPin 80-220

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June 20, 2012
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PE No. 219 - Long Beach MTA_0982 on Flickr.
circa 1902 Pacific Electric Railway passenger car number 219 from Los Angeles to Long Beach.

PE No. 219 - Long Beach MTA_0982 on Flickr.

circa 1902

Pacific Electric Railway passenger car number 219 from Los Angeles to Long Beach.

Tags: Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive PE Pacific Electric Long Beach Boarding Rail Exterior Rail Exterior Historic History

Photo
June 02, 2012
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Broadway & Olympic 1940 Looking N from Los Angeles Railway headquarters building on Flickr.
circa 1940 Broadway & Olympic, looking North from 1060 S. Broadway.

Broadway & Olympic 1940 Looking N from Los Angeles Railway headquarters building on Flickr.

circa 1940

Broadway & Olympic, looking North from 1060 S. Broadway.

Tags: Los Angeles Broadway PCC Streetcars Los Angeles Railway (1890-1945) LARY Rail Exterior Building Structures HistoryPin Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive

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October 15, 2011
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LARy No. 1308 MTA_0063 on Flickr.Los Angeles, 1930.

LARy No. 1308 MTA_0063 on Flickr.

Los Angeles, 1930.

Tags: Los Angeles Railway LARy M Line Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive Collection Los Angeles Railway (1890-1945) LARY Rail Exterior HistoryPin

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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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