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Title
Donates model train to Travel Town
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
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
Date Created and/or Issued
1958
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated December 1, 1958 reads, "William Frederickson Jr., left, city superintendent of recreation and parks, and Louis H. Glaser, president of Revell Co., watch first run of H-O Scale operating model electric railroad donated to Griffith Park's Travel Town by Revell. Display is located in 70-foot long railroad car provided by Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00116034
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d017_f37_i30
CARL0005321469
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/49524
Subject
Travel Town (Museum)
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Department of Recreation and Parks--Officials and employees
Alexander H. Revell & Co.--Presidents
Men--California--Los Angeles
Railroads--Models--California--Los Angeles
Railroad cars--California--Los Angeles
Interiors--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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