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REALLY SO WHAT
What A Time
MY FAMILY
He really enjoyed making things. Soft, Basswood, was used
because wholesalers shipped produce in Basswood crates. He
made cars, loop-the-loops, and many other things.
The grandest of all was our Lionel electric train. The train
had an 8 wheel engine, coal car, and three brown Pullman
passenger cars. The Engine blew smoke, and whistled. Pop
added a wooden bumper on the front, to stop me from
ramming it into the other cars. The passenger cars were an
ugly brownish red color but lit up when running.
He made a large plywood platform that sat on work horses in
the living room. On top of it he designed mountains and
plains. They were made of window screen. The window
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