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Chicago Ironwork, 650 North Rush Street (Cast Iron Fence), 650 Rush Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Ironwork, 650 North Rush Street (Cast Iron Fence), 650 Rush St...

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Floor show at Negro cabaret. Chicago, Illinois

Floor show at Negro cabaret. Chicago, Illinois

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Packing limes at produce market. Chicago, Illinois

Packing limes at produce market. Chicago, Illinois

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Houses and grocery store on Federal Street in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

Houses and grocery store on Federal Street in the Negro section of Chi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boxed poultry in storage at twenty-four degrees below zero. Fulton Market cold storage plant, Chicago, Illinois

Boxed poultry in storage at twenty-four degrees below zero. Fulton Mar...

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Shoe store catering to Negroes. Chicago, Illinois

Shoe store catering to Negroes. Chicago, Illinois

Public domain photographs related to race relations, African Americans, discrimination, segregation, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Linotype operators of the Chicago Defender, Negro newspaper. Chicago, Illinois

Linotype operators of the Chicago Defender, Negro newspaper. Chicago, ...

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Musician at tavern on the southside of Chicago, Illinois

Musician at tavern on the southside of Chicago, Illinois

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Exhibit for Negro medical association. Chicago, Illinois

Exhibit for Negro medical association. Chicago, Illinois

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Window of apartment house rented to Negroes. Chicago, Illinois

Window of apartment house rented to Negroes. Chicago, Illinois

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Boxing is popular at the Good Shepherd Community Center. Chicago, Illinois

Boxing is popular at the Good Shepherd Community Center. Chicago, Illi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, funerals, monument, memorial, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, funerals, monum...

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Negro children eating biscuits. Chicago, Illinois

Negro children eating biscuits. Chicago, Illinois

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illin...

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Front of house on Federal Street in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

Front of house on Federal Street in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

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Entrance to Union Stockyards. Chicago, Illinois

Entrance to Union Stockyards. Chicago, Illinois

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Secretary in undertaking establishment. Southside of Chicago, Illinois

Secretary in undertaking establishment. Southside of Chicago, Illinois

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Toilet in home of family on relief. Chicago, Illinois

Toilet in home of family on relief. Chicago, Illinois

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Entrance to house in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

Entrance to house in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

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Doctor getting charts from head nurse at Negro hospital. Chicago, Illinois

Doctor getting charts from head nurse at Negro hospital. Chicago, Illi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grain elevator. Chicago, Illinois

Grain elevator. Chicago, Illinois

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Union Stockyards. Chicago, Illinois

Union Stockyards. Chicago, Illinois

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

House on Federal Street in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

House on Federal Street in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

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Publisher of the Chicago Defender, Negro newspaper. Chicago, Illinois

Publisher of the Chicago Defender, Negro newspaper. Chicago, Illinois

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

In front of the movie theater. Chicago, Illinois

In front of the movie theater. Chicago, Illinois

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House in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

House in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

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Apartment dwellings on outskirts of Chicago, Illinois

Apartment dwellings on outskirts of Chicago, Illinois

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Children's choir of Pentecostal church. Chicago, Illinois

Children's choir of Pentecostal church. Chicago, Illinois

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Doctor "signing in" at Negro hospital on southside of Chicago, Illinois

Doctor "signing in" at Negro hospital on southside of Chicago, Illinoi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Chicago, Illinois. An accurate check of all goods going into or out of each freight car is kept on the tickets in these boxes in the freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. An accurate check of all goods going into or out of...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. In a small plant operating under subcontract, O. Trumbull Scalbom and S.B. Nicholson of Glenview, Illinois, play a vital part in American production. The two men operate a Harding-Bench turret lathe which drills and reams holes in valve stems for blood transfusion bottles prepared by the prime contractor, Baxter Laboratories in Glenview, Illinois

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. In a small plant operating unde...

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Production. Aircraft engines. That little instrument Verna Lampy is welding looks and sounds a lot like the drill your third bicuspid may be familiar with. It's used in a huge Midwest aircraft plant, however, to etch serial and inspection numbers on airplane motor parts, making a permanent record to facilitate assembly and production count. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. That little instrument Verna Lampy is we...

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Chicago, Illinois. General view of one of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad classification yards

Chicago, Illinois. General view of one of the Chicago and Northwestern...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Hump helper uncoupling cars as they come over the hump at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Hump helper uncoupling cars as they come over the h...

