"GRATITUDE TRAIN" UNLOADED. —A crane swings the New York State car of France’s 49-carriage “Gratitude Train” from the hold of the freighter Magellan to the deck of a railway car lighter in Nev York. The tram earned gifts sent by the people of France as a gesture of thanks for the food and clothing sent by the American people on friendship trains to France after the recent war. This was the first car to be unloaded.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25737, 24 February 1949, Page 5
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76"GRATITUDE TRAIN" UNLOADED.—A crane swings the New York State car of France’s 49-carriage “Gratitude Train” from the hold of the freighter Magellan to the deck of a railway car lighter in Nev York. The tram earned gifts sent by the people of France as a gesture of thanks for the food and clothing sent by the American people on friendship trains to France after the recent war. This was the first car to be unloaded. Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25737, 24 February 1949, Page 5
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