What a cool old photo of Union Station (here’s another amazing photo). This was taken by Thomas O’Halloran on August 14, 1963.
![Passengers seated in long benches in the waiting room of Union Station, Washington, D.C.](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2013/12/04909u.jpg)
Source: Library of Congress
For some historical context, on August 8th, the Great Train Robbery took place in England and on August 18th, James Meredith became the first African-American to graduate from the University of Mississippi. Oh, and there was a really big march on at the Lincoln Memorial later that month. We wrote a few posts about it that you should check out.
Here are a few more photos taken by different photographers that same day. These are great.
![Passengers including nuns walking near trains, Union Station, Washington, D.C.](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2013/12/04912u.jpg)
![Passengers and train employees walking near trains, Union Station, Washington, D.C.](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2013/12/04913u.jpg)
![Passengers and train employees walking near trains, Union Station, Washington, D.C.](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2013/12/04914u.jpg)