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Title
Exterior view of Union Station, looking west toward the Civic Center, ca.1942
Contributor
Foster & Kleiser (8/30/79)
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1942
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of Union Station, looking west toward the Civic Center, ca.1942. Union Station can be seen in the foreground, with its clocktower visible at right. A sign above the clock reads, "Pacific Standard Time". Several people walk through the interior courtyard, while a sign on a lamp post in the courtyard reads "Shelter", indicating an air raid shelter. City Hall is visible in the left background, among other Civic Center buildings.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m1547
USC-2-1-1-1595 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-31167
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1547
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-31167.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Train stations--Union Station
Railroads--Stations
Union Station
Railroad features
Time Period
circa 1942
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-119- [Microfiche number]
31167 [Accession number]
CHS-31167 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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