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Mrs. Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the roundhouse giving a giant "H" class locomotive a bath of live steam, Clinton, Iowa. Mrs. Sievers is the sole support of her mother and has a son-in-law in the Army (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 4 older comments, and then…
  • jdavis417 said:
    Title: Steamin' Madam at Dirt
  • tech2321 said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Clinton Iowa, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Matthew Brown said:
    Class H were 4-8-4 "Northern" locomotives used in both freight and passenger service. They were delivered in 1929 and rebuilt in 1940, and were apparently some of the largest Northerns ever built. (from www.steamlocomotive.com/northern/cnw.shtml)
  • BigBean said:
    Hi, this photo has been mentioned in a discussion thread in the Flickr Commons group, and we'd love to have this added to the group pool! -- Seen in a discussion of Flickr Commons. (?)
  • dealer de rêves said:
    very nice pic!

Near the waterfront, New Bedford, Mass. (LOC)

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  • Steph Garri said:
    This is my grandparents house right before they bought it. This is the 170 range of Walnut St. In New Bedford MA. Was not expecting to find a picture of it on the internet. Thank you for publishing this.
  • Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
    You're welcome, Steph. Thank you for sharing the street name and vicinity. Please feel free to add any other details you remember about the neighborhood.
  • Logan Zillmer said:
    This reminds me of Walker Evans with the industrial stacks directly behind the homes. Cool photo.
  • Oregon State University said:
    This was used by us for Ask An Expert: extension.oregonstate.edu/question-of-the-week/i-am-bulls...

De-waxing plant at Mid-Continent refinery, Tulsa, Okla. (LOC)

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  • roderickbodine said:
    De-waxing what and why? Can anyone enlighten me?
  • Wyatt Wellman said:
    Dewaxing of petroleum The process of separating hydrocarbons which solidify readily (waxes) from petroleum fractions. www.answers.com/topic/dewaxing-of-petroleum
  • aurelio madrid said:
    ...I get attached to tender images like this.
  • Sainetra Adcanced Eye Care said:
    isn't petroleum jelly a product of this wax?