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Catalog Number
1973.22.20
Date of Origin
1917
Artist/Author
none
Description
Black and white image of a train, in Holland, MI on September 19, 1917.  Several hundred people are crowded  between the train and the station.  A US flag is visible in the crowd.

In the background, houses, trees and telephone poles are visible.

Nothing on the back of the postcard.
History
This scene is probably one in which the local boys were heading off to war. The town turned out to see them off.