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  • The Yellow Car and Los Angeles at Union Station

    CLOSING SOON: The Yellow Car and Los Angeles

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    Union Station Waiting Room 800 N. Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    The Yellow Car and Los Angeles, an original exhibition organized by Metro Art and featuring materials sourced from Metro's Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive, highlights the Yellow Cars of Los Angeles Railway Corporation (or LARy, for short) and LA’s early buses to offer a fond look back at Los Angeles transit history. Together, these early rail and bus lines are the foundations which shaped the transit system Metro is restoring today.

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  • The Yellow Car and Los Angeles at Union Station

    TOUR: The Yellow Car and Historic Union Station (at capacity)

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    Union Station 800 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    This tour reached capacity within 48 hours! An additional tour will be offered this summer--details to be announced. While the Pacific Electric Railway’s Red Cars are one of the best-known fixtures of Los Angeles rail history, whose name evokes trolley trips to the beaches or mountains for Angeleno history buffs, the Yellow Cars of the Los Angeles Railway Corporation (or LARy) were equally important. Featuring materials sourced from the Metro Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive, Metro Art’s exhibition in the Union Station Waiting Room Gallery, The Yellow Car and Los Angeles, offers a fond look back at two foundations of public transit in the region: the Yellow Cars and the transition to LA’s first years of bus service. Together, these early rail and bus lines shaped the Metro system we have today. Learn about the history of the Yellow Cars, how the system connected to Union Station, and the experience of this LA architectural landmark in its early years. This tour will be co-led by Chris Salvano, Digital Resources Librarian in the Metro Dorothy …

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  • ON VIEW: Where You Stand: Chinatown 1880 to 1939 (你所處的位置: 唐人街 1880 年至 1939 年)

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    Union Station 800 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Union Station stands at the site of Los Angeles’ original Chinatown. This once vibrant community of families, businesses, and associations with roots going back to the middle of the 19th century was a place where residents persisted, grew rapidly, and thrived.  Where You Stand: Chinatown 1880 to 1939 invites participants into the center of the vibrant community through a multi-dimensional experience. Installed in the Union Station Waiting Room Gallery, view the exhibits' historic photographs, listen to oral history recordings, and use augmented reality to see artifact materials superimposed within locations around Union Station. Audiences can explore the site’s historic layers, formerly a collection of alleyways, streets, and buildings, and home to thousands of Chinese residents in the late 19th to early 20th century Los Angeles.

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