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Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway locomotive shops, Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in p
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room, C. & N.W. R.R., Clinton, Iowa (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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C. & N.W. R.R. Cloe Weaver, mother of four children, employed as a helper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa. She is learning to operate the turntable. Her husband works for a structural steel company (LOC)
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- 103,915 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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[Corn planting, Jasper County, Iowa] (LOC)
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- 4 comments
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- Date taken: 1940
- Date uploaded: 2009-05-20
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C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Irene Bracker, mother of two children, employed at the roundhouse as a wiper, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)
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- 108 favorites
- 63,675 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Mrs. Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the roundhouse giving a giant "H" class locomotive a bath of live steam, Clinton, Iowa. Mrs. Sievers is the sole support of her mother and has a son-in-law in the Army (LOC)
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- 9 comments
- 115 favorites
- 57,399 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Photographs, second annual exhibition, Sioux City Camera Club (LOC)
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- 115 favorites
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- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2012-01-03
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C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Marcella Hart, mother of three children, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)
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- 3 comments
- 122 favorites
- 53,012 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Chicago and North Western R.R., Mrs. Thelma Cuvage, working in the sand house at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa. Her job is to see that sand is sifted and cleaned for use in the locomotives. Mrs. Cuvage's husband works as a guard at the Savannah (Ill.) Ord
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- 3 comments
- 27 favorites
- 43,076 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter, employed as a sweeper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)
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- 4 comments
- 37 favorites
- 41,769 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in shape. Santa Fe R.R. (LOC)
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- 47 favorites
- 38,885 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Old gas station, angle 1, Route 175, Odebolt, Iowa (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1987
- Date uploaded: 2017-10-20
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C. & N.W. R.R., women wipers at the roundhouse cleaning one of the giant "H' class locomotives, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 31 favorites
- 37,293 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter, working as a sweeper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)
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- 27 favorites
- 36,750 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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C. & N.W. R.R., women wipers employed at the roundhouse cleaning one of the giant "H" class locomotives, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 25 favorites
- 28,868 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Base Hospital, Camp Dodge, Iowa (LOC)
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- 13 favorites
- 26,651 views
- Date taken: 1919
- Date uploaded: 2008-11-05
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Lincolnville Motel sign, Burlington, Iowa (LOC)
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- 25 favorites
- 16,912 views
- Date taken: 1988
- Date uploaded: 2018-03-02
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Prof. T.H. McBride (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 7 favorites
- 13,212 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2013-11-22
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Kallistratos Glavas (LOC)
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- 7 favorites
- 12,260 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2013-09-13
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W.L. Harding (LOC)
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- 3 comments
- 15 favorites
- 11,334 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2013-06-21
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Main Street, Columbus Junction, Iowa (LOC)
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- 15 favorites
- 11,272 views
- Date taken: 2003
- Date uploaded: 2018-08-17
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There are a lot of dairy farms in the rural Midwest state of Iowa, as this sculpture scene made of butter promotes at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 13 favorites
- 9,246 views
- Date taken: 2016
- Date uploaded: 2021-12-10
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IOWA U.S.N. (LOC)
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- 3 favorites
- 9,224 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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Mid-Iowa Motel sign, Route 6, Newton, Iowa (LOC)
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- 11 favorites
- 8,553 views
- Date taken: 1980
- Date uploaded: 2019-07-19
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Dale's Barber Shop, Correctionville Road, Sioux City, Iowa (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 10 favorites
- 8,226 views
- Date taken: 1980
- Date uploaded: 2018-07-09
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Tile Storefront, Market Street, New Sharon, Iowa (LOC)
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- 4 favorites
- 8,169 views
- Date taken: 2003
- Date uploaded: 2019-02-15
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Prize corncobs inside the 4-H pavilion at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines (LOC)
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- 9 favorites
- 7,617 views
- Date taken: 2016
- Date uploaded: 2021-07-02
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Many U.S. cities use eccentric themes, from cows to frogs to various depictions of musical instruments for their public art (LOC)
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- 7 favorites
- 6,918 views
- Date taken: 2016
- Date uploaded: 2021-07-02
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Souvenir sign (Indian), Route 30, Lincoln Highway, Tama, Iowa (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 15 favorites
- 6,385 views
- Date taken: 2003
- Date uploaded: 2020-03-27
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Corner Building, Marian (?) and Jefferson Streets, Sigourney, Iowa (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 2 favorites
- 5,411 views
- Date taken: 2003
- Date uploaded: 2018-12-07
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E.T. Meredith (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 1 favorite
- 3,757 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2011-01-21
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Geo. W. Clarke (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 1 favorite
- 3,529 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-24
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W.S. Kenyon, Iowa (LOC)
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- 2,945 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-12
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