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usclibraries:

A team of ostriches pulls a man on a cart at the Los Angeles Ostrich Farm near Lincoln Park, ca. 1900.

Part of the California Historical Society Collection in the USC Digital Library.

lacmtalibrary:

Pacific Electric Building on VJ Day on Flickr.

August 15, 1945

The Pacific Electric Railway Company building in Downtown Los Angeles after the announcement of the end of World War II.

humanscalecities:

The Bicycle Uprising: Remembering the Midtown Bike Ban 25 Years Later (StreetsBlog)

usclibraries:

Four women stroll down the Newport Beach esplanade, circa 1905.

1950sunlimited:

Train travel comfort, c.1957-58

 Herman Landshoff, Untitled (Girls on bicycles), 1946

lacmtalibrary:

Sixth and Main Station Bus Deck on Flickr.

circa 1947.

This photograph depicts the construction of bus deck improvements at Pacific Electric Railway Company’s 6th & Main Street Station. These improvements included widening of the bridge over Los Angeles Street.

usclibraries:

Possible makeshift Olympics for young fans, 1932. From the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection in the USC Digital Library.