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donation. Or the Medical museum where I saw my first
‘Elephantitus’. I won’t forget that anytime soon.

There were lots of visits that weren’t so esoteric. The museum
of Natural History and Air museum were a lot of fun even
though I complained before we went.

The Natural History Museum has all the dinosaurs,
Tyrannosaurs Rex with it’s, huge head full of teeth, and a
towering bony body. A Pterodactyl flew over our heads, even
though there isn’t such a thing. Movies created the name. As
a group of flying dinosaurs then called Pterosaurs. They were
pretty neat and I didn’t care what they called them.

The National Air Museum was part of the Arts and Industry
building once it was set up in 1946. It had World War I
Biplanes, Lindbergh’s ‘Spirit of St Louis’ and a Ford Trimotor.
Planes didn’t hold an important place for me. I was more
interested in Flash Gordon and space travel.
As I got older, I was drawn to the models they displayed in the
Industry Building. It held a lot of small models. Oil wells,
steam engines, motor cars, and air planes for the latest in
technology. Frontier wagons like the Conestoga, and horse
drawn wagons, like milk, fire, and stagecoaches. Wilderness
cabins, and early factories. They had a display of ships that
was awesome. Many of the models had working parts.

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There must have been 20 or more different 19 century horse
drawn wagons. The ship display included paddle wheelers, like
this river cruiser, steam engines and many sailing ships.

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