3,218 Railway photo archive, United states history Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Dock on south side of James River, opposite Richmond, Virginia

Photograph shows United States military railroad freight car at the wharf on the James River. No. 734. See also: LOT 11486-F, no. 12. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Stoneman's Station (Andrew J. Russel) during American Civil War

Photograph shows a view of Stoneman's Station from the rear of a railroad car.

Goose Lake - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

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Track straightening near Coal City

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Track elevating at road crossing, Joliet, Ill.

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Alongside the largest and most powerful locomotive in the world (weigh...

H59786 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. 8555. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Transportation; Railroads Locomotives; Exhibitions 19... More

Food Adm. sugar, unloading beets from cars, Oxnard, California, factor...

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

On the tipple at the Bessie Mine, Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. The...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Camp Holabird, Baltimore, Maryland]

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Construction of a railroad engine. Steamed up, ready for trial run

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Railroad yard. Aerial view of railroad yard I

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Railroad yards. Potomac Yards, coal cars

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Railroad yards. Potomac Yards, tank cars

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Shrine floats - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Railroad yard. Aerial view of railroad yard II

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Union Pacific train - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

A black and white photo of a train at a station, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Ha... More

Omar, West Virginia. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain ...

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American Great Depression, 1935. Farm Security Administration photogra...

Annotation on original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have tit... More

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks. Great Depression and...

Annotation on original negative jacket. To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this imag... More

A black and white photo of a train yard. Great Depression and World Wa...

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A black and white photo of a train car. Great Depression and World War...

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

Hightstown, New Jersey. Progress photograph taken during construction ...

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A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, Farm security admini...

Annotation on original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have tit... More

Storage. Grain alcohol is pumped from tank cars to storage tanks (show...

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Scene in railroad yard. Sacramento, California

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

Freightcars in yards of farmers' cooperative. White River Junction, Ve...

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Farmers delivering their wheat to the warehouse, Umatilla County, Oreg...

A black and white photo of a group of horses pulling a wagon, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Copy photograph. Date based on d... More

An old black and white photo of a farm machinery, Great Depression. FS...

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View taken from train en route to Forrest City, Arkansas from Memphis,...

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Train pulls coal through center of town past miners' homes (company ho...

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A black and white photo of a train going over a bridge, possibly relat...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Coal cars, mining camp, Scotts Run, West Virginia

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Going home from school, Osage, West Virginia

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A black and white photo of a train on the tracks. Ohio during Great De...

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World's Fair, railroad exhibit, modern locomotives. Steamlined Hudson,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The New York World's Fair was a large i... More

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

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Icing refrigerator cars for shipment of strawberries. Hammond, Louisia...

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

Unloading a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad iron ore docks...

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A black and white photo of a group of men working on a train, New Hams...

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A black and white photo of a train yard, Minnesota. Farm Security Admi...

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Day laborers waiting to be assigned to work, Raymondville, Texas

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World's Fair, railroad exhibit locomotives. New York City 5453, genera...

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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

Between Tulare and Fresno. Overpass on U.S. 99. California. See genera...

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A black and white photo of a man working on a train, Great Depression....

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a train yard. Great Depression FFSA / OWI N...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A train traveling down train tracks next to a forest, Great Depression...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a train, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photogra...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a train station, Great Depression. FSA/OWI ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A group of men standing next to a train, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Pho...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Material is bought in carload lots by the United Producers and Consume...

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

An old black and white photo of a train. Great Depression FFSA / OWI N...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks. Great Depression FFS...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a train, Great Depre...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, Great Depression. FS...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a train yard, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Pho...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of two men standing next to a train. Great Dep...

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A black and white photo of two cows pulling a wagon. Great Depression ...

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Loading mail into mail car. L&N railroad station, North Florida

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

A black and white photo of two men sitting on a bench. Great Depressio...

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

A black and white photo of men working on a pipe. Great Depression FFS...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a train yard, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Pho...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Helper on wagonload of wheat to be threshed on Beerman's ranch at Embl...

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Trailers for defense workers at Vultee Aircraft Plant. Nashville, Tenn...

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Grain storage, elevators and freight trains. Great Falls, Montana

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A black and white photo of two men loading hay, Jackson, Michigan. Thr...

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Freight train going west from Minot, North Dakota, across the plains

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Railroad yards. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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The end of the afternoon shift at the Jones and Laighlin Steel Corpora...

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Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

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

Construction work on face of Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

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A black and white photo of a man on a train. Office of War Information...

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

Seneca, Oregon. Loading chrome ore into freight car

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

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Production. Copper. Water supply is an important requirement in copper...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Making up a freight train in the railroad yar...

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Phillips refinery. Borger, Texas. Loading a tank car

Additional information on caption card: Omit location. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. Mo... More

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

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Utah Copper: Bingham Mine. Track-laying crew at open-pit mining operat...

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Transportation. Engines. "MacArthur" engine in service on the Baltimor...

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Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Barges under construct...

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Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Yardful of timber to b...

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Bald Knob, Arkansas. War emergency pipeling from Longview, Texas to No...

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Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Working on the bottom ...

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Chicago, Illinois. One of the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Ra...

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Amarillo, Texas. Sante Fe Railroad yards

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

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

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion no. 1 coal cleaning plan...

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

Diesel freight train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad bet...

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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Bringing assembly ...

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Detroit, Michigan. A train ferry coming into dock

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Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bringing in cars of cattle just arrived from ...

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Detroit, Michigan (?). Looking down on a freight yard, showing a railr...

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Detroit, Michigan. A haulaway truck being loaded

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

Bensenville, Illinois. Switching operations in Bensenville yard of the...

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

San Bernardino, California. Part of the yards of the Atchison, Topeka ...

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