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Title
Union Station, main concourse
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
Publication Information
Federal Writers' Project.; Parkinson & Parkingson
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Located at 800 N. Alameda Street, Union Station was designed by the father and son team of John Parkinson and Donald B. Parkinson, and opened in May 1939. The structure combines Spanish Colonial, Mission Revival, and Streamline Modern style, with Moorish architectural details. It was named the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (LAUPT), until the current owner, Catellus Development, officially changed the name to Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS). In 1980 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, Building #80000811. It is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #101.
Interior view of Union Station, showing the tiled floors and high ceilings.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00033038
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 8046 4x5; A-006-171 4x5
CARL0000037143
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/1824
Subject
Union Passenger Terminal (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Interiors--California--Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Works Progress Administration Collection photographs

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