Public domain photograph of working people, Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Laboratory technician

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Laboratory technician

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Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Meeting of the tenants

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Meeting of the tenant...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a crowded sports competition or music festival event, spectators, people, audience, concert, stadium, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Jacking up a car on the repair tracks at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Jacking up a car on the repair tracks at an Illinoi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. A switchman who works in the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad's Proviso yard

Chicago, Illinois. A switchman who works in the Chicago and Northweste...

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Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive repair in roundhouse at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive repair in roundhouse at an Illinois Cent...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a steam locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Good Shepherd Community Center. At a recital of a young Negro pianist

Chicago, Illinois. Good Shepherd Community Center. At a recital of a y...

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Production. Aircraft engines. Hundreds of gears pass through the expert hands of Dorothy Miller and Sylvia Dreiser during their eight-hour working day in a large Midwest aircraft plant. Inspection of these vital cogs in America's war machine is a delicate task and one which requires infinite patience and precision. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Hundreds of gears pass through the exper...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Ella Sounders, "Red's" wife. She was a chorus girl before she was married, and met Red when they were both playing the same show in California. Chicago, Illinois

Mrs. Ella Sounders, "Red's" wife. She was a chorus girl before she was...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. An accurate check of all goods going into or out of each freight car is kept on the tickets in these boxes in the freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. An accurate check of all goods going into or out of...

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A black and white photo of people in a building. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of people in a building. Office of War Informa...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Entrance

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Entrance

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Mr. De Lavallade, office manager of civilian defense at his office at the Ida B. Wells Housing Project, Chicago, Illinois. The project office is the center for civilian defense for the entire Douglas community

Mr. De Lavallade, office manager of civilian defense at his office at ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. In the laundry

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. In the laundry

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago (north), Illinois. People listening to speakers at a flag dedication ceremony

Chicago (north), Illinois. People listening to speakers at a flag dedi...

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Chicago. Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Family of Mr. Edward Vaughn, living in one of the apartments. Mr. Vaughn works for the War Department

Chicago. Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Family of Mr. Edward ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Good Sheperd Community Center. Players rehearsing a new play by Langston Hughes

Chicago, Illinois. Good Sheperd Community Center. Players rehearsing a...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Transfusion bottles containing intravenous solution, are given another inspection after being taken from the sterilizer. Margie Easton is one of the many women workers at Baxter Laboratories, Glenview, Illinois, where plasma containers are prepared for blood letting

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Transfusion bottles containing ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Chicago, Illinois. An art exhibition at the South Side community art center

Chicago, Illinois. An art exhibition at the South Side community art c...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Some of the scouts of Troop 446 who meet in the community center of the Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Chicago, Illinois (Boy Scout meeting)

Some of the scouts of Troop 446 who meet in the community center of th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. An unusually heavy fog in the early afternoon

Chicago, Illinois. An unusually heavy fog in the early afternoon

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. In the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad repair shops

Chicago, Illinois. In the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad repair sho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Houses

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Houses

Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Houses

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Houses

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the scrap. Covering well over an acre of ground, this automobile graveyard in Chicago holds tons of vital scrap metal and rubber for which Uncle Sam has urgent need in the manufacture of armaments and other war materials

Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the s...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

In the choir loft at the Corpus Christi Catholic church. South Side, Chicago, Illinois

In the choir loft at the Corpus Christi Catholic church. South Side, C...

Public domain photograph of a church interior, gothic architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Uncoupling cars as they go over the hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Uncoupling cars as they go over the hump at an Illi...

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Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the scrap. Covering well over an acre of ground, this automobile graveyard in Chicago holds tons of vital scrap metal and rubber for which Uncle Sam has urgent need in the manufacture of armaments and other war materials

Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the s...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. A model airplane class

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. A model airplane clas...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Good Shepherd Community Center. President of a steelworkers union local displaying honor roll on which names of members going into the armed forces will be listed

Chicago, Illinois. Good Shepherd Community Center. President of a stee...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Loading a freight car in the freight house of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Loading a freight car in the freight house of a Chi...

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Chicago schoolchildren buy 263,148.83 in war bonds. In a specialwWar bond Campaign which ended last month, the public school children of the South-Central District of Chicago purchased 263,148.83 in war bonds and stamps. The campaign was climaxed with a rally in Washington Park on June fourth, at which time a huge check representing enough money for 125 jeeps, two pursuit planes and motorcycle was presented to Major C. Udell Turpin of the Illinois War Bond Sales staff, representing the Treasury Department. Also participating in the excercises were representatives of the War Department

Chicago schoolchildren buy 263,148.83 in war bonds. In a specialwWar b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Office of War Inf...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Chicago, Illinois, Engine taking on water at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois, Engine taking on water at a Chicago and Northwester...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Cattle cars in one of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yards

Chicago, Illinois. Cattle cars in one of the Chicago and Northwestern ...

