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R.R. D.J.: 1943
March 1943. "Waynoka, Oklahoma. An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe operator and telegrapher throwing one of the interlocking switches." Thirty years old and still playing with trains! Acetate negat...
Dragon Garage: 1943
March 1943. "Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. Locomotives in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway roundhouse. Note train control mechanism on truck wheel of the engine." Acetate negative b...
Boxcar Builders: 1943
March 1943. "Topeka, Kansas. Part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad car building shops." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Hydration Station: 1943
March 1943. "Waynoka, Oklahoma. Oil and water derricks near the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad roundhouse." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.
Freight Night: 1943
March 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. A yard jockey backing up a truck that has just come into the unloading platform at the Davidson truck terminal." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon fo...
Wet Manhattan: 1901
Lower Manhattan and the East River circa 1901. "Riverfront from the Brooklyn Bridge, New York." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Savannarama: 1915
Savannah, Georgia, in 1915. "View of Bull Street from Broughton Street showing the National Bank of Savannah, Johnson Square, Savannah Bank Building and Hotel Savannah." 5x7 inch dry plate glass ...
Grand Central: 1900
New York circa 1900. "Grand Central Station, E. 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue." 8x10 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Manda: 1905
Circa 1905. "Freighter Manda unloading ore, Cleveland, Ohio." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Independent Presbyterian: 1905
Savannah, Georgia, circa 1905. "Oglethorpe Avenue and Independent Presbyterian Church." A street last glimpsed here , from a slightly different perspective. 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Det...
Oglethorpe Avenue: 1908
Savannah, Georgia, circa 1908. "Oglethorpe Avenue, Chatham Academy and Independent Presbyterian Church." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Southern Exposure: 1908
Savannah, Georgia, circa 1908. "Bull Street and the Chatham Academy, looking south." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
D.C. A.C.: 1938
June 17, 1938. Washington, D.C. "No more hot air in Congress. Two million cubic feet of clean, cool air is delivered to members of Congress each minute by a $3,500,000 air conditioning plant, par...
The New Raleigh: 1912
Washington, D.C., circa 1912. "The New Raleigh." The recently completed Raleigh Hotel at Pennsylvania Avenue and 12th Street N.W., built on the site of the previous Raleigh Hotel. 8x10 inch dry p...
Passenger Portal: 1911
Chicago circa 1911. "Passenger terminal, Madison Street entrance, Chicago & North Western Railway." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Powerhouse: 1921
> On this Labor Day 2024, Shorpy wishes everyone a meaningful > and at least momentary break from toil. "Powerhouse Mechanic and Steam Pump" (1921). One of Lewis Wic...
Night Rider: 1943
March 1943. "John Phillips enroute to Mobile, Alabama, on U.S. Highway 29 near Greenville, Alabama." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Bank Shot: 1910
Detroit circa 1910. "People's State Bank, Fort and Shelby Streets." Designed by McKim, Mead & White. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Belle Isle Bridge: 1911
The Detroit River circa 1911. "View of Belle Isle Bridge, taken from East Jefferson Avenue and looking toward Belle Isle." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Dentist Dentist: 1927
Detroit circa 1927. "Dr. Higgins, exterior bldg." At the corner of Warren Avenue and Manor Street. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Hi Ho, Hi Ho: 1943
March 1943. "Charlotte, North Carolina. Sunshine Biscuit trucks." From the "Thousand Window Bakeries." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Verified Lubrication: 1943
March 1943. "Charlotte, North Carolina. Gasoline truck making a delivery at a filling station." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Bowling and Bud: 1943
March 1943. "Charlotte, North Carolina. Beer wagon." At the Charlotte Bowling Center on West First Street. Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Jim & Joe & Flo: 1943
March 1943. "Jim Bishop and Joe Crow, drivers for the Associated Transport Company, eating dinner at a truckers' stop on U.S. Highway 29 near the Alabama-Georgia state line." Medium format acetat...
Night Rider: 1943
March 1943. "Truck transportation from Baltimore to New Orleans. Evergreen, Alabama -- refueling a Montgomery-to-Mobile truck at 3 a.m." Less than a hundred miles to go. Medium format acetate neg...
Ampersand Express: 1943
March 1943. "Charlotte, North Carolina. Truck and warehouse district." Starring A&P & G&H. Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Crossroads Gulf: 1943
March 1943. "Charlotte, North Carolina (vicinity). Filling station on a highway out of town." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Sideways: 1943
April 1943. "Detroit, Michigan. A section of a boiler on a flatcar." Our third and final look. 4x5 inch acetate negative by Arthur S. Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Huge: 1943
April 1943. "Detroit, Michigan. A huge pipe section loaded on a flatcar." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Arthur Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.
From Above: 1943
April 1943. "Detroit, Michigan. Freight cars in railyard seen from above." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Arthur Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.