The Union Station ticket concourse in April 1939, a month before the new station opened. (LAPL 00050779)

 

Downtown’s Union Station in 1939, the year it opened. (Photo: Herman J. Schultheis/LAPL)

 

Two women stand outside in 1939.

 

Photo: Oct. 29, 1943.

 

A vintage view of Union Station. 

 

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe engine No. 3782 in 1948.

 

No signs of smog in this 1950s view of Union Station.

 

The Santa Fe, circa 1963.