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Chicago, Illinois. One of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad streamliner diesel electric trains. These trains are operated jointly with the Union Pacific Railroad to the west coast

Chicago, Illinois. One of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad stream...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Engineer getting into his cab. In a few minutes this train will leave a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard for the west coast

Chicago, Illinois. Engineer getting into his cab. In a few minutes thi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. General view of one of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad classification yards

Chicago, Illinois. General view of one of the Chicago and Northwestern...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Car inspectors at work in one of the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad

Chicago, Illinois. Car inspectors at work in one of the yards of the C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

At a Negro Catholic Church service on the South Side. Chicago, Illinois

At a Negro Catholic Church service on the South Side. Chicago, Illinoi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of liturgy, ceremony, church, Christianity religion, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Students watching a (mock) operation

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Students watching a (mock) oper...

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Chicago, Illinois. Switchman employed at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Switchman employed at a Chicago and Northwestern Ra...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Houses

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Houses

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Young patient in the children's ward

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Young patient in the children's...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. A train pulling out of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. A train pulling out of a Chicago and Northwestern R...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Brakeman riding an engine to his place of work in the yard

Chicago, Illinois. Brakeman riding an engine to his place of work in t...

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Chicago, Illinois. Track crew working on the tracks at the roundhouse of an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Track crew working on the tracks at the roundhouse ...

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Chicago, Illinois. A checker working at his portable table. These tables are moved about from car to car as each is loaded in the freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. A checker working at his portable table. These tabl...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Mrs. H.J. Thomson lecturing in a bacteriology class

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Mrs. H.J. Thomson lecturing in ...

Image source: U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informatio... More

Chicago, Illinois. Throwing a switch during switching operations at one of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad classification yards

Chicago, Illinois. Throwing a switch during switching operations at on...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Chicago, Illinois. Good Sheperd Community Center. Actors rehearsing a new play by Langston Hughes

Chicago, Illinois. Good Sheperd Community Center. Actors rehearsing a ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Chicago, Illinois. Railroad worker whose job is to inspect journal boxes, brake shoes, etc. and make minor repairs at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Railroad worker whose job is to inspect journal box...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. A locomotive over the ash pit at the roundhouse at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. A locomotive over the ash pit at the roundhouse at ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a steam locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Cars are uncoupled at the top of the hump and roll down by gravity at an Illinois Central Railroad yard to the classification yards

Chicago, Illinois. Cars are uncoupled at the top of the hump and roll ...

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Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Doctor and a nurse attending a patient in the men's ward

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Doctor and a nurse attending a ...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. A class in drawing and painting in the community center

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. A class in drawing an...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Production. Aircraft engines. She used to be a librarian, now she inspects aircraft parts. Prior to Alma Jean Vincent's employment in a large Midwestern aircraft plant, she managed the junior book section of a suburban library. She had also been an assistant buyer of sportswear, but this lack of industrial experience seems to have been no handicap for her present job of visual gauge operator, inspecting airplane motor parts. With only six months of war work behind her, she's more than meeting plant requirements for speed and precision. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. She used to be a librarian, now she insp...

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Production. Aircraft engines. Woman's place is on the inspection line in this Midwest aircraft plant where increasing numbers of young girls are being employed for this exacting work. Frances Busch and Lorraine Onobato put in five full days a week inspecting and gauging oil pipes for airplane engines. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Woman's place is on the inspection line ...

Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in industry. Tool production. Eyes averted from the white shower of sparks, this young employee of a drill and tool plant touches the button that welds drills to their shanks. She's one of nearly 1,000 women who have replaced men at the production machines of this Midwest factory. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Eyes averted from the white shower...

Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.... More

Chicago, Illinois - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Chicago, Illinois - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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Chicago, Illinois. Road engine waiting for the signal before leaving a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Road engine waiting for the signal before leaving a...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Chicago, Illinois. An Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad engine delivering a trainload of stock and other cars at a yard of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. Riding with the engine is the headman

Chicago, Illinois. An Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad engine deliver...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Saying goodbye at the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Saying goodbye at the Union Station

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Switchmen at work in a yard

Chicago, Illinois. Switchmen at work in a yard

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Soldiers being served dinner in the Fred Harvey restaurant at the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Soldiers being served dinner in the Fred Harvey res...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Chicago, Illinois. In the waiting room at Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. In the waiting room at Union Station

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Chicago, Illinois. Diesel switch engine working at the South Water Street, Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal

Chicago, Illinois. Diesel switch engine working at the South Water Str...

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