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East Dubuque: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/23/2007 - 2:10am.
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April 1940. East Dubuque, Illinois. "Waiting for the train to Minneapolis." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon. View full size.
Movie Still
Submitted by Robert on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 12:29pm.
Haven't seen this one before. Nice cinematic look to it.
There's a story alright...
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 08/29/2007 - 7:29pm.
"C'mon train, come on. Get me away from this creep!"
Wow! There's a story there.
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 08/29/2007 - 5:48pm.
Wow! There's a story there.
I was thinking the same thing
Submitted by Curvilinear on Mon, 07/23/2007 - 11:49am.
The light is fantastic, isn't it?
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