Identifier	post_00180
Title	Main Waiting Room, S.P. Depot., Los Angeles, Cal.
Creator	unknown
Date Published	1914-1939
Subject (Topic)	Railroads--California--Los Angeles; Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Southern Pacific Railroad Company;
Subject (Place)	Fifth Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Central Avenue (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	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	https://library.lmu.edu/policies&procedures/librarycopyrightpolicy/
Publisher	Pacific Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	San Francisco
Language	eng
Description	A view of the interior of the main waiting room of Central Station, Los Angeles. Uniformed ticket agents attend to passengers in the lower right side of the image. On the left side of the image passengers sit on benches. Large windows adorn two sides of the room. A person sits in the mezzanine on the far side of the room. The balustrade of the mezzanine is adorned with a clock. On the far left side of the image, a uniformed employee stands by a door leading to the trains.
Historical Background	The Southern Pacific Arcade Depot was one of three railroad depots that served the Los Angeles area before the construction of Union Station in 1939. The Arcade Depot was originally constructed in 1888 at 5th and Central streets, on acreage originally owned by William Wolfskill and used for cultivating the first commercial orange grove in Southern California. In 1914, the station was rebuilt on an adjoining site, and renamed Central Station. Central Station also became the site of the Union Pacific Railroad's downtown Los Angeles passenger terminal in 1924 when its original passenger depot was destroyed by fire. The Central Station, along with the "La Grande" Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Depot, was replaced in 1939 by Union Station and later demolished.
Additional Notes	Written in lower right corner of photograph: "4071".
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection