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March 1943. "Barstow, California. A brakeman on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad resting in his caboose at night." Pinup reading material includes: STREAMLINE YOUR HIPS! and SEX WAS MY RACKET. Medium-format safety negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
March 1943. "Needles, Calif. Electrician B. Fitzgerald cleaning the headlight of a locomotive at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe yard. All engines operating west of Needles are equipped with hooded headlights in accordance with the blackout regulations." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.
December 1940. "Window display for Christmas sale. Providence, Rhode Island." "Billy" now just 89 cents! 35mm nitrate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
Chicago, April 1943. Smoke and boxcars: "General view, classification yard at Chicago & North Western RR's Proviso yard." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
October 1941. "At a small American Legion carnival just outside Bellows Falls, Vermont." Left turn only. 35mm nitrate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
June 1940. Washington, D.C. "Discarded oil cans at truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue)." 35mm nitrate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
June 1940. Washington, D.C. "Entrance to colored drivers' lunchroom at a truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue)." 35mm nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
June 1940. Washington, D.C. "At a truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue)." Let's hope this rig was red. Another truck stop shot by serial shooter Jack Delano. 35mm nitrate negative. View full size.
June 1940. Washington, D.C. "Negro driver asleep under a truck. There are no sleeping accommodations for Negroes at this service station on U.S. 1." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
June 1940. Washington, D.C. "Direct postal telegraph wire at a truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue)." So the place was something of an Internet cafe, without the lattes or wifi. 35mm negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
June 1940. Washington, D.C. "In the cafe at a truck drivers' service station on U.S. 1." The truck stop menu starring "Blue Plate Lunch," with cameos by Dr. Pepper and Cold Liver Loaf. 35mm negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
June 1940. Washington, D.C. "In the cafe at a truck drivers' service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue)." 35mm negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
June 1940. Washington, D.C. "Attendant at truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue)." 35mm nitrate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
October 1940. "Spectators at the annual barrel rolling contest in Presque Isle, Maine." 35mm nitrate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
1940. "Start of soapbox auto race at Fourth of July celebration in Salisbury, Maryland." 35mm nitrate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.