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Description
Photograph of an angled view of the Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad Depot with a man standing adjacent to the tracks, Alameda Street, Los Angeles, ca.1875. A grocery store is visible behind the train. "Received Examiner reference library: Apr. 27, 1939" -- stamped on verso. Streetscape. Horizontal photography. Originally, the image was captioned as "Train at the Southern Pacific Depot, 526 Central Ave., Los Angeles, [s.d.]". “During February 1869, several attempts were made to buy a lot at the corner of Aliso and Alameda streets for use as a depot site. This… lot was owned by a Mrs. Madigan, who demanded $14,000 in gold for her property… Finally, the project was dropped, and the “present” [sic] lot was purchased from John G. Downey and James F. Burnes… The two lots… were located on the southwest corner of Alameda and Commercial Streets" -- Franklyn Hoyt, "Los Angeles & San Pedro: First Railroad South of the Tehachapis", p. 331 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/25156449). [Biography]
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs
Los Angeles--City--Buildings--Southern Pacific Depot
Time Period
circa 1875
Place
Alameda Street Commercial Street California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Southern Pacific Depot Central Station USA
Source
3-1275-02806-2751 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-262 [Original Filename] Subjects 318 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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