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PCC Trolley: 1943

April 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. Repairing the motor of a PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) trolley -- the most recent streetcar model, designed in 1936 by a group of manufacturers and transit companies in an effort to standardize, simplify, and bring down the price; at the damage shop, maintenance terminal of the Baltimore Transit Company." Acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. Repairing the motor of a PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) trolley -- the most recent streetcar model, designed in 1936 by a group of manufacturers and transit companies in an effort to standardize, simplify, and bring down the price; at the damage shop, maintenance terminal of the Baltimore Transit Company." Acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Baltimore Transit: 1943

April 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. One-armed painter, hired since the war, repainting the interior of a trolley at the maintenance terminal of the Baltimore Transit Company." Acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. One-armed painter, hired since the war, repainting the interior of a trolley at the maintenance terminal of the Baltimore Transit Company." Acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Baltimore Jam: 1943

April 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. Transportation for war-swollen population. Traffic jam as workers of the first shift leave the Bethlehem Fairfield shipyards in cars and trolleys on the road to Baltimore." Photo by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. Transportation for war-swollen population. Traffic jam as workers of the first shift leave the Bethlehem Fairfield shipyards in cars and trolleys on the road to Baltimore." Photo by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Terminal Trolleys: 1943

April 1943. Baltimore, Maryland. "Transportation for war-swollen population. The yard of Washington Terminal, maintenance plant of the Baltimore Transit Co. From left to right: old trolley made into a smoker for employees; a work car; and an old horse car. Baltimore Trust building on the horizon." Photo by Marjory Collins, Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. Baltimore, Maryland. "Transportation for war-swollen population. The yard of Washington Terminal, maintenance plant of the Baltimore Transit Co. From left to right: old trolley made into a smoker for employees; a work car; and an old horse car. Baltimore Trust building on the horizon." Photo by Marjory Collins, Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Check Engine: 1943

March 1943. "Clovis, New Mexico. Private Clarence Stephens of Streator, Illinois, a member of the U.S. Army Railroad Battalion stationed at Clovis, with Sidney Mack, engine inspector at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad shops. They are inspecting one of the 5000 Class freight engines." Acetate negative by Jack Delano,  Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Clovis, New Mexico. Private Clarence Stephens of Streator, Illinois, a member of the U.S. Army Railroad Battalion stationed at Clovis, with Sidney Mack, engine inspector at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad shops. They are inspecting one of the 5000 Class freight engines." Acetate negative by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.

 

ColumBus: 1943

September 1943. "Columbus, Ohio. An old model bus, of the type which would ordinarily have been scrapped but is now being rebuilt because of the shortage of buses, parked in Columbus." Acetate negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.

September 1943. "Columbus, Ohio. An old model bus, of the type which would ordinarily have been scrapped but is now being rebuilt because of the shortage of buses, parked in Columbus." Acetate negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Texacoffins: 1943

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.

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.

 

Miss Amphibious: 1943

April 1943. "Detroit. Transportation of U.S. Army equipment. Amphibian jeeps waiting to be loaded on trucks." Photo by Arthur Siegel, Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. "Detroit. Transportation of U.S. Army equipment. Amphibian jeeps waiting to be loaded on trucks." Photo by Arthur Siegel, Office of War Information. View full size.

 

66 & 85: 1943

February 1943. "Albuquerque, New Mexico. Stores on West Central Avenue." An alternate view of this corner. Acetate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

February 1943. "Albuquerque, New Mexico. Stores on West Central Avenue." An alternate view of this corner. Acetate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Future Farmer: 1943

February 1943. "Madison, Wisconsin. Farm short course at the University of Wisconsin. Robert A. Janowski, who is eighteen years old and a high school graduate, comes from a sixty-four acre farm of which five acres are cultivated. His father works as an automobile mechanic in Chicago." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

February 1943. "Madison, Wisconsin. Farm short course at the University of Wisconsin. Robert A. Janowski, who is eighteen years old and a high school graduate, comes from a sixty-four acre farm of which five acres are cultivated. His father works as an automobile mechanic in Chicago." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

I Am the Egg Lady: 1943

February 1943. "Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Farm labor training program to aid in war food production. Mrs. Younkers grading eggs. There are three boys in this family who will also help with farm work." Photo by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

February 1943. "Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Farm labor training program to aid in war food production. Mrs. Younkers grading eggs. There are three boys in this family who will also help with farm work." Photo by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Stop, Look, Listen: 1943

June 1943. "New Britain, Connecticut, is home to many essential war industries. A woman railroad crossing watcher letting down the gates until the train passes." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size.

June 1943. "New Britain, Connecticut, is home to many essential war industries. A woman railroad crossing watcher letting down the gates until the train passes." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

TICKETS: 1943

April 1943. "San Augustine, Texas. Story of a small town. The waiting room in the railroad station." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. "San Augustine, Texas. Story of a small town. The waiting room in the railroad station." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

The Woman in the Window: 1943

May 1943. "Beaumont, Texas. Wartime occupational replacement by women in men's traditional jobs. Lady in signal tower who operates block signals for railroad crossing." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

May 1943. "Beaumont, Texas. Wartime occupational replacement by women in men's traditional jobs. Lady in signal tower who operates block signals for railroad crossing." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Coal Goes to War: 1942

November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion No. 1 coal cleaning plant of Pittsburgh Coal Company." Photo by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.

November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion No. 1 coal cleaning plant of Pittsburgh Coal Company." Photo by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.

 
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