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Description
Order Number
00075424
Title
Southern
Pacific
and
Pacific
Motor
Transport
loading
dock
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
Transportation-Railroads-Southern
Pacific.
;
A-010-986
4x5
Date
Circa
1930
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;15
x
24
cm
. on
sheet
21
x
26
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
In
1865
, a
group
of
businessmen
in
San
Francisco
founded
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
to
build
a
rail
connection
between
San
Francisco
and
San
Diego
.
Southern
Pacific
grew
into a
major
railroad
system
which
incorporated
many
smaller
companies
,
which
in
turn
had a
noticeable
social
impact
along
its
route
, and
some
towns
prospered
because
of
it
. In
1938
, the
Southern
Pacific
gained
control
of
several
bus
lines
in the
Far
West
, and
took
over
the
trucking
service
previously
provided
by the
Pacific
Motor
Transport
Company
;
Pacific
Motor
Transport
Company
operated
from
1929
to
1938
. The
Southern
Pacific
subsequently
was
taken
over
by the
Union
Pacific
Railroad
in
1996
following
years
of
financial
problems
.
Description
View
of the
Southern
Pacific
loading
dock
located
on
north
Spring
Street
,
behind
Chinatown
. A
long
row
of
neatly
parked
vehicles
have "
Southern
Pacific
Motor
Transport
Services
"
written
on the
side
of their
cabs
and
doors
. A
dark
cloud
,
possibly
smoke
,
can
be
seen
from
behind
the
building
.
It
may
be that this
dark
cloud
is
coming
from a
locomotive
,
which
is
not
visible
from this
angle
.
Subject
Southern Pacific Transportation Company.
Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
Southern Pacific Company.
Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles.
Transportation--California--Los Angeles.
Railroads--California--Los Angeles.
Trucks--California--Los Angeles.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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