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SoCal “Blimps”

By Brian Schmidt | November 23, 2021

SoCal “Blimps”

Three big “Blimp” cars leave downtown Los Angeles behind them as they proceed down PE’s four-track right of way toward Long Beach, August 1953. Reginald McGovern photo

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