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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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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill.; C & NW RR; Roy Nelin, a box packer in the roundhouse at the Proviso yard (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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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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- 63,675 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Workers at the roundhouse of the C & NW RR Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 97 favorites
- 57,114 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Laboratory worker at the research laboratory at the C & NW RR's 40th Street yard, examining paint samples used on freight cars and coaches of the railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 56,632 views
- Date taken: 1939
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Working on the cylinder of a locomotive at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill, C&NWRR. William London has been a railroad worker 25 years - now working at the roundhouse at the Proviso yards (LOC)
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- 85 favorites
- 53,867 views
- Date taken: 1939
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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
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- 53,012 views
- Date taken: 1939
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C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)
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- 141 favorites
- 52,537 views
- Date taken: 1939
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C&NWRR, towerman R.W. Mayberry of Elmhurst, Ill., at the Proviso yard. He operates a set of retarders and switches at the hump, Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill. (LOC)
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- 50,290 views
- Date taken: 1939
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James Lynch, a roundhouse worker, C & NW RR [Proviso yard] (LOC)
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- 49,662 views
- Date taken: 1939
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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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- 27 favorites
- 43,076 views
- Date taken: 1939
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John Sabados washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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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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- Date taken: 1939
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Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR, at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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The freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. In the foreground are old cars used as living quarters for some yard workers and itinerant help; Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 37,098 views
- Date taken: 1939
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16 photos

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)

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill.; C & NW RR; Roy Nelin, a box packer in the roundhouse at the Proviso yard (LOC)

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Irene Bracker, mother of two children, employed at the roundhouse as a wiper, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)

Workers at the roundhouse of the C & NW RR Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

Laboratory worker at the research laboratory at the C & NW RR's 40th Street yard, examining paint samples used on freight cars and coaches of the railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

Working on the cylinder of a locomotive at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill, C&NWRR. William London has been a railroad worker 25 years - now working at the roundhouse at the Proviso yards (LOC)

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Marcella Hart, mother of three children, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)

C&NWRR, towerman R.W. Mayberry of Elmhurst, Ill., at the Proviso yard. He operates a set of retarders and switches at the hump, Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill. (LOC)

James Lynch, a roundhouse worker, C & NW RR [Proviso yard] (LOC)

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

John Sabados washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter, employed as a sweeper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)

Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR, at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

The freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. In the foreground are old cars used as living quarters for some yard workers and itinerant help; Chicago, Ill. (LOC)