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Hump Back Ridge, Frederick County, Maryland

Hump Back Ridge, Frederick County, Maryland

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s bridge, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. A retarder operator at the south hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard. From his control board he operates all the retarders and switches on his track

Chicago, Illinois. A retarder operator at the south hump at an Illinoi...

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

Hi there, Tim and Denny, hump yourselves more

Hi there, Tim and Denny, hump yourselves more

(DLC/PP-1934:0221). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Apostles" by Marie Manning, Harper's magazine, 113:607 (Sept. 1906).

General view of the hump yard at Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

General view of the hump yard at Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Il...

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

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. 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

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

C&NWRR, towerman R.W. Mayberry of Elmhurst, Ill., at the Proviso yard. He operates a set of retarders and switches at the hump, Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill.

C&NWRR, towerman R.W. Mayberry of Elmhurst, Ill., at the Proviso yard....

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

Chicago, Illinois. Train going over the hump at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Train going over the hump at the Chicago and Northw...

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

Chicago, Illinois. A "cut" going over the hump at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. The smoke in the background is from the engine pushing these cars

Chicago, Illinois. A "cut" going over the hump at a Chicago and Northw...

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

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

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

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. General view of the south hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. General view of the south hump at an Illinois Centr...

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

Chicago, Illinois. General view of the south hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard. To the right of the tracks is the scale house where the cars are weighed as they pass by

Chicago, Illinois. General view of the south hump at an Illinois Centr...

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

An American flying squadron in India. "Hump Happy Tavern." Looming like any other bungalow in the surrounding country but serving as living quarters for a group of American pilots of the India-China Ferry Command. A group of lads who believe "you can't take it with you" and so live day by day

An American flying squadron in India. "Hump Happy Tavern." Looming lik...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Bridge over the hump containing hump office clearing yard. Belt Railway Company of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois. Bridge over the hump containing hump office clearin...

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

Camel's hump from University grounds, Burlington, Vt.

Camel's hump from University grounds, Burlington, Vt.

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

Hump pusher, L.S. & M.S. R. R., Elkhart, Ind.

Hump pusher, L.S. & M.S. R. R., Elkhart, Ind.

Postcard showing train engine on the railroad tracks of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway with row of men in front. J172354 U.S. Copyright Office. On photo: "Copr. Inbody." On back: Made by J. Inbod... More

Chicago, Illinois. General view of the hump Chicago and Northwestern Railroad classification yard

Chicago, Illinois. General view of the hump Chicago and Northwestern R...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Hamp worker uncoupling cars as they reach the top of the hump at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Hamp worker uncoupling cars as they reach the top o...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Looking west from the hump at the clearing yards of the Belt Railway Company of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois. Looking west from the hump at the clearing yards of...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Retarder operator's tower at the north hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Retarder operator's tower at the north hump at an I...

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

An American flying squadron in India. After dinner a game of poker is enjoyed by the lads of "Hump Happy Tavern." The stakes are sometimes high but what you lose one night you win the next. Facing camera are, left to right: Lieutenant Marvin Siegel of Chicago, Illinois; Lieutenant Jack O. McReynolds of Dallas, Texas; Lieutenant Fred Pendoley of East Braintree, Massachusetts; Captain Richard Gately of Roslyn Heights, Long Island, New York; and Lieutenant Marion Rich of Trenton, New Jersey. Backs to camera left to right: Lieutenant Thomas G. Hay of San Antonio, Texas and Captain John B. Wilson of Deer Lodge, Montana

An American flying squadron in India. After dinner a game of poker is ...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Cars going over the hump at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Cars going over the hump at a Chicago and Northwest...

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

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

Chicago, Illinois. Train clerk marking cars as they go over the hump a...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Retarder operator in his tower at the hump in the Chicago and Northwestern classification yard

Chicago, Illinois. Retarder operator in his tower at the hump in the C...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Belt Railway, looking toward the west yard of clearing yard, taken from bridge of the hump, Chicago, Ill.

Belt Railway, looking toward the west yard of clearing yard, taken fro...

Photo shows the clearing yard at the Belt Railway Company of Chicago, taken from a structure above the hump tracks. (Source: Flickr Commons project and Bill Gustason, Chicago Area Rail Junctions, Hayford/Clea... More

Train going over the hump at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Train going over the hump at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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

Belt Railway, looking toward the west yard of clearing yard, taken from bridge of hump, Chicago, Ill.

