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Description Chicago and Northwestern railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) 1942 . Part of a set from a Library of Congress collection of public domain photographs taken in color in the early 1940's with cameras using larger formats than 35mm. Titles can be searched on the LOC site or by going to Flikr and searching under the title "Library of Congress." Photographs have been cropped slightly and the color and contrast adjusted to be more favorably displayed.
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Comments: 4

WaterStreetNorth [2014-08-18 14:35:28 +0000 UTC]

From a bygone era... how times have changed. Thanks for sharing.

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AaronBradford [2009-09-23 08:17:50 +0000 UTC]

Wow. I love it, and I love trains!

There are a few things I would do differently if it were myself taking the shot, but oh well.

Do you know who the original photographer is/was by any chance?

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makepictures In reply to AaronBradford [2009-09-24 08:56:54 +0000 UTC]

I do not know who the photographer was but the Library of Congress site might have that information.

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AaronBradford In reply to makepictures [2009-09-24 09:04:58 +0000 UTC]

Okay, thanks I might look it up

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