Description
A colorized view shows Angel’s Flight climbing a steep hillside beside tall buildings in Los Angeles. The funicular cars are visible on the incline, with an ornate entrance structure at the lower left and a tunnel opening at the lower right. A few small figures and early automobiles appear at street level. The card is dated 1900s.
Front Text (verbatim):
.653 ANGEL'S FLIGHT AT THIRD AND HILL STREETS
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Back Text (verbatim):
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 out-
standing tourist attraction for many years.
Angel's Flight is still in use by the residents
of the neighborhood.
PLACE
STAMP
HERE
FROM THE
COLLECTION OF
W. E. CROOM
MEMPHIS, TENN.
MANUFACTURED BY LONGSHAW CARD CO., LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
