Angel's Flight at the Third and Hill Streets

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Angel's Flight at the Third and Hill Streets
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  • Title :     Angel's Flight at the Third and Hill Streets
  • Artist:     Longshaw Card Co, Los Angeles (manufacturer) | John Hughes Photo (publisher)
  • Accession:     XB2000.128.79
  • Collection:     Library
  • Category:     Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
  • Collection Theme:     Travel, Transportation, and Tourism
  • Subject:     Photographs | Photographs , 1910-1920 | Angels Flight (Railway) | Angels Flight (Railway) , 1910-1920
  • URL:     http://libimages.wolfsonian.org/XB2000.128.79.000.jpg
  • Tags:     ~Travel, Transportation, and Tourism~Posters and Printed Ephemera~Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Description:
Title from recto. | "653"--recto. | "Angel's FLight is a miniature cable railway that climbs 315 feet on a 33 1/3 per cent grade up the steep slope of Bunker Hill. It was built in 1901 with a 100 foot observation tower, long since removed, and has been an outstanding tourist attraction for many years. Angel's Flight is still in use by the residents of the neighborhood."--verso | English.