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Title	Los Angeles and Independence Railroad Depot, San Pedro Street & Fourth Street, before 1888
Description	Photograph of the exterior of the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad Depot, San Pedro Street and Fourth Street, south of Fifth Street, before 1888. The wood Victorian building has two three-story square towers with wrought iron work at their apexes, with dormer windows in the roofs of the towers and small decorative balconies on the Second-story windows. A statue of a sphinx stands guard at the right of several doors at the head of a wide set of stairs on the left side of the building. A group of about six people are gathered on the platform near the end of a rail car (one is on the car) on the right side of the building. The railroad line, which extended to Santa Monica, was taken over by Southern Pacific, and the station was destroyed by fire in November, 1888.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Subject	Train Station; Los Angeles and Independence Railroad; R.R. Depot; Transportation
Subject (adlf)	railroad features
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Train stations
Subject (lcsh)	Railroads -- Stations
Geographic subject (roadway)	San Pedro Street & 4th 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)	Independence Railroad Depot
Geographic coordinates	-118.24212,34.04606; -118.24185,34.04578; -118.24208,34.0456; -118.24231,34.04577; -118.24212,34.04606
Coverage date	before 1888
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	before 1888
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs
Accession number	3213
Call number	CHS-3213; S-4638
Microfiche number	1-119-9
Legacy record ID	chs-m1529; USC-1-1-1-1577
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	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-3213
Archival file	chs_Volume28/CHS-3213.tiff

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