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John Day's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of John Day's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on November 29, 1977. The interview includes his time in an English orphanage, growing up in Canada, and his work with the Wabash Railroad.

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W.T. Layton's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of the oral history of W.T. Layton. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in May 1982. The interview includes his time working for Wabash and Norfolk and Western.

W.T. Layton's Oral History

This is the oral history of W.T. Layton. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in May 1982. The interview includes his time working for Wabash and Norfolk and Western. The recording is on the same cassette as Lee Pigott's 2nd interview. Mr.…

John Day's Oral History - Sound Recording

This is the recording of John Day's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on November 29, 1977. The interview includes his time in an English orphanage, growing up in Canada, and his work with the Wabash Railroad.

Tags: "The Cannon Ball", 1977, automobile factory, bass drum, Betty Turnell, Bluebird, Canada, Canadian National Railroad, Cannon Ball, cement company, Charlie Cunningham, Decatur IL, Douglas Air Craft, Dr. Barnardo's Homes, farm work, farming, Feltwell England, Foreman, freemason, Grand Truck Railroad, Holmes Foundry, homestead farm, Imperial Oil Refinery, Infants' School, Inglewood Ontario, interview, John Day, London England, Marysville MI, Mason, Michigan, Montreal Quebec, Music, National Guard, Norfolk County, November 1977, OH82, Ontario, oral history, orphanage, paint shop, painter, painting, passenger trains, personnel, physical abuse, pigiron, Poetry, Port Huron MI, Quebec, recording, retirement, round house, Sarnia Ontario, sound recording, Steam Engines, tannery, The Great Lakes Navigation, Toronto Ontario, transcription, travelling, Tunbridge Wells England, visit to England, Wabash Railroad, Wills-St. Clair car, World War II, WWII

Photographs of Scenes at the Wabash R.R. Station

Photographs taken by J.K. Stafford of various scenes of steam locomotives at the Wabash R.R. station taken in the late 1890's and early 1900's.

Tags: 1890's, 1900's, French, J.K. Stafford, Jack French, Locomotive, Locomotives, Photo File: Railroads, railroad, Railroads, scene, Stafford, Station, Steam, Steam Engines, train, Trains, Wabash, Wabash R.R.

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John Day's Oral History - Transcription

W.T. Layton's Oral History - Transcription

W.T. Layton's Oral History

John Day's Oral History - Sound Recording

Photographs of Scenes at the Wabash R.R. Station