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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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  • 6 comments
  • 152 favorites
  • 103,915 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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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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  • 6 comments
  • 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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• 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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• C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)

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  • 5 comments
  • 141 favorites
  • 52,537 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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• New-York is rich in graves which mark chapters in the nation's story of progress (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1905-04-02 00:00:00
  • Date uploaded: 2009-10-08
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