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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the former River Station depot for the Southern Pacific Railroad, viewed from across some railroad tracks, the day before its scheduled demolition. Two sets of railroad tracks stretch across the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. Beyond the tracks, North Spring Street (formerly San Fernando Road) runs parallel to the tracks in the mid-ground. The old depot building stands in the near distance at center and is viewed at a slight angle from the front. A car drives past the right front corner of the building. The front of the building faces left. It is lined by arched doorways and windows. An entablature stretches above it and standing atop the building is a flagpole. Sotello Street stretches back into the image along the right edge. Text from negative sleeve: 1960. Los Angeles, California. San Fernando Road - now North Spring St. Taken November 25, 1940. 1. 2. Two pictures from across the rail road tracks of the old Southern Pacific railroad station, and Yardmaster's office. Papers said it was to be torn down so I went down and took a picture of it. 3. A close up of the building from the side toward Los Angeles. -South? - This pictures shows a vacant space between the archway and the two windows at the right. When I came to Los Angeles in 1888, I used to walk past the building, and that vacant space had a big sign: "Chinese Labor Furnished. Sisson & Crocker Company." Nov. 26, 1940 workmen wrecked the building. 3 films.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1960_002 ark:/21198/zz002hvk7b
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad tracks--California--Los Angeles Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles
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