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This
list is a work-in-progress. Any additions or corrections,
please email. |
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Located
in Helena, AR at American Legion Post # 41, 409 Porter Street.
Some of the gifts from the boxcar are located at the Arkansas
Art Center in Little Rock. |
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6 |
Connecticut |
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Reportedly
destroyed by fire at a veteran's post in Stratford in the
1950s. |
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Located
in Holly Hill (Daytona area) at Veteran's Memorial Park. |
9 |
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10 |
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Located
on the grounds of the Hawaiian
Railway in Ewa, Oahu -- a short drive west from
Pearl Harbor and Honolulu. |
11 |
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Located
in Boise at the Old
Idaho Penitentiary. Gifts from the boxcar can be
found at the Idaho State Historical Museum and the Idaho
State Historical Library & Archives. |
12 |
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Missing.
May have been abandoned and demolished at the site of the
1948-49 Chicago Railroad Fair when the lakeside site was
cleared for the construction of the McCormick Place convention
center in the late 1950s. |
13 |
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Located
in Ft. Wayne at the National Veteran's Memorial Shrine. |
14 |
Iowa |
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Located
in Cedar Falls at Antique Acres. The State Museum in Des
Moines has a collection of gifts from the boxcar. |
15 |
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Located
in Hays, KS in Veterans Memorial Park. |
16 |
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17 |
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Located
in Baton Rouge on the grounds of the Old State Capitol Museum. |
18 |
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Located
in Boothbay at the Boothbay
Railway Village. The Maine State Museum in Augusta
has some of the gifts from the car. |
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20 |
Massachusetts |
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Presumed
scrapped. |
21 |
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Located
in Lansing at the Forty & Eight Society, 2949 S. Waverly
Highway. |
22 |
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24 |
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Located
on the grounds of the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, MO. |
25 |
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Located
in Helena at the Ft. Harrison National Guard Base. |
26 |
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Missing.
Sold for scrap in the early 1960s. |
27 |
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28 |
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Located
in Manchester at Gilbert Park. |
29 |
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Presumed
scrapped/destroyed by fire. |
30 |
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Located (along with a full size replica)
in Albuquerque on the grounds of the New Mexico State Fair. |
31 |
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Located
in Whitesboro at 40 & 8 Voiture 92. |
32 |
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33 |
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Located
at the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck. They also
have a big collection of the car's contents. |
34 |
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Located
at Camp Perry (National Guard) near Port Clinton. |
35 |
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36 |
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Located
in North Bend, Oregon along the coast near Coos Bay. It
is in Simpson Park. Some gifts from the car are in the Coos
Historical & Maritime Museum nearby. |
37 |
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Located
in Annville, at the Fort Indiantown Gap National Guard Post. |
38 |
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39 |
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Located
in Bishopville at the Connton Museum. |
40 |
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41 |
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Located
in Bristol at American Legion Hackler-Wood Post 145. |
42 |
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43 |
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44 |
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Located
in Colchester at Camp Johnson. |
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46 |
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Located
in Yakima in Sarg Hubbard Park. |
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Shared
with the Territory of Hawaii. |
47 |
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Located
in Welch at Veteran's Park. |
48 |
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49 |
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Located
in Cheyenne at American Legion Post 6 -- 2001 E. Lincolnway. |
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Acknowledgments |
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Research
resources include: Mary Jayne & John Z. Rowe, Andy Dolak,
Earl Bennett and MerciTrain.org,
Dorothy Scheele and The
Friendship Train 1947, Harry Pallenberg, Huell Howser. Many thanks
to all who have contributed to keeping track of the histories
of the equipment of the 1949 Merci Train! |