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W. Averell Harriman at the launch of the Union Pacific streamline express train, Commerce, 1934

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times articles, "Record-Smashing Run of Streamline Train Tomorrow to Write Railroad History: Covered Wagon Trail Will See Speed Demon: Old and Colorful Chapter in Romance of Transportation to End as Blunt-Nosed Arrow Darts Out Into Night," 27 Oct. 1934: A4; "Streamline Train Here to Make Test Run Test: Union Pacific Officials Arrive in City as Passengers on Company's New Speed Equipment," 20 Oct. 1934: A1; “Tomorrow’s ‘Iron Horse’ Draws Throng: Rail Rocket Off Tonight: Union Pacific’s Streamliner Speedster To Start Sixty-Hour Trip to New York at 10 o’Clock,” 22 Oct. 1934: A2; “Rail Chiefs Ride New Flyer: Streamline Train Here To Make Test Run East: Union Pacific Officials Arrive in City as Passengers on Company’s New Speed Equipment,” 20, Oct. 1934: A1.
Date:
October 22, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
W. Averell Harriman at the launch of the Union Pacific streamline express train, Commerce, 1934

Union Pacific Streamliner departs on a record-breaking trip to New York, Commerce, 1934

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times articles, "Record-Smashing Run of Streamline Train Tomorrow to Write Railroad History: Covered Wagon Trail Will See Speed Demon: Old and Colorful Chapter in Romance of Transportation to End as Blunt-Nosed Arrow Darts Out Into Night," 27 Oct. 1934: A4; "Streamline Train Here to Make Test Run Test: Union Pacific Officials Arrive in City as Passengers on Company's New Speed Equipment," 20 Oct. 1934: A1; “Tomorrow’s ‘Iron Horse’ Draws Throng: Rail Rocket Off Tonight: Union Pacific’s Streamliner Speedster To Start Sixty-Hour Trip to New York at 10 o’Clock,” 22 Oct. 1934: A2; “Rail Chiefs Ride New Flyer: Streamline Train Here To Make Test Run East: Union Pacific Officials Arrive in City as Passengers on Company’s New Speed Equipment,” 20, Oct. 1934: A1.
Date:
October 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Union Pacific Streamliner departs on a record-breaking trip to New York, Commerce, 1934

Union Pacific Streamliner about to depart on a record-breaking trip to New York, Commerce, 1934

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times articles, "Record-Smashing Run of Streamline Train Tomorrow to Write Railroad History: Covered Wagon Trail Will See Speed Demon: Old and Colorful Chapter in Romance of Transportation to End as Blunt-Nosed Arrow Darts Out Into Night," 27 Oct. 1934: A4; "Streamline Train Here to Make Test Run Test: Union Pacific Officials Arrive in City as Passengers on Company's New Speed Equipment," 20 Oct. 1934: A1; “Tomorrow’s ‘Iron Horse’ Draws Throng: Rail Rocket Off Tonight: Union Pacific’s Streamliner Speedster To Start Sixty-Hour Trip to New York at 10 o’Clock,” 22 Oct. 1934: A2; “Rail Chiefs Ride New Flyer: Streamline Train Here To Make Test Run East: Union Pacific Officials Arrive in City as Passengers on Company’s New Speed Equipment,” 20, Oct. 1934: A1.
Date:
October 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Union Pacific Streamliner about to depart on a record-breaking trip to New York, Commerce, 1934

Night view of the Standard Oil Tower of the Sun at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935-1936

Description:
Art director Juan Larrinaga invented a motif for the ground level of the building that mayhave been inspired by repeat key patterns on the walls of the Place of the Dead in Mitla, Oaxaca. The cleanly articulated geometric designs on the tower were Art Deco in style.
Date:
[1935-1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Owens, Charles H.
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Night view of the Standard Oil Tower of the Sun at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935-1936

Night time view towards the House of Charm and tower of the Palace of Science at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935-1936

Description:
View at night across the reflecting pool in the Plaza del Pacifico (Plaza de Panama in 1915) towards the illuminated House of Charm and the tower of the Palace of Science. A wall of the Arco del Porvenir (Arch of the Future) is visible in the right foreground.
Date:
[1935-1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Night time view towards the House of Charm and tower of the Palace of Science at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935-1936