April 1943. Clinton, Iowa. "Mrs. Marcella Hart, mother of three, employed as a wiper at the ... the Long Island RR. The steam engines are gone, as are the wipers, but we still get just as filthy!
Wipers OK, thanks "Our Mom" for the mental images - but what does a wiper do ...
May 1943. Clinton, Iowa. " Women wipers of the Chicago & North Western Railroad ... of the Big Boys in their heyday - and more of the Women Wipers too!
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Not to diminish ...
April 1943. Clinton, Iowa. "Marcella Hart and Viola Sievers, wipers for the Chicago & North Western Railroad, cleaning one of the giant ... by Jack Delano. View full size.
Engine wipers I wonder if they fell in love with steam, as so many of us are. I ...
April 1943. "Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room, Chicago & North Western Railroad, Clinton, Iowa." Marcella Hart is at left, Mrs. Elibia Siematter at right. ...
Clinton, Iowa. April 1943. "Chicago & North Western Railroad. Women wipers at the roundhouse cleaning one of the giant H-class locomotives." In the ...
April 1943. "Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the Chicago & North Western roundhouse, giving a giant "H" class locomotive a bath of live steam at Clinton, Iowa. Mrs. Sievers is the sole support of her mother and has a ...