• Collection ID DN-0067254
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Soldiers, Battery C, standing on flatbed railroad cars, arriving at 47th Street and Wabash Avenue yards, man resting against train car] [graphic].
  • Dates ca. 1916 Nov. 3.
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Portrait of soldiers from Battery C of the Illinois National Guard, standing on flatbed railroad cars as they arrive from Texas at the East 47th Street and South Wabash Avenue railroad yards in Chicago, Illinois. Their wagons are on the train as well. A man is resting against the train car, and two people are talking to each other as they stand on the train tracks near the train. A locomotive, with smoke coming from its chimney, is approaching on the tracks next to the soldiers.
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  • Names
    • Illinois. National Guard.
    • Illinois. National Guard. Regiment, 1st. Battery C.
  • Subjects
    • Soldiers Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Railroads Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage
    • 47th Street (Chicago, Ill.) 1910-1919.
    • Wabash Avenue (Chicago, Ill.) 1910-1919.
    • Grand Boulevard (Chicago, Ill.) 1910-1919.
    • Chicago (Ill.) 1910-1919.
  • Genre
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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