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April 07, 2013
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PE No. 640 - 6th & Main MTA_1225 on Flickr.
Pacific Electric Railway streetcar no. 640, on the Rose Parade Special, leaving the 6th & Main Station, circa 1950.

PE No. 640 - 6th & Main MTA_1225 on Flickr.

Pacific Electric Railway streetcar no. 640, on the Rose Parade Special, leaving the 6th & Main Station, circa 1950.

Tags: Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive 6th & Main Rose Parade Rail Exterior Historic History PE Pacific Electric Railway Company

Photo
May 15, 2012
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MCL- Viewers of Rose Parade on Flickr.
Rose parade viewers in Pasadena

MCL- Viewers of Rose Parade on Flickr.

Rose parade viewers in Pasadena

Tags: Motor Coach Line Rose Parade Metropolitan Coach Lines

Photo
December 30, 2011
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Leaving Pasadena after the Rose Parade, 1950. on Flickr.

Leaving Pasadena after the Rose Parade, 1950. on Flickr.

Tags: Pacific Electric Rose Parade Rail Exterior Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive

Photo
October 28, 2011
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Leaving Pasadena after the Rose Parade, 1950. on Flickr.

Leaving Pasadena after the Rose Parade, 1950. on Flickr.

Tags: Pacific Electric Rose Parade Rail Exterior Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive

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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 Getty/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.

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