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

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

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Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-two-year-old Anne Weinmen, employee of a large Midwest aircraft factory, inspects pistons to be used in airplane engines. With several years experience in Midwestern plants behind her, Miss Weinmen has developed the patience and dexterity this work requires. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-...

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Painting a car at the repair or "rip" tracks at North Proviso(?), C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

Painting a car at the repair or "rip" tracks at North Proviso(?), C & ...

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Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chic...

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

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

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John Sabados washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

John Sabados washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Provis...

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View of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

View of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Il...

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Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill...

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C & NW RR, a general view of a classification yard at Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR, a general view of a classification yard at Proviso Yard, Ch...

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General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso (?) yard, Chicago, Ill

General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and ...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

Switchman throwing a switch at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Switchman throwing a switch at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the C & NW ...

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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...

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Car jacked up for repairs on the repair tracks, North Proviso, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

Car jacked up for repairs on the repair tracks, North Proviso, C & NW ...

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

General view of one of the classification yards of the Chicago and Nor...

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General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard, Chicago, Ill.

General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard,...

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

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

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Car jacked up for repairs on the repair tracks, North Proviso, C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad Chicago, Ill

Car jacked up for repairs on the repair tracks, North Proviso, C & NW ...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill.; C & NW RR; Roy Nelin, a box packer in the roundhouse at the Proviso yard

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill.; C & NW RR; Roy Nelin, a box packer ...

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Production. Aircraft engines. A skilled mechanic and determined war worker, Zed W. Robinson, proves that skin pigment bears no relation to efficiency of work. He's one of many Negroes employed in a large Midwest aircraft plant in skilled and semi-skilled capacity. Tightening bolts of a cylinder barrel during the final build-up of an airplane engine is one of the jobs which, until fairly recently, was closed to members of his race. But this war demands that no American because of race, creed or color shall be barred from work. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A skilled mechanic and determined war wo...

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Production. Aircraft engines. A young Negro worker stands ready to wash or "degrease" this airplane motor prior to its shipment. He's an employee of a large Midwest airplane plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A young Negro worker stands ready to was...

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A general view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, Chicago, Ill

A general view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

Worker inspecting a locomotive on a pit in the roundhouse at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Worker inspecting a locomotive on a pit in the roundhouse at the C & N...

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Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, ...

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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.

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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...

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C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, a general view of a classification yard at Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill

C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, a general view of a...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

C & NW RR, railroad workers cultivating a little Victory garden at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR, railroad workers cultivating a little Victory garden at Pro...

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

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

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

General view of the hump, Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western ...

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

Work goes on 24 hours a day at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Work goes on 24 hours a day at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North West...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

A train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, Chicago, Ill.

A train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yar...

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A general view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

A general view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, C...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill; C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad; L. Logan, of West Chicago, boilermaker at the roundhouse at the Proviso yard

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill; C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Wes...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

A Chicago and Northwestern railroad roundhouse, Chicago, Ill.

A Chicago and Northwestern railroad roundhouse, Chicago, Ill.

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C & NW RR, railroad worker cultivating the small Victory garden in the Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR, railroad worker cultivating the small Victory garden in the...

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General view of part of the rip tracks at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

General view of part of the rip tracks at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Ch...

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Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill, C&NWRR. William London has been a railroad worker 25 years - now working at the roundhouse at the Proviso yards

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill, C&NWRR. William London has been a ra...

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Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-two-year-old Anne Weinmen, employee of a large Midwest aircraft factory, inspects pistons to be used in airplane engines. With several years experience in Midwestern plants behind her, Miss Weinmen has developed the patience and dexterity this work requires. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. Using multi-colored pins to mark residences of its employees, a Midwest aircraft factory innovates its car-pooling system. Like hundreds of other U.S. factories, this plant encourages workers to utilize all available car space, thereby sparing tires, saving gasoline, and lessening the load on public transportation vehicles. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Using multi-colored pins to mark residen...

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A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad's Proviso yard

A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern ...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

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...

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C&NWRR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, 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 i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, towerman R.W. Mayberry...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

Freight cars in the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad classification yard(?), Chicago, Ill. General view of Proviso yard

Freight cars in the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad classification y...

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Production. Aircraft engines. Using multi-colored pins to mark residences of its employees, a Midwest aircraft factory innovates its car-pooling system. Like hundreds of other U.S. factories, this plant encourages workers to utilize all available car space, thereby sparing tires, saving gasoline, and lessening the load on public transportation vehicles. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Using multi-colored pins to mark residen...

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

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...

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View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard at twilight, Chicago, Ill.

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard at twilight, ...

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General view of one of the departure yards at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

General view of one of the departure yards at C & NW RR's Proviso yard...

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Switchman throwing a switch a C and NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Switchman throwing a switch a C and NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill...

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Train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill.

Train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso Yard, Ch...

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A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Proviso yard of C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Prov...

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John L. Walter, conductor at Proviso yard of the C&NWRR. Mr. Walter has been employed on the railroad for 45 years, 32 of them as conductor. The red nose and cheeks are due to the below zero weather outside. Chicago, Ill.

John L. Walter, conductor at Proviso yard of the C&NWRR. Mr. Walter ha...

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Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill; C & NW RR; L. Logan, of West Chicago, boilermaker at the roundhouse at the Proviso yard

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill; C & NW RR; L. Logan, of West Chicago...

