THE EDISON ELECTRIC CO.: MISCELLANEOUS FACILITIES — Los Angeles General Garage, 1928

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  • Warehouse #1 [originally an Edison Electric Co. facility.] G. Haven Bishop, 1910
  • Trucks loaded up with electric ranges ready for delivery in front of the Edison General Store in Los Angeles. G. Haven Bishop, March 1, 1916
  • 15 ton Mack “Bulldog” tractor, front view, [parked in front of Edison Garage]. G. Haven Bishop, May 24, 1919
  • General Garage – shops. G. Haven Bishop, July 9, 1928
  • Gasoline Piping [underground feeds]. G. Haven Bishop, January 7, 1929
  • Special Truck with places for equipment storage – side view. [Eastside Brewry in background.] G. Haven Bishop, September 24, 1929
  • Special Truck with places for equipment storage – rear view. G. Haven Bishop, September 24, 1929
  • Special Truck #2626 with ladder erect and man at top. G. Haven Bishop, September 24, 1929
  • Ladder Truck at General Garage. G. Haven Bishop, January 23, 1935
  • Ladder Truck at General Garage. G. Haven Bishop, January 23, 1935
  • Ladder Truck at General Garage. G. Haven Bishop, January 23, 1935
  • Accident to Car #3301 front. [1938 Ford coupe.] G. Haven Bishop, November 21, 1938
  • Graphic showing layout of a “run of river” hydro plant is taped to a wall for this copy neg. Doug White, undated
  • Truck Show – Edison News. Doug White, undated
  • Truck Show – Edison News. Doug White, undated
  • String of five dolly trailers (?) hooked to truck at main garage. Doug White, undated
  • Close-up of trailer. Doug White, undated
  • Misc. Freq. equiped truck. Doug White, undated
  • Map of power stations and transmission for the Edison Service Area. Doug White, undated
  • Edison Service Vehicles – Snow-cat, flat bed truck, portable hoist, wrecked panel van – [with 4 variants.] Joseph Fadler, December 31, 1954

-Images courtesy of the Huntington Library, Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives, “Miscellaneous Facilities – Los Angeles – General Garage,” by G. Haven Bishop, July 9, 1928

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