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Identifier	clloy_072
Title	La Grande Station, Santa Fe Railroad, Los Angeles, Cal.
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1910
Subject (Topic)	Railroads--California--Los Angeles; Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe Railway; La Grande Station (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	Los Angeles (Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	DE
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/#d.en.3004
Publisher	Los Angeles News Company; Litho-Chrome
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Cal.; Leipzig, Berlin, Dresden
Language	eng
Description	Exterior view of the La Grande Station on the Santa Fe Railroad line, from the northeast. A small garden area with palm trees and other desert plants is visible, and climbing vines have grown up to cover parts of the building. Two carriages are waiting at the curb.
Historical Background	The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (often abbreviated to "Santa Fe") opened La Grande Station on July 29, 1893. It was located at 2nd Street and Santa Fe Ave, just south of the First Street viaduct built in 1929, and on the west bank of the LA River. The Moorish-style depot cost $50,000 and for 30 years boasted a first-class restaurant called "The Harvey House." La Grande Station was the Santa Fe Railway's main passenger terminal in Los Angeles, California, until the Long Beach earthquake of 1933. After the earthquake, the station's dome was removed, but the station continued to serve as Santa Fe Railway's LA passenger terminal until the opening of the new LA Union Station on May 7, 1939. When Union Station opened in 1939, Santa Fe moved all of its passenger services there and closed the La Grande station.
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: No. C 9897; 127444
Additional Notes	Printed in Germany.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection