On this day – March 10

On this day in 1915 the South Pacific Railroad building was dedicated. The largest of the railroad buildings, the Southern Pacific Railroad included a ticket office and information bureau, lounges for gentlemen and drawing rooms of ladies, and large dioramas of Yosemite, Tahoe, Mount Shasta, and a Southern California orange grove.

Southern Pacific Day, Ceremonies at Festival Hall.
Courtesy The Bancroft Library.