Title |
Los Angeles and San Pedro Alameda Street Station, the first railroad into Los Angeles, ca.1875 |
Description |
Photograph the Los Angeles and San Pedro Alameda Street Station, the first railroad into Los Angeles, ca.1875. A locomotive hauling its tender, four empty cars, a covered car and a caboose is stopped in front of the railroad station. A man is standing on the walkway at the rear of the train's caboose. Another man stands on the ground at the rear of the train. People are standing around at the side of the station to wait for their train. To the right of the train station is a small grocery store. Legible signs include: "L.A. & S.P.R.R.", "grocery & ba[...]". Additional information: “During February 1869, several attempts were made to buy a lot at the corner of Aliso and Alameda streets for use as a depot site. This… lot was owned by a Mrs. Madigan, who demanded $14,000 in gold for her property… Finally, the project was dropped, and the “present” [sic] lot was purchased from John G. Downey and James F. Burnes… The two lots… were located on the southwest corner of Alameda and Commercial Streets" -- Franklyn Hoyt, "Los Angeles & San Pedro: First Railroad South of the Tehachapis", p. 331 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/25156449). |
Subject |
Train Station; Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad |
Subject (adlf) |
railroad features |
Subject (file heading) |
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Train stations |
Subject (lcsh) |
Railroads -- Stations |
Geographic subject (roadway) |
Alameda Street; Commercial Street |
Geographic subject (city or populated place) |
Downtown Los Angeles; Los Angeles |
Geographic subject (county) |
Los Angeles |
Geographic subject (state) |
California |
Geographic subject (country) |
USA |
Geographic subject (manmade feature) |
Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad; Union Station |
Geographic coordinates |
-118.23614,34.05809; -118.231,34.05659; -118.23159,34.05397; -118.23682,34.05475; -118.23614,34.05809 |
Coverage date |
circa 1875 |
Publisher (of the digital version) |
University of Southern California. Libraries |
Date created |
circa 1875 |
Type |
images |
Format (aacr2) |
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. |
Format (aat) |
negatives (photographic) photographs |
Contributing entity |
California Historical Society |
Accession number |
6107 |
Call number |
CHS-6107 |
Identifying number |
isla id: S-4645 |
Microfiche number |
1-119-20 |
Legacy record ID |
chs-m1530; USC-1-1-1-1578 |
Part of collection |
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 |
Part of subcollection |
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 |
Project |
USC |
Rights |
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license -- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ -- Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California |
Physical access |
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Repository name |
USC Libraries Special Collections |
Repository address |
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
Repository email |
specol@usc.edu |
Filename |
CHS-6107 |
Archival file |
chs_Volume28/CHS-6107.tiff |