Summary

DescriptionIndiana Harbor Belt Railroad switchman signaling "stop", Calumet City, Illinois, 1943 (LOC fsac.1a34695).jpg	Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a "fusee" - used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means "stop." Calumet City, Ill.
Date	January 1943
Source	This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID fsac.1a34695. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. العربية ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ বাংলা ∙ čeština ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ فارسی ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ עברית ∙ magyar ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ lietuvių ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenčina ∙ slovenščina ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−
Author	Jack Delano  (1914–1997)     Alternative names Jack Ovcharov Description American photographer and composer Date of birth/death 1 August 1914  12 August 1997 / 13 August 1997  Location of birth/death Kiev, Ukraine Puerto Rico Authority file : Q639121 VIAF: 15606251 ISNI: 0000000374087770 ULAN: 500040799 LCCN: n50039039 NAID: 10582048 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q639121

TITLE

Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a "fusee" - used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means "stop." Calumet City, Ill.

CALL NUMBER

LC-USW36-630 <P&P>[P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER

LC-DIG-fsac-1a34695 (digital file from original transparency)

LC-USW361-630 (color film copy slide)

RIGHTS INFORMATION

No known restrictions on publication.

MEDIUM

1 transparency : color.

CREATED/PUBLISHED

1943 Jan.

CREATOR

Delano, Jack^(w), 1914- photographer.

NOTES

Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.

Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178406593

SUBJECTS

Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

World War, 1939-1945

Railroad switches

Signal lights

Sunrises & sunsets

United States--Illinois--Calumet City

FORMAT

Transparencies Color

PART OF

Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-2

REPOSITORY

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

DIGITAL ID

(digital file from original transparency) fsac 1a34695 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34695

CONTROL #

fsa1992000739/PP

Licensing

This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, taken as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. See Copyright.

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