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Children's indoor train ride, Higbee's
Children's indoor train ride, Higbee's
Identifierhigbee080
TitleChildren's indoor train ride, Higbee's
SubjectAmusement rides
Children playing with toys
Higbee Co.
Department stores
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Description"Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's 'Can-Do Special', a full-size replica of a 490 engine cab. Throttle starts activator under seat and moves along C&O right-of-way screen outside window make for perfect illusion of a train ride. Besides the youngsters blow a real train whistle and ring the locamotive's bell."--photo verso.
Location DepictedDowntown (Cleveland, Ohio)
Cleveland (Ohio)
Time PeriodPost-Industrial: 1930-1959
Date Original1948
Object Typeblack-and-white photographs
Size of Original8x10 in.
CollectionCleveland Press
Collection Homepagehttp://www.clevelandmemory.org/press/
DonorCole, Joseph E.
Copyrighthttp://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/
Formatjpeg
RepositoryCleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
Repository Homepagehttp://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/
Digital PublisherCleveland Memory Project
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Entryhttp://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=DDSI
Further Readinghttp://scholar.csuohio.edu/search/d?SEARCH=higbee+co.
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