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jaysunb

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1. I rode one of these in 1950 from Mississippi to Ohio

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 05:11 PM

Nov 2013

and it was miserable, even to a wide eye 7 year old. Fortunately, we were able to switch to a regular car in St. Louis, but all the colored were lumped together in the back of the car we were in.
In retrospect, that ride was exhilarating and humiliating at the same time.

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I rode one of these in 1950 from Mississippi to Ohio jaysunb Nov 2013 #1