Los Angeles, The Early Days

An historical view of turn-of-the-century Los Angeles and the Pacific Electric street car transportation system. This trailer has some brief excerpts from the full-hour DVD, and includes some of the amazing "then-and-now" transitions, showing how portions of the city looked during the hey-day of the trolley, compared to the precise same locations today.

For more information and availability of this amazing tour on DVD, visit www.LATheEarlyDays.com where you can learn more.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• Los
• Angeles
• History
• street
• cars
• trolley
• system
• trollies
• Pacific
• Electric
• traction

[spaceghostman]

It is true. Blame it on GM Motor. They bought the street cars and then eliminated so everyone have to buy a car to drive in order to get anywhere. I'm glad they are failing today.

[maynardcat]

It's really a shame so many American cities opted to destroy their wonderful streetcar systems. I'm sure most of those cities wished they had them back today.

[Fbarra2020]

@spaceghostman How can a private company buy the public transportation system and take it down? Is it allowed?

[jaime58ify]

This is great!!!! Give me more!!!!

[AmazinglyAgnostic]

@bettydaw1970 no, welcome to the club.

[kae4466]

and to imagine that we lost all that

[bettydaw1970]

am i a geek because i love stuff like this?

[CliftonPhotographer]

@yourwifecalledagain This is a cool DVD. If you like this, check out the "WhatWasThere" website. They are layering old and new photos together from all over the world so you can see exactly what was there back in the day. It's still relatively new,so most places aren't done, but for the ones that are done it's really cool!

[mariothepookster]

in the late forties, just after returning from WWII, many GI's wanted the freedom of a car, especially in LA, a vast, spread out city, not like eastern cities. There was a lot of pent up demand for things like refrigerators, tv's, housing and, yes, cars. So, it was easier for auto companies to sell them the freedom of an automobile.

[yourwifecalledagain]

@wendileona Some of the pictures might be from the 80s, but in the one at 1:28 there's a 1996-1998 Pontiac Grand Am at the back of that line of cars. I'm assuming that one at least is from the late 90s. Either way, still cool to see "then and now" comparisons drawn with pictures that are now fifteen to twenty years old.

[MaIefic]

@TheJomogogo Fucking idiot, go back to Europe then, cunt.

[wendileona]

Interesting that this is not only great footage of old Los Angeles but also of 80's Los Angeles with the modern comparison pics being from the 80's.