Scenery from train window including buttes/mesas; possibly Arizona
Note "Californian" embroidered headrest slipcover. The Californian ran from Chicago to Los Angeles via the Rock Island and Southern Pacific.
Its only significant stop in Texas was at El Paso/Juarez.
Arriving in Los Angeles (note smoggy haze, even then)
The novelty of oleanders
Looking across the Los Angeles basin
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This color film features scenes of a family vacation in the 1940s. A train ride takes the young family to a Southern California city, where they visit (along with another family) local parks and residential neighborhoods, enjoying various leisurely pursuits together.
The films of the Ray Jelinek Collection were rescued from a flooded trailer on Galveston after Hurricane Ike. They were donated by Jan Valentine and are permanently housed in the archives at the Alfred R. Neumann Library, University of Houston - Clear Lake.