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Title
Freedom Train engine
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1948
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
A group of youngsters inspect the big engine of the Freedom Train on February 24, 1948. Written against a background of red, white and blue are the words, "Spirit of 1776." This was Brotherhood Day during the train's stay here. The engine was manufactured by American Locomotive Company and General Electric Company.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00060148
Herald Examiner Collection
HE Box 11614.
CARL0000064137
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/24266
Subject
Freedom Train
Railroads--California--Los Angeles
Students--California--Los Angeles
Locomotives--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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