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Our holdings include hundreds of glass and film negatives/transparencies that we've scanned ourselves; in addition, many other photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs) in the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) They are adjusted, restored and reworked by your webmaster in accordance with his aesthetic sensibilities before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here. All of these images (including "derivative works") are protected by copyright laws of the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be sold, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without permission.
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April 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. A local delivery truck (last seen here) on South Howard Street." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
March 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. Trucks in the wholesale district." At the Chair Exchange on South Howard Street. Photo by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
April 1943. "Detroit, Michigan. Boarded-up pumps at a closed gas station." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur S. Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.
March 1943. "Bob Daugherty, a driver for the Associated Transport Company, at the wheel of a Brown truck on U.S. Highway Route 29 near Culpeper, Virginia." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
March 1943. "Cajon, California. Indian section gang working on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad track." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.
March 1943. "Lynchburg, Virginia. A barber in front of his shop." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
March 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. Man repairing an umbrella." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
March 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. A street scene." Billiards, Bickford's and the New Coney Island Cafe. Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
March 1943. "Wellington, Kansas. An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad crew posing in front of their engine before pulling out of Wellington for Waynoka, Oklahoma. Left to right: D.C. Quivey, head brakeman; D.B. Wallingford, conductor; B.F. Hale, engineer; and fireman Walker." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
March 1943. "A westbound Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe passenger train passing by a siding near the town of Hoover, Texas, enroute to Amarillo." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
March 1943. "Amarillo, Texas. General view over the city and the Santa Fe railyard." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
March 1943. "Amarillo, Texas. View over the city." The Firestone Tires garage on Tyler Street at 10th Avenue. Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
March 1943. "Amarillo, Texas. View over the city." The Fisk Building and South Polk Street. Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
March 1943. "Waynoka, Oklahoma. An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe operator and telegrapher throwing one of the interlocking switches." Thirty years old and still playing with trains! Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
March 1943. "Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. Locomotives in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway roundhouse. Note train control mechanism on truck wheel of the engine." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.