When I first saw this photo, I spotted the shield-shaped sign on the corner building to the left and assumed it was for the Union Pacific railway. But on second glance, I saw the sign says Union Stage Depot, which I’d never heard of before. According to my friend, Al D., Union Stages were a direct competitor to Greyhound buses, and in fact Greyhound’s depot was only a block away from this location, which was at the corner of 5th and Los Angeles Streets in downtown Los Angeles. I could find scant information on Union Stages so I don’t know when they went out of business, but this photo is circa mid-1920s.

Rob D. says: “It’s just possible to read “Union Stage” on the storefront below the vertical sign on the right of the photo, and there’s a driveway behind the blurred car, so my guess is that the depot extended from the corner to that driveway. And there appears to be a gap between buildings on the left side of the photo. Maybe the buses entered there and exited from the driveway on the right?”

Lori P. found this photo of the interior:

Here’s another photograph of that corner:

I don’t know which corner of 5th & Los Angeles the Union Stage depot stood on, but this is a likely candidate. This image is from February 2018.