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VICKSBURG, MI HISTORY

DEPOT MUSEUM PAGE 3

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Depot, December, 2002

Property of the Vicksburg Historical Society

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DEPOT MUSEUM PAGE 1

DEPOT MUSEUM PAGE 2

DEPOT MUSEUM PAGE 3

DEPOT MUSEUM PAGE 4

DEPOT MUSEUM PAGE 5

GOURDNECK PRAIRIE CEMETERY TRANSCRIPTIONS

HISTORIC VILLAGE

Historic Village - VICKSBURG COMMERCIAL  PRINT SHOP
Historic Village - STRONG SCHOOL

LEE PAPER COMPANY

SCHOOLS

VICKSBURG HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY

VILLAGE OF FULTON

VILLAGE VIEWS

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The historical notes in these pages were provided by Maggie Snyder

all contemporary photographs taken by Dick Branch

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DEPOT Museum Interior - 2001 Continued

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Luggage cart

Telegraph equipment

Conductor Hat

 

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A new Gift Shop area has being set up in the north end of the building

 

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MUSEUM LAYOUT

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1. Freight Office:  The first room you step into was originally a freight office with no connecting door to the rest of the building.  It was remodeled at a later time.  This room is constructed of soft white pine and could not be scraped to remove old paint, so it was sandblasted resulting in the texture you see now.  This area is used as the Museum's Gift Shop.

2.  Ladies Waiting Room:  In the 1900's unescorted or single women could not be seen in public with men they did not know.  It was just not proper!   They waited for their trains in this room, which is the next room you walk into from the Gift Shop.

3. General waiting room

4.  Station Master's Office:  This area was a very busy place.   The engineers would com here for their orders.  Baggage and freight orders were also received there.  Tickets were sold, and telegraphs sent from this office.  There were as many as 15 workers in the depot on any given day.

5. Baggage Room:  The last room, currently used for Museum storage, was a baggage room.

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Model of a passenger buying ticket

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Note the ice cutting equipment above the wood paneling - see the Ice Harvest Page for more information about their use.

 

 

 

 

 

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An add for a similar stove appeared in the 1904 Vicksburg Wolverine Crank paper

 

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