Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a view of a row of trains at Union Station, showing city hall in the background, 1939. Four trains sit in at row at center, their engines aligned in a staggered, diagonal line with the rear train extending the furthest to the right. Each train sits in a lane on a paved yard. The nearest train is of an older style than the others its engine's smokestack emits a large cloud of smoke or steam. City Hall is visible in the hazy left background. Photoprint reads "Part of ceremonies for the opening of Union Station".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Train stations--Union Station Transportation--Railroads--Southern California--Los Angeles County Railroads--Stations Locomotives Union Station Railroad features
Time Period
1939
Place
California Los Angeles USA
Source
31173 [Accession number] CHS-31173 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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