Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strassman

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Dawn Durbin

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09/10/2001

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strassman

Charles worked for the railroad. The family had a box car attached to their house for extra sleeping space during the depression.The railroad kept them fed.

Date & Place: 1930 at On the Tracks in Irma, Lincoln County, Wisconsin USA

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