Belt Railway, looking toward the west yard of clearing yard, taken fro...

Photo shows the clearing yard at the Belt Railway Company of Chicago, taken from a structure above the hump tracks. (Source: Flickr Commons project and Bill Gustason, Chicago Area Rail Junctions, Hayford/Cleari... More

A train being pushed over the hump at the Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

A train being pushed over the hump at the Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Ch...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard operating a signal switch system which extends the length of the hump track. He is thus able to control movements of locomotives pushing the train over the hump from his post at the hump office

Chicago, Illinois. Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad ...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Switch lists coming in by teletype to the hump offices at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Switch lists coming in by teletype to the hump offi...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Yard crew repairing tracks at the hump and classification yard at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad

Chicago, Illinois. Yard crew repairing tracks at the hump and classifi...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Switch lists coming in by teletype to the hump office at a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard, Chicago, Ill.

Switch lists coming in by teletype to the hump office at a Chicago and...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Chicago, Illinois. Inspector watching the cars as they go over the hum...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Car going over the hump past the engine foreman's office at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Car going over the hump past the engine foreman's o...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Train of cars going over the hump at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Train of cars going over the hump at a Chicago and ...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Looking west from the hump at the Belt Railway Company of Chicago clearing yards

Chicago, Illinois. Looking west from the hump at the Belt Railway Comp...

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

Hi there, Tim and Denny, hump yourselves more

Hi there, Tim and Denny, hump yourselves more

(DLC/PP-1934:0221). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Apostles" by Marie Manning, Harper's magazine, 113:607 (Sept. 1906).

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

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

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

Chicago, Illinois. Train clerk working on his lists in the hump office at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Train clerk working on his lists in the hump office...

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

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

Chicago, Illinois. Engine foreman checking cars as they go over the hu...

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

Hi there, Tim and Denny, hump yourselves more

Hi there, Tim and Denny, hump yourselves more

(DLC/PP-1934:0221). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Apostles" by Marie Manning, Harper's magazine, 113:607 (Sept. 1906).

Chicago, Illinois. Bridge over the hump containing hump office clearing yard. Belt Railway Company of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois. Bridge over the hump containing hump office clearin...

Title and other information from caption card. Railway name in original caption changed from "Indiana Harbor Belt Railway" to "Belt Railway Company of Chicago." (Source: Flickr Commons project and Bill Gustaso... More

Chicago, Illinois. Looking toward the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad classification yard from one of the control towers at the hump

Chicago, Illinois. Looking toward the Chicago and Northwestern Railroa...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Switch engine which has just pushed its last car over the hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Switch engine which has just pushed its last car ov...

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. Cars going over the south hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Cars going over the south hump at an Illinois Centr...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Looking west from the hump at the Belt Railway Company of Chicago clearing yards

Chicago, Illinois. Looking west from the hump at the Belt Railway Comp...

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

Switchman resting in the hump office while waiting for the next cut to come over at a yard of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad

Switchman resting in the hump office while waiting for the next cut to...

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

Looking toward the hump of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad. In the foreground are some of the retarders

Looking toward the hump of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad. In the fo...

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

General view of the hump, Chicago and Northwestern railroad classification yard, Chicago, Ill.

General view of the hump, Chicago and Northwestern railroad classifica...

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

Chicago, Illinois. The engine foreman controls the cars coming over the hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard and checks them against his list

Chicago, Illinois. The engine foreman controls the cars coming over th...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Cars coming over the south hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard. Cars are checked by an engine foreman in the building on the right and weighed as they pass by a weighmaster in the building on the right

Chicago, Illinois. Cars coming over the south hump at an Illinois Cent...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Train going over the hump at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad

Chicago, Illinois. Train going over the hump at a Chicago and Northwes...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A caboose rolling down the hump to join its train in a classification yard of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

A caboose rolling down the hump to join its train in a classification ...

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

Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Il...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Cars going over the south hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Cars going over the south hump at an Illinois Centr...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Two gondola cars going down the hump tracks at a yard of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad

Chicago, Illinois. Two gondola cars going down the hump tracks at a ya...

