Los Angeles Railway
1327 on Route H at 1st Street & Vermont
June 11, 1947
This photo is looking east.  The curved track in the background has come off Bimini Place.  About two blocks to the right of this photo, on Bimini Place, was the famed Bimini Baths, a natatorium of fame amongst those of us who actually were familiar with the history of Los Angeles. The car is actually on private right-of-way, even though the track area is paved.  1st Street is to the left of the buildings on the left of the photograph.  After the H line was abandoned (8-3-47), LATL incorporated this trackage into a new short turn loop off the V line (which this car is facing) by building a turnout and curve from Vermont, onto 1st St. behind the buildings on the left, and thence behind them and connecting, from the photograph's left, with the tracks visible in the foreground.
Virgil Junior High is across 1st St.  When I went there, it was a great place.  I don't know what it is like now.
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