Model aircraft display at Union Station, downtown Los Angeles, 1943 (WWII)

Posted on May 15, 2014 by

Model aircraft display at Union Station, downtown Los Angeles, 1943 (WWII)Los Angeles’ Union Station turned 75 this month (May 2014) so a number of old photos of it have been surfacing. I thought this one was particularly interesting. It was taken in 1943—the middle of WWII—and shows a . . . I’m not even sure what to call it, a display? installation? of hundreds of model aircraft strung up along the ceiling of the station. It must have been quite striking.

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2 responses to “Model aircraft display at Union Station, downtown Los Angeles, 1943 (WWII)”

  1. Magarete says:
    February 23, 2015 at 11:17 pm

    And one has to wonder where all of those model planes ended up. The trash? Home with employees for their sons?

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  2. Martin Turnbull says:
    February 23, 2015 at 11:27 pm

    I hope it’s at least the latter, Matarete, but fear it’s the former!

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