32 photos
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Chicago, Illinois. In the waiting room of the Union Station (LOC)
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- 143 comments
- 2,540 favorites
- 375,011 views
- Date taken: 1943
- Date uploaded: 2009-05-20
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Worker at carbon black plant, Sunray, Texas (LOC)
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- 208 comments
- 1,377 favorites
- 256,692 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Street in San Juan, Puerto Rico (LOC)
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- 18 comments
- 207 favorites
- 117,575 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Room in Chittenden Hotel, Columbus (LOC)
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- 6 comments
- 56 favorites
- 78,758 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day at the big construction operations for a new steel plant which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort, Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah (LOC)
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- 4 comments
- 135 favorites
- 78,646 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Tank commander, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC)
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- 83 comments
- 231 favorites
- 75,430 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a35199, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, tank, military, gun, pose, light, lighting, engarde, alfredtpalmer, palmer, wwii, alfredpalmer, ww2, worldwarii, worldwar2, wartime, war, 1942, june, june1942, kentucky, fortknox, fortknoxky, fort, army, usarmy, commander, posed, clouds, m3lee, armoredvehicle, infantry, soldier, sky, staged, compensation, dull, colors, m3, reenactment, gunner, cracker, m3tank, m3leetank, leetank
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Night view of part of Santa Fe R.R. yard, Kansas City, Kansas (LOC)
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- 6 comments
- 158 favorites
- 69,447 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a34717, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, rail, kansas, santafe, switchyard, kansascity, train, history, 1943, night, jackdelano, light, station, historicalphoto, trains, city, steam, hazy, wyandottecounty, badosa:obra=n293, railroad, engine, trainnightlightstracksrailyard
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C & NW RR, working on a locomotive at the 40th Street railroad shops, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 3 comments
- 174 favorites
- 59,544 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Chicago and Northwestern railroad locomotive shops, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 157 favorites
- 58,064 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Little girl in a park with Union Station in the background, Washington, D.C. (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 76 favorites
- 56,026 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 5 comments
- 165 favorites
- 54,955 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day at the big construction operations for a new steel plant which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort, Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah (LOC)
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- 0 comments
- 38 favorites
- 53,470 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Santa Fe R.R. locomotive shops, Topeka, Kansas (LOC)
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- 9 comments
- 184 favorites
- 50,068 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad's Proviso yard (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 66 favorites
- 45,369 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Mrs. Adolph Topperwein. [with gun] (LOC)
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- 6 comments
- 175 favorites
- 43,742 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. All switch lights, head lights and lamps have been shaded from above in accordance with blackout regulations. The heavy light streaks are caused by paths of locomotive headlights and the thin lines b
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- 0 comments
- 48 favorites
- 40,198 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard at twilight, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 88 favorites
- 38,302 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Jas. A. Reed (LOC)
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- 5 comments
- 12 favorites
- 36,926 views
- Date taken: 1911
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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A Chicago and Northwestern railroad roundhouse, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 24 favorites
- 35,739 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a34621, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, railroad, roundhouse, snow, field, fallow, sky, smokestack, winter, light, bleak
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Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a "fusee" - used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means "back up." Calumet City, Ill. (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 64 favorites
- 34,851 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a34694, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, fusee, longexposure, calumetcityil, calumetcity, illinois, jackdelano, lightpainting, circle, backup, january1943, january, 1943, signal, light, lamp, indianaharborbeltrr, railroad, indiana, harbour, belt, indianaharborbelt, cookcounty, engineer, 20thcentury, road, dark, watertower
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Gilchrist; Martin; Tait; Freeman; Frueauff (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 12 favorites
- 33,657 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signalwith a "fusee"- used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means "go ahead." Calumet City, Ill. (LOC)
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- 0 comments
- 29 favorites
- 33,353 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Santa Fe R.R. yards, Argentine, Kansas. Argentine yard is at Kansas City, Kansas (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 55 favorites
- 31,910 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Gas station (1926), angle II, Main & Market, Glen Elder, Kansas (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 21 favorites
- 22,241 views
- Date taken: 1993
- Date uploaded: 2017-10-20
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Watching Baseball Returns, Sun Bldg. (LOC)
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- 5 comments
- 1 favorite
- 15,515 views
- Date taken: 1912
- Date uploaded: 2009-07-20
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Mrs. C.E. Fairchild (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 12 favorites
- 9,526 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2009-01-16
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Public parking, Sutter Street, Stockton, California (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 4 favorites
- 7,853 views
- Date taken: 1987
- Date uploaded: 2020-04-17
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpmrg02059, parking, garage, curb, concrete, light, pole, bannister, parapit
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Stapp's Auto Service, 1627 Colorado Boulevard, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 5 favorites
- 7,495 views
- Date taken: 1977
- Date uploaded: 2020-04-17
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpmrg02064, store, front, pulsar, tune, up, light, pole, street, curb, concrete, art, deco, storm, drain, drop, inlet
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Car dealership, Santa Monica, California (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 5 favorites
- 6,750 views
- Date taken: 1976
- Date uploaded: 2020-04-17
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpmrg02062, store, front, light, pole, curb, appeal, antique, classic, car, dealership
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Mazda Dealer, 1285 Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 3 favorites
- 5,675 views
- Date taken: 1977
- Date uploaded: 2020-04-17
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpmrg02065, store, front, curb, appeal, light, pole, architecture, car, dealership
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Breck's Auto Parts, 1922 showroom, 7355 Greenleaf Avenue, Whittier, California (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 3 favorites
- 5,482 views
- Date taken: 1977
- Date uploaded: 2020-04-17
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpmrg02072, delco, ac, spark, plugs, store, front, storm, drain, drop, inlet, street, light, pole, curb, concrete, glass
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J.J. Fitzgerald (LOC)
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- 3 comments
- 5 favorites
- 5,081 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2009-07-02
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