Title supplied by cataloger. This Pueblo revival style depot (later demolished) was built for and by the Los Angeles & Pasadena Electric Railway, a Pacific Electric predecessor company; it was in operation from 1902-1941. The ticket office and freight station, located at 2100 Main Street in Alhambra, for the Alhambra-San Gabriel Line of the Pacific Electric Railway Company. Above the phone booth (left), a sign indicates that the depot includes a Western Union office. On the right, the waiting bench advertises the Eastern Columbia Building in downtown Los Angeles.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Pacific Electric Railway Company Western Union Telegraph Company Railroad stations--California--Alhambra Electric railroads--Freight--California--Alhambra Railroads--California--Alhambra Telephone booths--California--Alhambra Benches--California--Alhambra Sidewalks--California--Alhambra Streets--California--Alhambra Electric lines--Poles and towers Trees--California--Alhambra Lost architecture--California--Sierra Madre Alhambra (Calif.)
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