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Crew laying tracks

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Crew laying track for the Chicago and North Western Railway Company's Nelson-Peoria Branch near Buda, Illinois. The men seem to be largely white and a...

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J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection

Dining car service under way

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Dinner being served in the Kansas City Zephyr's dining car. All diners are white men and women. An African American waiter in an all white uniform is...

Member of
J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection

Group of railyard workers posing in construction debris

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Group of railyard workers in period clothing posing in construction debris with Joseph F. Cookingham.

Date Published
1916
1918
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

L. Perry Cookingham sitting on rail cart with unidentified man

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L. Perry Cookingham wearing work gloves sitting on rail cart with unidentified man in railyard.

Date Published
1916
1918
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

L. Perry Cookingham with unidentified man and survey equipment

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L. Perry Cookingham in flat cap, jacket and cardigan standing in front of railroad tracks with unidentified man and survey equipment.

Date Published
1916
1918
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

L. Perry Cookingham with unidentified man stands behind a tripod that holds survey equipment

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L. Perry Cookingham in flat cap and jacket, writing in a notepad while unidentified man stands behind a tripod that holds survey equipment.

Date Published
1916
1918
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Men seated in an observation car

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Group of seven white men seated in an observation car on train #55 of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company. Most are smoking and five are...

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J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection

Passengers in a chair car

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Passengers (white men, women, and children) seated in a chair car of the 4400 Series of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company. A white male...

Member of
J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection
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  • Group portraits
  • Railroads--Employees

Member of

  • J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection (4)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (4)

Types

  • photographs (8)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (8)
  • Gelatin silver prints (8)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • (-) Group portraits (8)

Time Periods

  • 1911-1920 (4)

Subjects

  • Men, White (4)
  • Railroads (4)
  • Rail passengers (3)
  • Railroad passenger cars (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • Surveying (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Dinners and dining (1)
  • Railroad cars (1)
  • Railroad construction workers (1)
  • Railroads--Design and construction (1)
  • Railroads--Dining-car service (1)
  • Railroad tracks (1)
  • Railroad trains (1)
  • Waiters (1)
  • Women (1)
  • (-) Railroads--Employees (8)

Subjects, People

  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (3)
  • Cookingham, Joseph F., 1861-1933 (1)

Date Published

  • 1916 (4)
  • 1918 (4)

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