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- Baldwin 62303
- Baldwin VO-1000
- Cold
- No expense spared
- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
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The Information Room: 1943
January 1943. "Information room at the Union Station, Chicago." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Parmelee
On the phone number board left of the window. Parmelee was the outfit that shuttled passengers and their baggage between stations in the Windy City. Very busy and profitable at one time.
Spirit of 1943
There are three, possibly four, instances of the "Spirit of 1943" advertisement (clearer picture below) visible in this photograph, the most obvious being in the lower left. I wonder if that advert was used as the cover for some common informational booklet, or if several copies of some magazine just happened to be open to that page when the photo was taken...
Technology changes
Now we can press 1 for Spanish or 2 for English. Then 1 for eastbound trains and 2 for westbound trains. So impersonal and painful to deal with. At the cost of many a job. Menial, but it was a job. Makes me almost ashamed that I've helped in some of these systems being developed.
Questions, questions.
" Mam, I'm sorry but you were misinformed. There is no Cannonball Train
to Wabash, Indiana".
Handcranked pencil sharpeners.
Life was tough in 1943.
Room with a view
Not much gazing out the window on a nice spring day.
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