Train Ready for Departure from Railroad Station, Los Angeles, California, circa 1896

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Artifact Overview

This photograph shows a passenger train leaving the La Grande Station about 1896. The station served as the main passenger terminal for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in Los Angeles, California, until the 1930s.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

circa 1896

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.011021

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 7 in
Width: 9.25 in

Inscriptions

On back in pencil: [Railroad station, Los Angeles, California, about 1896] Cal. 011021 36 /.