Archiving Angeles (AA): Trolleys of Spring Street

By Jason Burns
July 24th, 2009 @ 1:07 PM History

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Cars were on rails. Men were in suits. And a young city was still finding its way, at Third and Spring.

The year was 1891.

Photo from the USC Digital Archive

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2 Comments so far

  1. Lucinda Michele (la_michele) on July 24th, 2009 @ 2:55 pm

    Look, it was crowded & public transport was double-parked even then!


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