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Title
Children riding a miniature train at the Southern California Fair, Riverside, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued
September 24, 1929
1929-09-24
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Children riding a miniature train at the Southern California Fair just outside the exhibition tent. Many of the children are waving cheering with their arm held high. Painted on the side of the engine is "S.C.R.R." and painted on the sides of the cars is "Southern California Railroad."
This photograph is grouped with others that were published in the Los Angeles Times on 9/25/1929 with the heading "Riverside a Mecca as Thousands Flock to Southern California Fair."
Text from negative sleeve: Calif. - Riverside, Fair, 1929
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0623
ark:/21198/zz002d9xmf
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Youth
Show tents--California--Riverside
Transportation
Miniature railroads--California--Riverside
Fairs--California--Riverside
Entertainment
Events
Riverside County Fair (Riverside County, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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