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Travel Town, an outdoor museum in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, was dedicated in 1952. The Southern Pacific Company, was willing to donate an obsolete locomotive to be the first train on exhibit. The Los Angeles City Recreation and Park Department's museum is visited each week by hundreds of youngsters and adults who are interested in the development of transportation. The focus of the museum is rail transportation, but other items are on display. Photograph caption dated April 15, 1955 reads "Veteran locomotive engineer Fred Molander, above, will be at controls of Travel Town's Hawaiian train when it begins operation on half-mile track tomorrow in Griffith Park. Molander served with Chicago-Northwestern Railroad 28 years. Dignitaries have been invited to make historic first run. Round-trip fares will be 20 cents for adults; 10 cents for children."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Travel Town (Museum) Men--California--Los Angeles Locomotive engineers--California--Los Angeles Transportation museums--California--Los Angeles Museums--California--Los Angeles Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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