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Steam & Excursion > Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.comDate: 03/11/24 17:11 Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: Frisco1522 Date: 03/11/24 17:46 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: jcaestecker Killer! Thanks for posting.
-John Date: 03/11/24 18:13 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: patd3985 Boy! She sure looks "Rode Hard And Put Away Wet"!
Date: 03/11/24 18:30 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: Lackawanna484 The Library of Congress has a huge inventory of Mr Delano's railroad work for the Office of War Information, part of the US government's World War II propaganda operation. They also have his work documenting the Great Depression for the Farm Security Administration.
https://thegreatdepressionphotos.wordpress.com/photographers-2/jack-delano/#jp-carousel-377 Date: 03/11/24 18:55 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: SR2 patd3985 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Boy! She sure looks "Rode Hard And Put Away Wet"! Being it says 12-42, the war is on, things are not going real well. Locomotives are being used at maximum capacity.... not a lot of time for cosmetics. Just sayin'...... SR2 Date: 03/11/24 19:04 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: refarkas A beautiful example of photographic time travel.
bob Date: 03/11/24 19:10 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: srman A very dramatic image.
Date: 03/11/24 20:49 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: wp1801 Lackawanna484 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The Library of Congress has a huge inventory of Mr > Delano's railroad work for the Office of War Thanks for the wonderful link! > Information, part of the US government's World War > II propaganda operation. They also have his work > documenting the Great Depression for the Farm > Security Administration. > > https://thegreatdepressionphotos.wordpress.com/pho > tographers-2/jack-delano/#jp-carousel-377 Date: 03/11/24 22:20 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: Elesco The FSA/WPA photographers used large format cameras and knew what they were doing.
Date: 03/12/24 07:01 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: Lackawanna484 Elesco Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The FSA/WPA photographers used large format > cameras and knew what they were doing.The Yes Documenting the suffering and sacrifice many Americans endured was a key part of FDR's pressure on Congress to help with relief and recovery. Posted from Android Date: 03/12/24 09:39 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: randgust Wow, what a photo. Location?
Date: 03/12/24 11:51 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: colehour Elesco Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The FSA/WPA photographers used large format > cameras and knew what they were doing. Some of those photographers were eventually recognized for their outstanding work, like Gordon Parks and Dorothea Lange. The Chicago History Museum had an exhibit of Delano's works in 2015. I visited the exhibit and was, of course, duly impressed. Date: 03/12/24 13:01 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: Frisco1522 randgust Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Wow, what a photo. Location? Chicago Date: 03/12/24 13:26 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: UP3806 randgust Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Wow, what a photo. Location? Probably 40th Street. Tom Date: 03/13/24 13:02 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: railstiesballast We are fortrunate that the nation's leaders had a sense of history and knew to preserve these as documentation of the reality of the times, warts and all.
While FDR may have used some of the photos to pressure congress makes no difference to their value as history. The truth hurts sometimes in RR nostalgia. Date: 03/13/24 15:47 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: Lackawanna484 Many Americans and members of Congress had no idea of the suffering endured by farmers in Oklahoma, share croppers in Alabama, and migrant pickers in Oregon.
The photography stirred many to respond. And others tried to shut down the program. Posted from Android Date: 03/13/24 18:34 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: railstiesballast Sounds like news from 2024....
Date: 03/16/24 16:59 Re: Jack Delano C&NW 12-42 from Shorpy.com Author: ns1000 Very nice...!!
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