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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad Depot at Alison Street and Anderson Street, Los Angeles, 1884. A steam engine attached to its coal car with a straight smokestack and cow catcher is pictured in desert terrain. The side of the coal car reads "L.A. & S.G.V." and a mountain is visible in the far distance behind it. The operation was later taken over by the Santa Fe Railroad in 1887.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad Santa Fe Railroad Railroads Terminals (Transportation) Transportation--Railroads--Southern California--San Gabriel Railroad Railroad features
Time Period
1884
Place
Aliso Street & Anderson Street California Los Angeles USA
Source
1-119-31 [Microfiche number] 6358 [Accession number] CHS-6358 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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