Indiana-Harbor-Belt-RR
Delano, Jack, photographer. Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a "fusee" - used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means "back up." Calumet City, Ill. 1943 Jan. Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. Subjects: Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad World War, 1939-1945 Railroad switches Signal lights Sunrises & sunsets United States--Illinois--Calumet City Format: Transparencies--Color Rights Info: on publication. Repository:, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.gov/.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-2 (DLC) 93845501 General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.gov/.pnp/pp.fsac Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.gov/.pnp/fsac.1a34694
- Date
- 1943
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 784 × 1,024 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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