The U was so-named because it served USC (ran right through the center of campus) and the University Park area just north of the campus. The line served South Vermont (to Florence) and South Central Ave. (to Slauson). This was LARY's second most profitable line after the P line in the '30s.
Here we have a 1930s postcard view of 6th Street at Olive, with the Pacific Mutual Building on the corner and the Biltmore Hotel to the right. The U streetcar is about to turn left up Olive to 5th Street.
In the next photo the U line car is turning right off of Estrella Street onto 23rd Street. Estrella is a street that no longer exists -- this scene was obliterated by the Harbor Freeway.
In the next photo the car at the right is on the U line, about to turn south off of Union Ave. onto Hoover St. The streetcar line at the left is the A line.
The last photo shows a U line car sitting at the south end of the line, at Florence and Vermont. The car coming in from the right is on the F line.
