California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of a row of trains at Union Station, showing city hall in the background, 1939

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View of a row of trains at Union Station, showing city hall in the background, 1939

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Photograph of a view of a row of trains at Union Station, showing city hall in the background, 1939. Four trains sit in at row at center, their engines aligned in a staggered, diagonal line with the rear train extending the furthest to the right. Each train sits in a lane on a paved yard. The nearest train is of an older style than the others; its engine's smokestack emits a large cloud of smoke or steam. City Hall is visible in the hazy left background. Photoprint reads "Part of ceremonies for the opening of Union Station".

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Title View of a row of trains at Union Station, showing city hall in the background, 1939

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1939

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1939

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-m20569

Identifier 31173 (accession number), CHS-31173 (call number), CHS-31173 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24448 (legacy record id), chs-m20569 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-12524 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24448

Unique identifier UC130715

Legacy Identifier CHS-31173.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.1 in × 10.3 in at 300dpi
35.8 cm × 26.3 cm at 300dpi

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Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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