Palm tree planted in front of Arcade Station

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View of men planting an enormous palm tree outside of the Arcade Station at Alameda between 4th and 5th Streets. Photograph dated 1889.The Southern Pacific Railroad built the Arcade Station in 1885 in competition against Santa Fe Railroad. It replaced the adobe house of William Wolfskill and its surrounding orange grove, the largest in Southern California. It was demolished in 1914 and replaced with the Central Station, a larger and more modern railroad passenger depot. It, too, was later demolished.