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Chicago, Illinois. Inspector watching the cars as they go over the hump at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

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Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

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illinois cook county chicago nitrate negatives inspector cars hump northwestern railroad yard farm security administration united states history great depression workers library of congress
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01/01/1942
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Delano, Jack, photographer
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chicago
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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illinois cook county chicago nitrate negatives inspector cars hump northwestern railroad yard farm security administration united states history great depression workers library of congress