“Boxcar Baby” Ivy Winter talks with Shawnee Mayor Eric Stephens during her 95th birthday party, held at the Pottawatomie County Historical Society Museum on Dec. 12. Winter was born on a boxcar in Shawnee on Dec. 14, 1929. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
The delayed birth certificate of Ivy Winter was on display during her 95th birthday party at the Pottawatomie County Historical Society museum on Dec. 12. Winter was born on a Santa Fe Railroad boxcar on Dec. 14, 1929. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
“Boxcar Baby” Ivy Winter cuts her 95th birthday cake and poses with Pottawatomie County Historical Society Museum Director Ken Landry and her children, Michael Kryger and Patricia Kryger-Kennedy. The PCHS Board of Directors held a birthday party for Winter on Dec. 12, and Mayor Eric Stephens read a proclamation in honor of Winter being born on a boxcar in Shawnee in 1929. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
"Boxcar Baby" Ivy Winter talks with Pottawatomie County Historical Society board member Jean Alldredge during Winter's 95th birthday party, held at the PCHS museum on Dec. 12. Winter was born on a boxcar in Shawnee on Dec. 14, 1929. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Shawnee Mayor Eric Stephens reads a proclamation in honor of "Boxcar Baby" Ivy Winter's 95th birthday during a party thrown by the Pottawatomie County Historical Society Board of Directors on Dec. 12. Winter was born on a boxcar in Shawnee on Dec. 14, 1929. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
In 1929, it was not unusual for babies to be born at home.But it was unusual for babies to be born on a railroad boxcar.However, for the family of Frank and Lorena Winter, a boxcar was their home for a while. F. Winter worked for the Santa Fe Railroad as a welder, and he was provided a “crew car” for his living quarters on the job.The “tiny house” was divided into b...
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