Section gang working on railroad track, Chicago, May 1948
- Title Section gang working on railroad track, Chicago, May 1948
- Alternative Title Section gang lifting rail
- Creator Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
- Date 1948-05
- Medium Photographs
- Description Six men lifting a section of rail onto a hand cart on which two other sections lie. Another man, only partly visible, is bending to the ground behind them. The Link-Belt Company building can be seen on the other side of the station behind the group of men.
- Type Still image
- Subjects Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--Employees; Railroad tracks--Maintenance and repair; Railroad rails; Handcarts; African Americans; Link-Belt Company; Western Avenue Station (Chicago, Ill.)
- Place Illinois--Chicago
- Contributors Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
- Photo Number Granger 187
- Digital Collection Daily Life Along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; Explore Chicago Collections
- Archival Collection Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Archives
- Contributing Institution Newberry Library
- Rights All rights reserved by the Newberry Library. Permission to reproduce in any format must be requested in writing. Contact Photoduplication Department, Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610. Phone: 312-255-3566 E-mail: photoduplication@newberry.org
- Filename CBQGR187.jpg
- Reference Url http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/u?/nby_rrlife,224
- Digital Collection Daily Life Along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
- Rights All rights reserved by the Newberry Library. Permission to reproduce in any format must be requested in writing. Contact Photoduplication Department, Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610. Phone: 312-255-3566 E-mail: photoduplication@newberry.org