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J.E. Schenermann, driller from Oklahoma, but worked in the Kansas oil fields about ten years; on pile of drill pipes near oil well in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hard hat. Office of War Information Photograph

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

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Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse at Proviso (?) yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

A worker in the roundhouse at the C & NW RR., Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Tracks at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

The yardmaster's office at the receiving yard, North Proviso(?), C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill

The yardmaster's office at the receiving yard, North Proviso(?), C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

Tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Perry C. Farley, special agent at a Chicago and Northwestern yard

C & NW RR, tank cars going over the hump at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

WWII color photographs. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs from the Library of Congress. The original images are color transparencies ranging in size from 35 mm. to 4x5 inches. Photographers working for the U.S. government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) between 1939 and 1944 made approximately 1,600 color photographs that depict life in the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The pictures focus on rural areas and farm labor, as well as aspects of World War II mobilization, including factories, railroads, aviation training, and women working.

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chicago and north western railway company world war railroad shops and yards railroad employees illinois melrose park transparencies color frederick batt frederick batt brakeman nw rr proviso yard proviso yard chicago american workers in color economic and social conditions workers worker kodachrome 1930 s commoners united states history 1930 s library of congress
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Date

01/01/1939
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Contributors

Delano, Jack, photographer
collections

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American Workers in Color

WWII color photographs.
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Location

Melrose Park ,  41.90059, -87.85673
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on publication.

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A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background

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John Kelseh, blacksmith, at his forge in the blacksmith shop at the roundhouse, Rock Island R.R., Blue Island, Ill.

General view of the hump, Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western railroad classification yard, Chicago, Ill

C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

A train (or "cut") being pushed out of a receiving yard toward the hump. A brakeman rides each train to signal the engineer in the locomotive at the rear; Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill

Yardmaster at one of the classification yards at Proviso yard, Chicago and Northwestern Railroad

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chicago and north western railway company world war railroad shops and yards railroad employees illinois melrose park transparencies color frederick batt frederick batt brakeman nw rr proviso yard proviso yard chicago american workers in color economic and social conditions workers worker kodachrome 1930 s commoners united states history 1930 s library of congress