PERYHS Archives

Two unidentified young men shake hands before Pacific Electric interurban no. 1051 wearing Torrance destination signs. Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection

Dominguez Tower as attributed to famed Pacific Electric photographer Charles Lawrence. Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection

Number 93, wearing “Pasadena” destination boards, rolls down an unidentified Pasadena city street in this undated photo. Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection

Number 45 on the Colorado, Los Robles, Hill & Lake Avenue Line poses with its motorman and conductor in this undated image. Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection

The 1893 Golden Spike tie pin given to Thaddeus Lowe by his workers upon the opening of the Mount Lowe Incline Railway, July 4, 1893. This was one of Lowe’s prized possessions and comes via [...]

A group of Mount Lowe artifacts acquired over the year by Vic McVey, including a piece of a railroad tie from either the Alpine Division or One Man and a Mule Railway, a reproduction of the Mount [...]

An original Pacific Electric Railway advertisement, watercolor on board, stating “No traffic hazards or parking problem here,” making the point either the PE bus or the PE trolley is [...]

Looking the other way from the 1235 shot, car #436 nears the end of track at Miller and City Terrace Drive. The date is November 10, 1948. Andy Payne Photo, Ralph Cantos Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 1235 visits the B line a week before abandonment. This was a fan trip. The B line very seldom had H class cars assigned to the line…if ever ! Ralph Cantos [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 344 rolls through City Terrace in this March 1948 photo. Ken Douglas Photo Ralph Cantos Collection From Ralph Cantos: A nice shot taken by Ken Douglas in March of [...]