California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Exterior view of Union Station, looking west toward the Civic Center, ca.1942

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Exterior view of Union Station, looking west toward the Civic Center, ca.1942

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Photograph of an exterior view of Union Station, looking west toward the Civic Center, ca.1942. Union Station can be seen in the foreground, with its clocktower visible at right. A sign above the clock reads, "Pacific Standard Time". Several people walk through the interior courtyard, while a sign on a lamp post in the courtyard reads "Shelter", indicating an air raid shelter. City Hall is visible in the left background, among other Civic Center buildings.

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Title Exterior view of Union Station, looking west toward the Civic Center, ca.1942

Subject Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Train stations -- Union Station (file heading), railroad features (adlf), Railroads -- Stations (lcsh), Union Station (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1942

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1942

Contributor Foster & Kleiser (8/30/79) (donor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1547

Identifier 31167 (accession number), CHS-31167 (call number), CHS-31167 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2409 (legacy record id), chs-m1547 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-1595 (legacy record id), 1-119- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2409

Unique identifier UC115968

Legacy Identifier CHS-31167.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
50.6 cm × 40.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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