Crowd gathered around a locomotive on Opening Day at Union Station in Los Angeles, April 1, 1939

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Title	Crowd gathered around a locomotive on Opening Day at Union Station in Los Angeles, April 1, 1939
Description	Photograph of a crowd gathered around a locomotive on Opening Day at Union Station in Los Angeles, April 1, 1939. The large mass of people is in the foreground and stretches into the distance at right. A Southern Pacific Railroad steam locomotive pulling a single passenger car is in the middle of the crowd. The clock tower and arched entryway of Union Station are at left. The station is a large building with smooth light-colored walls and a massive arched window at left. The area directly in front of the station is decorated with trees, and a tall light post is visible at right. In the background at right are more buildings. The clock on the rectangular tower of the station shows the time to be just after two o'clock.; It is possible that the locomotive in the picture is the one that that belonged to Collis P. Huntington. It was the first locomotive purchased by the Southern Pacific Railway and currently sits on display in the California State Railway Museum in Sacramento, CA.
Subject	Union Station
Subject (adlf)	railroad features
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Train stations -- Union Station
Subject (lcsh)	Railroads -- Stations Rites and ceremonies Locomotives
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1939-04-01
Photographer	C.C. Pierce & Co.
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1939-04-01
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	14568; 14578
Call number	CHS-14568; CHS-14578
Microfiche number	1-119-
Legacy record ID	chs-m1549; USC-1-1-1-1597
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-14578
Archival file	chs_Volume28/CHS-14578.tiff

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