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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Refugees from the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire receive help at the Southern Pacific Railroad Arcade Depot. There are different stations set up with signs above, including, "Headquarters St. Vincent de Paul," "Information Bureau Native Sons Relief..." "Native Sons Hindquarter 211 1/2 West Second [St.]," "Information Bureau Native Sons Relief..." Men stand behind the stations and in front. One man walks in the center of the photograph wearing a hat, coat, and scarf around his neck. There is a sign for the Arcade Depot in the background. At the right, there are signs painted on the sides of buildings, including, "Hotel Arcade," "M. J. [D.] Coffee...Why?" "Feifer's Union...The greatest 5 [cent] cigar in the world." There are utility poles and throughout and wires overhead, and there is a palm tree at the left. Text from negative sleeve: 987. Arcade depot, Los Angeles, April 1906. San Francisco earthquake refugees coming into Los Angeles, being fed and looked after on the pavement on the west side of the old depot. 1 film.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0987_001 ark:/21198/zz002hs0hc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Assistance--California--Los Angeles San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 Southern Pacific Arcade Depot (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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