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The Freedom Train Collection of George Barker
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George Barker has been collecting everything related to the 1947-1949 Freedom Train since he saw the train as a child. Undoubtedly he has the world's largest collection of Freedom Train memorabilia.
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ALCO PA-1 Freedom Train locomotive.
Image: George Barker 2015 |
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ALCO PA-1 Freedom Train locomotive.
Image: George Barker 2015 |
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HO model of the Freedom Train.
Image: George Barker 2015 |
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Collier's Magazine featuring the 1947-1949 Freedom Train.
Image: George Barker 2015 |
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Publications that feature the 1947-1949 Freedom Train.
Image: George Barker 2015 |
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Recordings and music about the 1947-1949 Freedom Train.
Image: George Barker 2015 |
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Floor toy model of the 1947-1949 Freedom Train, a Lionel catalog featuring a model of the 1975-76 American Freredom Train, and a book on the products of ALCO, which included the locomotive that powered the 1947-49 Freedom Train.
Image: George Barker 2015 |
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Kellogg's promoted the train through their advertising and on the bottom of a 10-pack of cereal -- with a cardboard cutout of the Freedom Train.
Image: George Barker 2015, part of his collection since 1948. |
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This envelope and stamps were produced by Mary Jayne & John Z. Rowe. The envelope was signed by surviving Freedom Train Marine guards.
Image: George Barker 2016. |
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This railroad spike was painted with the Freedom Train by western artist Zelma Iveson Allan.
Image: George Barker 2016. |
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This railroad spike was painted with the Freedom Train by western artist Zelma Iveson Allan.
Image: George Barker 2016. |
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This railroad spike was painted with the Freedom Train by western artist Zelma Iveson Allan.
Image: George Barker 2016. |
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For the 70th anniversary of the Freedom Train in 2017, George produced a deluxe felt pennant nearly two feet long.
Image: George Barker 2018. |
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A painting of the Freedom Train commissioned from noted railroad artist John Winfield.
Image: George Barker 2019. |
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A print of a Howard Fogg original, a gift from Johnie and Larry Taylor.
Image: George Barker 2019. |
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Image: George Barker 2019. |
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Handwritten notes and sketches by Chester Mack, the same artist who designed the exterior paint of the Freedom Train.
Image: George Barker 2019. |
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Image: George Barker 2020. |
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Image: George Barker 2020. |
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Image: George Barker 2020. |
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Image: George Barker 2020. |
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