Delano Collection (#4)

RAILROAD WORKER, 1943. Women workers at the Chicago and North Western railroad on their lunch break in Clinton, Iowa. Photograph by Jack Delano, May 1943

RAILROAD WORKER, 1943. Mrs. Elibia Siematter, a sweeper at the roundhouse of the Chicago and North Western railroad in Clinton, Iowa. Photograph by Jack Delano, May 1943

RAILROAD WORKER, 1943. Mrs. Irene Bracker, a wiper in the roundhouse of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad in Clinton, Iowa. Photograph by Jack Delano, May 1943

RAILROAD WORKER, 1943. Cloe Weaver, a worker in the roundhouse of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad in Clinton, Iowa. Photograph by Jack Delano, May 1943

RAILROAD WORKER, 1943. Mrs. Marcella Hart, a wiper in the roundhouse of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad in Clinton, Iowa. Photograph by Jack Delano, May 1943

RAILWAY WORKER, 1943. Thomas Madrigal greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse of the Rock Island Railroad in Blue Island, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

RAILROAD WORKER, 1943. Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, a wiper in the roundhouse of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad in Clinton, Iowa. Photograph by Jack Delano, May 1943

CHICAGO: RAILROAD, 1942. The Chicago and North Western Railroad yards in Chicago, Illinois; the old cars in the foreground are used as living quarters for some yard workers

CHICAGO: RAILROAD, 1942. Locomotives at the coaling station of the Chicago and North Western Railroad yards in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1942

CHICAGO: RAILROAD, 1942. Aerial view of the Chicago and North Western Railroad Proviso yard in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1942

CHICAGO: WELDING, 1942. A welder working in the roundhouse at the Chicago and North Western Railway in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1942

RAILWAY WORKERS, 1942. James Lynch, a roundhouse worker, a box packer in the Chicago and North Western Railway Company roundhouse in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1942

RAILWAY WORKERS, 1942. Roy Nelin, a box packer in the Chicago and North Western Railway Company roundhouse in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1942

RAILWAY WORKER, 1942. William London, a worker in the Chicago and North Western Railway Company roundhouse in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1942

RAILWAY WORKERS, 1942. Workers in the Chicago and North Western Railway Company roundhouse in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1942

RAILWAY WORKER, 1942. A worker in the Chicago and North Western Railway Company roundhouse in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1942

CHICAGO: WELDER, 1942. A welder at the Chicago and North Western Railway Company locomotive shops in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1942

CHICAGO: RAILROAD, 1943. A switchman in the freightyards of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

CHICAGO: UNION STATION. A Burlington Zephyr train at Union Station in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

CHICAGO: UNION STATION. A Hiawatha train of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad about to leave Union Station in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

CHICAGO: UNION STATION. Passengers in the waiting room of Union Station in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

CHICAGO: UNION STATION. The concourse of Union Station in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

CHICAGO: UNION STATION. The waiting room of Union Station in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

MARYLAND: TRAIN STATION. Passengers on the platform at the train station in Silver Spring, Maryland. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1942

NEW YORK: STORM, 1940. An approaching storm along the Mud Lake Road near Townsend, New York. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1940

NORTH CAROLINA: STORM, 1940. A country road near Stem, North Carolina. Photograph by Jack Delano, May 1940

RAILWAY WORKER, 1942. L. Logan, a boilermaker in the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company roundhouse at the Proviso yard, Melrose Park, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, December 1942

PUERTO RICO: PHARMACY, 1941. Farmacia La Esperanza, a small drug store in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1941

VERMONT: CREAMERY, 1941. Pasteurization unit for cream at the United Farmers Cooperative Creamery in Sheldon Springs, Vermont. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1941

VERMONT: CREAMERY, 1941. Pasteurizing units at the United Farmers Cooperative Creamery in Sheldon Springs, Vermont. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1941

VERMONT: CREAMERY, 1941. Weighing milk as it comes in from the farmers at the United Farmers Cooperative Creamery in Sheldon Springs, Vermont. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1941

VERMONT: CREAMERY, 1941. A worker fills a milk can with cream as it exits a cooling unit in the United Farmers Cooperative Creamery in Sheldon Springs, Vermont

KANSAS: RAILROAD WORKER. A young Navajo laborer working in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard in Winslow, Arizona. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

CHICAGO: HOSPITAL, 1942. A nurse serving lunch in the childrens ward at Provident Hospital, one of the few African-American hospitals with an African-American staff in Chicago, Illinois

CHICAGO: DOCTOR, 1941. Dr. S. J. Jackson preparing to go into the operating room
CHICAGO: DOCTOR, 1941. Dr. S.J. Jackson preparing to go into the operating room at Provident Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1942

CANNED FOOD, 1940. Dolores Harris with canned food prepared by her mother, Dameron Harris, in Maryland. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1940

CHICAGO: UNION STATION. A train pulling into Union Station in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, January 1943

ARIZONA: RAILROAD, 1943. A passenger train going around a curve on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad between Winslow and Seligman, Arizona. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

NEW MEXICO: RAILROAD, 1943. The Santa Fe Railway passing the Isleta Indian reservation in Isleta, New Mexico. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

NEW MEXICO: RAILROAD, 1943. A view from the Santa Fe Railway near Melrose, New Mexico. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

NEW MEXICO: RAILROAD, 1943. A view from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway near Encino, New Mexico. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

NEW MEXICO: RAILROAD, 1943. A Southern Pacific Railroad freight train passing Vaughn, New Mexico. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

ILLINOIS: RAILROAD, 1943. The Indiana Harbor Belt line railroad yards in Calumet City, near Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

ILLINOIS: RAILROAD, 1942. A train departing from the Chicago and North Western Railway Company yards in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1943

PUERTO RICO: GIRLS, 1941. Girls from a glee club near Corozal, Puerto Rico. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1941

SEGREGATED ENTRANCE, 1940. Door marked white ladies only on a store in Durham, North Carolina. Photograph by Jack Delano, May 1940

SIDESHOW POSTER, 1941. Poster for Ruth the Acrobat in the sideshow at the Vermont State Fair in Rutland, Vermont. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1941

VERMONT: FAIR, 1941. A man with a bottle of liquor in his back pocket at the World s
VERMONT: FAIR, 1941. A man with a bottle of liquor in his back pocket at the Worlds Fair in Tunbridge, Vermont. Photograph by Jack Delano, 1941

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