Chicago & North Western railroad locomotive shops at Chicago. December 1942. (4×5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.)
Roundhouse at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard, Chicago. December 1942. (4×5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.)
40th Street Shop, Chicago &...
http://nostalgiaonwheels.blogspot.com/2013/11/usn-seabees-museum-port-hueneme-ca.html
Images can be found here in the November, 2013 section of the blog archive, scroll down near the bottom. There are some great images of the museum in there. There are a couple of the "Columbia Calls" posters...
The ultimate man cave.
December 1942. A winter afternoon in the North Proviso yardmaster's office, Chicago & North Western Railroad. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
December 1942. Three West Coast streamliners in the Chicago & North Western yards at Chicago. 4x5 Kodachrome...
April 1943. "Mrs. Thelma Cuvage, working in the sand house at the Chicago & North Western R.R. roundhouse at Clinton, Iowa. Her job is to see that sand is sifted and cleaned for use in the locomotives. Mrs. Cuvage's husband works as a guard at the Savanna, Illinois, ordnance plant." 4x5...
Now here is a piece of vintage inspired surplus outer wear that I can dig on.
http://freewheelers.co.jp/blog/?s=Air+Crew+Attached+Hood+Vest
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Dan
It's funny what you run across when looking for something else out there. The Longshoreman 30's white cap.
http://segui-riveted.blogspot.com/2013_02_01_archive.html
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Dan
A little something on buttons.
http://segui-riveted.blogspot.com/2009/10/generic-vs-brand-names-depression-era.html
It's funny. I have two cards of these exact buttons from my Dad's army sewing kit from the 1950's.
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Dan
Conductor reading his train orders as the train on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Amarillo, Texas and Clovis, New Mexico waits in a siding. Circa 1943.
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Dan
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