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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
So what was this Pasadena Electric Express Co....an obscure rail line?
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I've done some Googling, and it appears that the Pasadena Electric Express Company was an early freight or "drayage" company. There are various news articles relating to the company, including tales of
a drunken Spaniard being injured by one of their cars, and another about
stolen bread boxes being discovered at their depot. I found the stamps below on Ebay:
Ebay
The description says:
"These labels were used in the Los Angeles area probably in the 20's & 30's. The Pasadena Electric Express provided service over the Pacific Electric urban rail service. The two "Electric Express & Storage" might possibly be either a forerunner of [or] followed the Pasadena labels. Service was 10 cents."
Various sources also list an address for the Pasadena Electric Express Company at 400 S Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena. This is from the Thurston’s Residence and Business Directory of Pasadena, Altadena and Lamanda Park, 1924.
Pasadena Digital History Collaboration
I'm not sure if this is the same company, but here's a snippet I found on
www.erha.org:
"In the early days, Southern California's first electric railway freight business was begun by a private company. "The Pasadena & Los Angeles Electric Express Company", using two box motors. The line also had one more first: the first combination baggage-mail car was operated on its tracks."