Angels Flight, Los Angeles, Cal. - Loyola Marymount University Digital Collections

Angels Flight, Los Angeles, Cal., Night view of the Angel's Flight railway and surrounding buildings., LML_MS-042-004730001, 1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm, Railroads, cable--California--Los Angeles; Street railroads--California--Los Angeles; Storefronts--California--Los Angeles; Buildings--California--Los Angeles; Streets--California--Los Angeles; Automobiles; Sidewalks, The Angels Flight Railway began operating in 1901. Located at 3rd and Hill Streets in downtown Los Angeles, it used a funicular system of two counterbalanced cars moving up and down parallel tracks. The cars were originally painted white, but were repainted to black and orange in 1930. In 1959, Angels Flight was slated for demolition as part of the Bunker Hill Urban Renewal Project, but community support succeeded in delaying the dismantling until 1969. Restoration and reconstruction efforts began in 1995., Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University, Postcards, Angels Flight (Railway), San Francisco: Pacific Novelty Co., circa 1910, on back: "city buildings.", Hill Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.); Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.), eng, <a href="https://library.lmu.edu/archivesandspecialcollections/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/">https://library.lmu.edu/archivesandspecialcollections/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/</a>