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Colorado Ave. Sept. 16 -- 1885, opening of L.A. & S.G.V. RR Pasadena

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Description
View down the wide dirt road of Colorado Street in Pasadena, California, filled with people and horse-drawn carriages on September 16, 1885, the day of a celebration for the opening of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad line between downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena. Business line the right side of the street, empty lots in the foreground of the left. All are headed in one direction up the road. Visible signs on the buildings read "Carpenter Shop" and "Lumber Yard" and the Ward Block building is visible at left.
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Date
1885
Call number
photPF 557
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