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A black and white photo of two men standing next to each other - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two men standing next to each other - FSA /...

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

A black and white photo of a baby sleeping on a bed, Sleeping children. Chicago, Illinois

A black and white photo of a baby sleeping on a bed, Sleeping children...

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

Stockyard workers during lunch hour. Chicago, Illinois

Stockyard workers during lunch hour. 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

Pastor of the Pentecostal church. Chicago, Illinois

Pastor of the Pentecostal church. 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

Meat in cold storage at Davidson Meat Company, suppliers of hotels, restaurants, etc. Chicago, Illinois

Meat in cold storage at Davidson Meat Company, suppliers of hotels, re...

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

In front of the movie theater. Chicago, Illinois

In front of the movie theater. 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

Five p.m. traffic on North Shore Boulevard. Chicago, Illinois

Five p.m. traffic on North Shore Boulevard. 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

Entrance to movie theater. Southside of Chicago, Illinois

Entrance to movie theater. Southside of 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

An old black and white photo of a woman hugging a boy - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

An old black and white photo of a woman hugging a boy - FSA / Office o...

Additional number on contact print that accompanied negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1... More

Chicago, Illinois. Looking toward the north classification yard at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Looking toward the north classification yard at an ...

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

An old black and white photo of a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

An old black and white photo of a factory. Office of War Information P...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Chicago, Illinois. Mr. John Sengstacke, part owner and general manager of the Chicago Defender, one of the leading Negro newspapers

Chicago, Illinois. Mr. John Sengstacke, part owner and general manager...

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

Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. A cannon that saw duty in World War I stands in the yard of a Chicago steel mill, ready to be melted down and processed into a modern weapon for World War II

Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. A cannon that saw duty in World War I ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Chicago, Illinois. Newsboy selling the Chicago Defender, a leading Negro newspaper

Chicago, Illinois. Newsboy selling the Chicago Defender, a leading Neg...

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

Oliver Coleman in the waiting room at Musicians' Hall, headquarters of local 208 of the musicians' union. He is waiting to see the president. Also waiting are, left to right: Arthur Harrod and Alvin Bowen, two other members of the union. Mr. Coleman is reading Music Master, the official publication of local 208. Chicago, Illinois

Oliver Coleman in the waiting room at Musicians' Hall, headquarters 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

Chicago (north), Illinois. On Armistice Day, a city-wide scrap collection drive was held. Trucks were lent by city and private truckers, and services were donated by members of the Teamster's union

Chicago (north), Illinois. On Armistice Day, a city-wide scrap collect...

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

A black and white photo of a train yard. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a train yard. Office of War Information Pho...

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. Lunch time in the children's ward

Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Lunch time in the children's wa...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transparency but no negative in original negative jacket. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Sterilizing transfusion bottles containing intravenous solution, are given another inspection after being taken from the sterilizer. Women workers are taking over important jobs at Baxter Laboratories, Glenview, Illinois, where plasma containers are prepared for blood banks

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Sterilizing transfusion bottles...

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. Working on a locomotive at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad repair shops

Chicago, Illinois. Working on a locomotive at the Chicago and Northwes...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, worker, factory, industrial equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War I...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Chicago, Illinois. A locomotive of the 2000 class being repaired at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad locomotive shops

Chicago, Illinois. A locomotive of the 2000 class being repaired at th...

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

In the Perfect Eat Shop, a restaurant on 47th Street near South Park, owned by Mr. E. Norris (Negro). Chicago, Illinois

In the Perfect Eat Shop, a restaurant on 47th Street near South Park, ...

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. Locomotive picking up coal at an Illinois Central Railroad yard before going out on the road

Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive picking up coal at an Illinois Central R...

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. A welder's helper at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad repair shop

Chicago, Illinois. A welder's helper at a Chicago and Northwestern Rai...

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

Women in industry. Tool  production. Her mind's on her work and on her country. That small flag tells the story of this young woman's absorption in her job. Employed by a Midwest drill and tool plant, she's grinding points on drills which will be used in the production of America's ships and planes and guns. A soldier of the production front, she fights for the men on America's battlefronts. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Her mind's on her work and on her...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad locomotive shops

Chicago, Illinois. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad locomotive shops

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. Employed by a local subcontractor for Baxter Laboratories Inc., Glenview, Illinois, Theodore G. Coffin, a former auto mechanic numbers the barrels of the valves for blood transfusion bottles prepared by Baxter's for use in blood banks

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Employed by a local subcontract...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, 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

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. Track crews repairing tracks in the roundhouse at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Track crews repairing tracks in the roundhouse at a...

Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad works, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jack Delano - Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Entrance

Jack Delano - Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Entrance

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

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

A black and white photo of a man wearing a helmet. Office of War Infor...

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. Men leaving work at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad shops at the end of a shift

Chicago, Illinois. Men leaving work at the Chicago and Northwestern Ra...

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

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

A black and white photo of a train in a building. Office of War Inform...

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. A pillow man at the Greyhound bus terminal taking used pillows from a bus that has just come in

Chicago, Illinois. A pillow man at the Greyhound bus terminal taking u...

