Oversized photograph.; Mounted to the back of image 00074491. Interior view of Southern Pacific's Arcade Station at Alameda between 4th and 5th St. The high, vaulted ceiling with its skylights rose to a height of ninety feet at its arch and gave the terminal abundant light. The terminal office is faced with balustrades and finished with fine carpentry.; The Southern Pacific Railroad built the Arcade Station in 1885 in competition against Santa Fe Railroad. It replaced the adobe house of William Wolfskill and its surrounding orange grove, the largest in Southern California. It was demolished in 1914 and replaced with the Central Station, a larger and more modern railroad passenger depot. It, too, was later demolished.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;19 x 24 cm. Photographic prints
Arcade Station (Los Angeles, Calif.) Southern Pacific Company Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles Railroad terminals--California--Los Angeles Railroads--Buildings and structures--California--Los Angeles Alameda Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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