Part of PICRYL.com. Not developed or endorsed by the Library of Congress

library of congress

illinois

united states history

color

chicago and north western railway company

transparencies

world war

railroad shops and yards

chicago

melrose park

public
170 media by topic ∙ page 2 of 2
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

Production. Aircraft engines. Final touch-up of airplane motors takes place in one of the Midwest's largest airplane plants. These engines will see duty over Berlin, Tokyo and other points of vital interest to the United Nations

Production. Aircraft engines. Final touch-up of airplane motors takes ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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...

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

The Envied Bandage. 'Give me a bite of our apple and I will show you my sore toe' is the attitude of many of the little war orphans cared for by the Junior Red Cross of America in the orphanage at Podgiritza, Montinegro. So unacustomed are the little waifs to tender motherly care that they quite delight in being wrapped and bandaged. Miss Mohoney, of Melrose Park, Ill., nurse in the school orphanage is seen here binding the sore thumb of tiny Vujadin while his little playmate waches with jealous envy wishing he was to have a like bandage and distiction

The Envied Bandage. 'Give me a bite of our apple and I will show you m...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Paris Office. Data: Central Division. Group title: Personnel Montenegro. Gift; Am... 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...

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

Repair tracks of the Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western R.R

Repair tracks of the Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western R.R

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 i.e. North Western railroad roundhouse, Chicago, Ill

A Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western railroad roundhouse, Chi...

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

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...

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 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

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

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

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

Tracks at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Tracks at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Provis...

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

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 ...

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

General view of one of the classification yards of the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

General view of one of the classification yards of the C & NW RR i.e. ...

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

Workers at the roundhouse of the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill

Workers at the roundhouse of the C & NW RR 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

Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's 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

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

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

General view of one of the Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western railroad yards, Chicago, Ill

General view of one of the 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

Production. Aircraft engines. Foreman F.I. Bowman shows Marietta Morgan how to operate this bomb-test machine used to test reconditioned spark plugs. A young Negro girl, Marietta, had formerly been a clerk in a meat market. Her lack of industrial experience, however, has been no handicap for her present war job in a large Midwest airplane plant. She's rapidly becoming a skilled and efficient machine operator. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Foreman F.I. Bowman shows Marietta Morga...

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 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

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

General view of part of classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicag...

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 i.e. North Western railroad yard, Chicago, Ill

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

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

General view of the hump yard at Proviso yard, C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

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

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. Typifying American democracy at work, four soldiers of the production front assemble an airplane engine for Uncle Sam's soldiers of the battlefront. In this, as in other war factories throughout the U.S., prejudice pertaining to differences of race, creed or color have been scrapped by those who recognize that victory must have priority over intolerance. These four men are assembling cylinder barrels to an engine in a giant Midwest aviation plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Typifying American democracy at work, fo...

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

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...

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...

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. Prov... More

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

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

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 loading and unloading at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and N...

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

Tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

Tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western rai...

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

Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR i.e. Chicag...

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. Final touch-up of airplane motors takes place in one of the Midwest's largest airplane plants. These engines will see duty over Berlin, Tokyo and other points of vital interest to the United Nations

Production. Aircraft engines. Final touch-up of airplane motors takes ...

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

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 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-...

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

Worker inspecting a locomotive on a pit in the roundhouse at the C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

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

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&NWRR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad. 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 i.e. Chicago and North Wester...

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

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

Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR 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 (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 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...

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

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 ...

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 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-...

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

C & NW RR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad]; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad]; locomotives in th...

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

Greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse at Proviso (?) yard, C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's, Chicago, Ill

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

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

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso (?) yard at twilight, Chicago, Ill. Brakeman is signaling with a red flare and the train is going by during exposure

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western...

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

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso(?) yard, at twilight, Chicago, Ill

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western...

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

General view of one of the classification yards of the Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western Railroad, Chicago, Ill

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

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

Production. Aircraft engines. Reconditioning used spark plugs for reuse in testing airplane motors, Mighnon Gunn operates this small testing machine with speed and precision although she was new to the job two months ago. A former domestic worker, this young woman is now a willing and efficient war worker, one of many women who are relieving labor shortages in war industries throughout the country. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Reconditioning used spark plugs for reus...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Aircraft engines. Typifying American democracy at work, four soldiers of the production front assemble an airplane engine for Uncle Sam's soldiers of the battlefront. In this, as in other war factories throughout the U.S., prejudice pertaining to differences of race, creed or color have been scrapped by those who recognize that victory must have priority over intolerance. These four men are assembling cylinder barrels to an engine in a giant Midwest aviation plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Typifying American democracy at work, fo...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Looking toward the Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western railroad classification yard. The trestle runs from the ice house to the yard. The old cars in the foreground are used as living quarters for some yard workers and itinerant help. Town of Melrose Park is in background

Looking toward the Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western railroa...

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

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

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

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 ...

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. Foreman F.I. Bowman shows Marietta Morgan how to operate this bomb-test machine used to test reconditioned spark plugs. A young Negro girl, Marietta, had formerly been a clerk in a meat market. Her lack of industrial experience, however, has been no handicap for her present war job in a large Midwest airplane plant. She's rapidly becoming a skilled and efficient machine operator. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Foreman F.I. Bowman shows Marietta Morga...

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

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...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill

Train pulling out of the freight house 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. Iden... More

Freight cars being maneuvered in a Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western railroad yard, Chicago, Ill

Freight cars being maneuvered in a Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North...

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

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

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

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

General view of one of the departure yards at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

General view of one of the departure yards at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago...

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

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

General view of one of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad classific...

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

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 ...

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 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...

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. Reconditioning used spark plugs for reuse in testing airplane motors, Mighnon Gunn operates this small testing machine with speed and precision although she was new to the job two months ago. A former domestic worker, this young woman is now a willing and efficient war worker, one of many women who are relieving labor shortages in war industries throughout the country. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Reconditioning used spark plugs for reus...

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

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

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...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

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...

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

Previous

of 2

Next