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

Calumet City, Illinois. Loading cattle at the Calumet Park stockyards

Calumet City, Illinois. Loading cattle at the Calumet Park stockyards

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Calumet City, Illinois. Loading sheep at the Calumet Park stockyards

Calumet City, Illinois. Loading sheep at the Calumet Park stockyards

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. The main waiting room of the Union Station at 1 a.m.

Chicago, Illinois. The main waiting room of the Union Station at 1 a.m...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Sign at the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Sign at the Union Station

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

Chicago, Illinois. A bus driver collecting tickets at the Greyhound bus terminal

Chicago, Illinois. A bus driver collecting tickets at the Greyhound bu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Passengers waiting for a bus to start loading at the Greyhound bus terminal

Chicago, Illinois. Passengers waiting for a bus to start loading at th...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad conductor, George E. Burton, getting his train orders at Corwith Yard before leaving for Chillicothe, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad conductor, G...

Additional number crossed out on negative 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. Express, mail and baggage are handled below street level. There are over two miles of underground for trucks and taxicabs at the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Express, mail and baggage are handled below street ...

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

Switching a train with a diesel switch engine on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad

Switching a train with a diesel switch engine on the Chicago and Rock ...

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

Blue Island, Illinois. Switchman riding the footboard of a diesel switch engine on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad

Blue Island, Illinois. Switchman riding the footboard of a diesel swit...

Public domain photograph of diesel or electric train engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Sign in the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Sign in the Union Station

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

Chicago, Illinois. Railroad help wanted signs in windows of an employment agency near the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Railroad help wanted signs in windows of an employm...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Soldier saying goodbye in the train concourse at the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Soldier saying goodbye in the train concourse at th...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of people shopping at a market. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of people shopping at a market. Office of War ...

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. Emblem of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad

Chicago, Illinois. Emblem of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad

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

Chicago, Illinois. A girl passenger waking up as the Greyhound bus comes into the city. She came from Knoxville, Tennessee, and is going to Minneapolis to visit a boy in the Army

Chicago, Illinois. A girl passenger waking up as the Greyhound bus com...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Blue Island, Illinois. Bobby Senise is on the student safety patrol at school

Blue Island, Illinois. Bobby Senise is on the student safety patrol at...

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

Calumet City, Illinois. Loading sheep at the Calumet Park stockyards

Calumet City, Illinois. Loading sheep at the Calumet Park stockyards

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Chicago, Illinois. A bus driver collecting tickets at the Greyhound bus terminal

Chicago, Illinois. A bus driver collecting tickets at the Greyhound bu...

Public domain photograph of bus station, bus terminal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. The Union Station handles by far the largest amount of mail in Chicago

Chicago, Illinois. The Union Station handles by far the largest amount...

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. Train coming into Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Train coming into Union Station

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago (north), Illinois. Children bringing scrap to the block Office of Civilian Defense headquarters

Chicago (north), Illinois. Children bringing scrap to the block Office...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

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

Produce market, where commission merchants sell to retailers. Chicago, Illinois

Produce market, where commission merchants sell to retailers. Chicago,...

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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...

Public domain photograph of freight train, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - 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...

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

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. 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. 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 ...

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

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. 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. 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. 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 ...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, 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

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

A black and white photo of a man leaning against a train. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man leaning against a train. Office of Wa...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Women in industry. Tool production. With no previous industrial experience, this young woman has taken over a delicate job in a large Midwest drill and tool company. Her part in America's war production consists of grinding small drills to a high tolerance on this clearance-grinding machine. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. With no previous industrial experi...

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. 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. 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...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Waiting for a train in the concourse of the Union Station. Parmelee transfer sign

Chicago, Illinois. Waiting for a train in the concourse of the Union S...

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

Calumet City, Illinois. Feeding and watering the hogs at the Calumet Park stockyards

Calumet City, Illinois. Feeding and watering the hogs at the Calumet P...

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

Calumet City, Illinois. Unloading horses at the Calumet Park stockyards

Calumet City, Illinois. Unloading horses at the Calumet Park stockyard...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Street scene. Chicago, Illinois - Automobiles of 1940s

Street scene. Chicago, Illinois - Automobiles of 1940s

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

Chicago, Illinois. In the reservation bureau at the Union Station. The reservation diagrams on the shelves are within easy reach of the girls on both sides of the cubbyholes

Chicago, Illinois. In the reservation bureau at the Union Station. The...

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. Passengers in the waiting room at the Greyhound bus terminal at five a.m.

Chicago, Illinois. Passengers in the waiting room at the Greyhound bus...

Public domain photograph of bus station, bus terminal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. The Union Station employs many women in the mail department to handle parcel post packages

Chicago, Illinois. The Union Station employs many women in the mail de...

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. Double header Pennsylvania railroad train pulling out of Union station. The building in the background is the United States Post Office

Chicago, Illinois. Double header Pennsylvania railroad train pulling o...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Union Station waiting room

Chicago, Illinois. Union Station waiting room

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

A black and white photo of three men sitting on a bench. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of three men sitting on a bench. Office of War...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a clock on a building. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a clock on a building. Office of War Inform...

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 passenger agent's room at the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. In the passenger agent's room at the Union Station

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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