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Nostalgia & History > Help.Unlabeled Negatives Location NeededDate: 05/14/22 09:35 Help.Unlabeled Negatives Location Needed Author: spider1319 What I know.Probably SP in California early seventies.I found this stranger among others going through my negatives.This is what you get when you do not pay attention to detail.I was going to remember all this info forever.Bill Webb
Date: 05/14/22 12:40 Re: Help.Unlabeled Negatives Location Needed Author: wp1801 Messy!!!
Date: 05/14/22 13:23 Re: Help.Unlabeled Negatives Location Needed Author: Evan_Werkema The setting, track arrangement, and type of station are right for Whittier, CA, which used to stand at 11825 Bailey Street. The depot has since been moved to 7333 Greenleaf Ave. in Whittier and repurposed to become the Whittier Transportation Center:
https://goo.gl/maps/QeqX56LGhAJDxXVe9 Very old photos as well as current ones show it with a large chimney on the waiting room end, but that could have been removed at some point. As unreinforced masonry, chimneys don't travel well, so in any event the one on the depot presently is almost certainly a replica: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Railroad_Depot,_Whittier Can you read the signs on the ends? Date: 05/14/22 14:33 Re: Help.Unlabeled Negatives Location Needed Author: spider1319 The sign reads metals of some kind ,but is barely legible.I thought maybe Whittier too,but was not sure.I once had a damaged shot of a train in Whittier ,but foolishly discarded the photo.Never do this,lersson learned the hard way.Thank you for your input.Bill Webb
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