Los Angeles Railway Corporation Collection of Photographs [graphic] , 1853-1939.

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Los Angeles Railway Corporation Collection of Photographs [graphic] , 1853-1939.

The Los Angeles Railway (LARy) Corporation collection provides a broad pictorial overview of the development of the railway systems in Los Angeles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as information on the physical development of the city itself. The collection was compiled by Edwin L. Lewis, a LARy employee for 51 years, as background information for a proposed, unpublished, two-volume history of the Los Angeles railway systems.

1164 black and white photographs, 97 glass negatives, clippings, correspondence, manuscripts, notes, a card file, and a ledger book in 27 boxes (22 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8234298

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Beaudry, Prudent, d. 1893

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Haynes, John Randolph, 1853-

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Haynes was born June 13, 1853 in Fairmount Springs, PA; received his MD and Ph. D from Univ. of PA; had a medical practice in Philadelphia, 1874-87; moved to Los Angeles and continued his medical practice, 1887; was involved with incorporating initiative, referendum, and recall amendments in the LA City Charter, 1903; member, LA County Probation Comm., 1915-25; member and president, LA Civil Service Commission, 1903-15; member, LA Board of Water and Power Commissioners, 1925; member, Metropolita...

Clark, Eli P., 1847-1931

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Randolph, Epes.

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Widney, R. M. (Robert Maclay), 1838-1929

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Sachse, Richard Griswold Davis

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Crank, James Fillmore, d. 1935

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Howland, Charles Wing, 1817-1896

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Huntington, Howard W.

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Workman, Boyle, b. 1868

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Garland, William May, b. 1866

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Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927

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Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927), founder of the Huntington Library, was born in Oneonta, New York. In 1892 he went to San Francisco to work for his uncle, Collis Potter Huntington, who was President of the Southern Pacific Railway Company. After Collis's death in 1900 and Henry's purchase of the Shorb ranch in 1902, Henry moved his business interests to the Los Angeles area, organizing the Pacific Electric Railway Company, the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, and other real estate a...

Pacific Electric Railway Company

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Lewis, Edwin J.,

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Weid, Ivar, 1837-1903

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Griffith, Griffith Jenkins, Colonel, 1850-1919

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Child, Ozra W.

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Kuhrts, George J., 1869-1932

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Hollenbeck, John Edward, 1829-1885

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Eaton, Frederick, 1855-1934

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Robinson, Henry Mauris, 1868-1937

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Henry Mauris Robinson (1868-1937), lawyer and banker. He was born in Ravenna, Ohio, son of George Foreman Robinson (1844-1917), judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the 2nd subdivision of the othe Judicial District of Ohio. Henry Mauris Robinson was educated at Western Reserve Academy and Cornell University and practiced law in Ohio and New York City before moving to Southern California in 1905. He was chairman of the board of Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles and also was on board of...

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Pontius, David W.

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Weid, Otto, d. 1934

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Workman, William B.

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Los Angeles Railway

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The Los Angeles Railway Corporation, formed in 1910, was the final result of various mergers and consolidations of the numerous local and interurban railways which developed in Los Angeles and adjacent communities. From the description of Records of the Los Angeles Railway Corporation, 1887-1938. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122570780 ...

Mellus, James J., d. 1935

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Downey, John Gately, approximately 1827-1894

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Workman, Elijah H., 1835-1906

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Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909

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