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

An American flying squadron in India. Checking "ceiling reports." The bulletin board is checked by operations officer Lieutenant Jack O. McReynolds of Dallas, Texas and a group of pilot officers before taking off to fly the "Hump" into China

An American flying squadron in India. Checking "ceiling reports." The ...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. A train coming over the hump track at a Chicago and Northwestern yard

Chicago, Illinois. A train coming over the hump track at a Chicago and...

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

Chicago, Illinois. The hump and classification yards at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. The hump and classification yards at a Chicago and ...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A caboose rolling down the hump to join its train in a classification yard of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

A caboose rolling down the hump to join its train in a classification ...

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

Sandusky, Ohio. A carload of coal going over the hump at the classification yard where trains of cars are made up to go to the Pennsylvania Railroad docks

Sandusky, Ohio. A carload of coal going over the hump at the classific...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hump Back Ridge, Frederick County, Maryland

Hump Back Ridge, Frederick County, Maryland

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s bridge, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Workmen in the hump office resting a few minutes while waiting for the next "cut" to come over the hump in a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Workmen in the hump office resting a few minutes wh...

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 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.

A train (or "cut") being pushed out of a receiving yard toward the hum...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a train. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a train. Office of W...

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

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

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

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

Valley of the Winooski and Camels Hump Mt. [i.e. Mountain], Burlington, Vt.

Valley of the Winooski and Camels Hump Mt. [i.e. Mountain], Burlington...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Vermont, United States, 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...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Car coming up over the south hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Car coming up over the south hump at an Illinois Ce...

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

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...

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

Looking toward the hump of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad. In the foreground are some of the retarders

Looking toward the hump of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad. In the fo...

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

Carload of coal going over the hump at the classification yard where trains of cars are made up to go to the docks

Carload of coal going over the hump at the classification yard where t...

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

Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Il...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Workmen in the hump office resting a few minutes while waiting for the next "cut" to come over the hump in a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Workmen in the hump office resting a few minutes wh...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western railroad yard operating a signal switch system which extends the length of the hump track. He is thus able to control movements of locomotives pushing the train over the hump from his post at the hump office; Chicago, Ill

Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western railroad ...

Proviso Yards. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.p... More

Chicago, Illinois. General view of the hump Chicago and Northwestern Railroad classification yard

Chicago, Illinois. General view of the hump Chicago and Northwestern R...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard operating a signal switch system which extends the length of the hump track. He is thus able to control movements of locomotives pushing the train over the hump from his post at the hump office

Chicago, Illinois. Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad ...

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

Hump Back Ridge, Frederick County, Maryland

Hump Back Ridge, Frederick County, Maryland

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s bridge, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard operating a signal switch system which extends the length of the hump track. He is thus able to control movements of locomotives pushing the train over the hump from his post at the hump office; Chicago, Ill.

Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard operating a si...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train, railroad, railway, 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

Chicago, Illinois. By means of light signals along the track, the engine foreman in his office gives directions to the engineer pushing a train over the hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. By means of light signals along the track, the engi...

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

Chicago, Illinois. A car going over the hump tracks at a yard of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. Beyond is a new village that has sprung up since the building of a war plant in the vicinity

Chicago, Illinois. A car going over the hump tracks at a yard of the C...

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

An American flying squadron in India. Just like home. The boys pitch to and go after the roast duck and vittles. Note the white tablecloth and flowers which is the custom at dinner in the "Hump Happy Tavern." Left to right are: Lieutenant R.J. Fruda, West Palm Beach, Florida; Lieutenant Joe H. Deer of Corpus Christi, Texas. Captain John B. Wilson of Deer Lodge, Montana; Captain Richard J. Gately of Roslyn Heights, Long Island, New York and Lieutenant Richard J. Taylor of Redlands, California

An American flying squadron in India. Just like home. The boys pitch t...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Car inspector working at night at the hump at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Car inspector working at night at the hump at a Chi...

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

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

Chicago, Illinois. Inspector watching the cars as they go over the hum...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Tank car going over the retarder at the south hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Tank car going over the retarder at the south hump ...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Car going toward the hump at a yard of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. In the background is a new village that has sprung up since the construction of a war plant

Chicago, Illinois. Car going toward the hump at a yard of the Chicago ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description