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Main Waiting Room, S.P. Depot., Los Angeles, Cal.
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Main Waiting Room, S.P. Depot., Los Angeles, Cal.
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Description
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
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
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
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