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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. 
Asset Metadata
Title Exterior view of Union Station, looking west toward the Civic Center, ca.1942 
Contributor Foster & Kleiser (8/30/79) (donor) 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 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) 
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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