Pardon me, boys, is that my Chattanooga choo-choo?
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Hyde, Alan
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes; Original print has visible crease down the middle. Photograph caption dated December 25, 1962 reads, "Christmas is tough when you're 5 years old and have just opened your new electric train. From all over the neighborhood come over-age engineers to adjust the track, test the couplings and dump the first 50 loads of coal. John Nelson, Canoga Park, waits as patiently as a small boy can, looking to the day when the men go back to work or the engine breaks down and the train is returned to him."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Electric railroad trains--California--Los Angeles Electric locomotives--California--Los Angeles Christmas trees--California--Los Angeles Chimneys--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Toys--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Christmas--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Canoga Park (Los Angeles) Interiors--California--Canoga Park (Los Angeles) Canoga Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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