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Title
Union Station
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection;
Contributor
1
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1939
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
John Parkinson and Donald B. Parkinson designed the 1939 Union Station, located at 800 North Alameda Street. The structure combines Spanish Colonial, Mission Revival, and Streamline Moderne style, with Moorish architectural details. Gladding, McBean & Co made most of the tile in the station. It was named the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (LAUPT) until Catellus Development, officially changed the name to Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS). The station was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #101 in 1972 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Building #80000811 in 1980.
View of Union Station from the parking lot, looking east towards the clock tower and entrance hall. Numerous automobiles can be seen parked in the lot. Union Station is located at 800 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. See images 00107280; 00107295 through 00107303 and 00107312 through 00107323 for additional photos in this series. Photograph circa 1939.
Type
image
Format
1 negative : safety ; 25 x 20 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00107320
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
S-001-061.6 8x10
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/133922
Subject
Union Passenger Terminal (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Terminals (Transportation)
Railroad stations
Transportation
Architecture, Domestic--Mission style
Architecture, Domestic--Spanish influences
Clock towers
Buildings
Parking lots
Automobiles
Palms
Trees
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Historic buildings
Historic sites
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Parkinson, John,--1861-1935
Parkinson, Donald B.--(Donald Berthold),--1895-1945
Time Period
1930-1939

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