Title supplied by cataloger. Central Station, operated by Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, was located at 5th Street and Central Avenue in Downtown. Photograph caption dated January 12, 1932 reads, "Photo shows a crowd of 1,400 Mexicans at Central Station when they departed today for their old homes in Mexico. The families, with their babies, guitars, blankets, shawls and bundles, left on three special Southern Pacific trains chartered by Los Angeles county, which set aside about $15,000 to aid them in their repatriation. Officials estimated that this sum spent on transportation would have recovered within six weeks in savings on charity."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Central Station (Los Angeles, Calif.) Mexicans--California--Los Angeles Emigration and immigration Return migration--Mexico Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles Railroad travel--California--Los Angeles Interiors--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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