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

The yardmaster's office at the receiving yard, North Proviso(?), C & N...

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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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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...

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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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

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 ...

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Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war workers attach cylinder barrels to one of the "green" engines in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war work...

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

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

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Freight cars being maneuvered in a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard, Chicago, Ill.

Freight cars being maneuvered in a Chicago and Northwestern railroad y...

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View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, at twilight, Chicago, Ill.

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, at twilight, ...

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Work goes on 24 hours a day at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Work goes on 24 hours a day at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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General view of one of the classification yards of the C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

General view of one of the classification yards of the C & NW RR., Chi...

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Production. Aircraft engines. Negro women with no previous industrial experience are reconditioning used spark plugs in a large Midwest airplane plant. Despite their lack of technical knowlege, these women have become expert operators of the small testing machines. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Negro women with no previous industrial ...

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Production. Aircraft engines. Ready for inspection, this line-up of cylinder barrels for airplane engines makes a formidable display. Engines for America's Victory bombers are manufactured in this enormous Midwest plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Ready for inspection, this line-up of cy...

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Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war workers attach cylinder barrels to one of the "green" engines in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war work...

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A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad's Proviso yard

A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern ...

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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...

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General view of part of the Proviso yard of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, Chicago, Ill. In the background is the coal chute and roundhouse

General view of part of the Proviso yard of the Chicago and Northweste...

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Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the C & NW ...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

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...

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

Manpower. Former actress now aircraft worker. From central casting to aircraft casting! Erstwhile child star of the silent picture days, auburn-haired Dorothy Langdon now inspects airplane engine parts in a Detroit war plant. Known as "Baby Dorothy Phelps" of the silents, and heart interest of western thrillers in the middle thirties, Miss Langdon joined America's army of women war workers early this year. With a husband in the Army, the twenty-six-year-old beauty finds her new role in life eminently satisfying. "I'm really doing something," she says. "I got tired of just playing at doing something." In addition to her forty-eight hour work week at the inspection table, Miss Langdon still finds time to study drafting at night

Manpower. Former actress now aircraft worker. From central casting to ...

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C & NW RR, putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the rip tracks at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR, putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the r...

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Sam Cell, working on the truck of a car at the rip tracks of C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Sam Cell, working on the truck of a car at the rip tracks of C & NW RR...

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General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chi...

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

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

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General view of one of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad yards, Chicago, Ill.

General view of one of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad yards, Ch...

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Repair tracks of the Chicago and Northwestern R.R.

Repair tracks of the Chicago and Northwestern R.R.

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General view of part of classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

General view of part of classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yar...

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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....

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View of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

View of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North We...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

Freight cars in the Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western Railroad classification yard(?), Chicago, Ill. General view of Proviso yard

Freight cars in the Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western Railro...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

Production. Aircraft engines. On the other side of that plate glass window, a huge engine roars in response to the young man's hand on the controls. The site of this activity is the control room of the dynamometer department in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. On the other side of that plate glass wi...

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C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the rip tracks at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, putting the finishi...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods from the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, Chicago, Ill.

Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods fro...

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A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Proviso yard of C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Prov...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

A train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, Chicago, Ill

A train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yar...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, railroad worker cultivating the small Victory garden in the Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, railroad worker cul...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

Production. Aircraft engines. On the other side of that plate glass window, a huge engine roars in response to the young man's hand on the controls. The site of this activity is the control room of the dynamometer department in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. On the other side of that plate glass wi...

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. A skilled mechanic and determined war worker, Zed W. Robinson, proves that skin pigment bears no relation to efficiency of work. He's one of many Negroes employed in a large Midwest aircraft plant in skilled and semi-skilled capacity. Tightening bolts of a cylinder barrel during the final build-up of an airplane engine is one of the jobs which, until fairly recently, was closed to members of his race. But this war demands that no American because of race, creed or color shall be barred from work. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A skilled mechanic and determined war wo...

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. A skilled mechanic and determined war worker, Zed W. Robinson, proves that skin pigment bears no relation to efficiency of work. He's one of many Negroes employed in a large Midwest aircraft plant in skilled and semi-skilled capacity. Tightening bolts of a cylinder barrel during the final build-up of an airplane engine is one of the jobs which, until fairly recently, was closed to members of his race. But this war demands that no American because of race, creed or color shall be barred from work. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A skilled mechanic and determined war wo...

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

John L. Walter, conductor at Proviso yard of the C&NWRR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad. Mr. Walter has been employed on the railroad for 45 years, 32 of them as conductor. The red nose and cheeks are due to the below zero weather outside. Chicago, Ill

John L. Walter, conductor at Proviso yard of the C&NWRR i.e. Chicago a...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North We...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

The regular tracks of the South Yards, at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard, Chicago, Ill

The regular tracks of the South Yards, at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

A section of debris in Melrose Park

A section of debris in Melrose Park

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC; Credit to International Film Ser. Data: Red Cross Bulletin, Apr. 12th. Group... More

Joseph Klesken washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Proviso yards of the C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

Joseph Klesken washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Prov...

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

Tracks leading into the freight house at Proviso yard. This is said to be the largest covered freight house in the world. C&NWRR, Chicago, Ill.

Tracks leading into the freight house at Proviso yard. This is said to...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Switchman throwing a switch at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Switchman throwing a switch at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North West...

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.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

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