midwest

20 photos and 1 illustration tagged midwest, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.

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1939

2013

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British Library digitised image from page 80 of "The History of Des Moines County, Iowa, containing a history of the county ... a biographical directory of citizens ... portraits of early settlers and prominent men ... history of Iowa, map of Des Moines C from British Library uploaded July 2014
Swearingen SA.227AC Metro III N223 from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2010
Beech Model 99 N4099A from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2010
Beech Model 99 N4099A from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2010
Beech Model 99 N3990A from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2010
Soldiers Home. Cairo, Ill. from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Trucks unloading at the inbound freight house of the Illinois Central Railroad, South Water Street freight terminal, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Diesel switch engine moving freight cars at the South Water street freight terminal of the Illinois Central R.R., Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
General view of part of the South Water Street freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
General view of part of the South Water street freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, Ill. A C and O R.R. caboose. the C and O is one of the railroads that lease terminal facilities from the I.C.R.R (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Diesel switch engineer moving freight cars at the South Water street freight terminal of the Illinois Central R.R., Chicago, Ill. The N.Y. Central is one of the railroads that lease terminal facilities from the I.C.R.R. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
View of a Chicago and Northwestern railroad freight house. A long line of truck trailers are loading and unloading goods, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard operating a signal switch system which extends the length of the hump track. He is thus able to control movements of locomotives pushing the train over the hump from his post at the hump office; Chic from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008

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Beech Model 99 N4099A

from SDASM Archives

Imre Quastler said:
Photo taken on my first trip to Kansas to write a history of Air Midwest. The plane is arriving, from Wichita I believe. That airline had an outstanding bunch of employees, helpful and friendly. I. E. Quastler

General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

1 older comment, and then…
Man_of Steel said:
Great image- showing how the rails / transport system "built' this great City..
chicagogeek said:
And to think this is where Millennium Park stands now.
Joel said:

The Pittsfield today. Slight color change, and in better company too.
mikey.mike.mikey.mike said:
Wow Pabst Blue Ribbon... haha
Windy said:
LOL the PBR sign made me smile.

Work horses near Junction City, Kansas (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

1 older comment, and then…
K. Johnson said:
Oh these horses work hard - note the rubbing on the neck from the collar.
jennifer thelen said:
This reminded me of the Wizard of Oz for some reason. I then realized that this was in Kansas. Perhaps it was something about the air in Kansas or the style of houses that reminded me of the scene in the movie?
Rach' White said:
I really like this picture, looks almost as if time stood still :-)
Pam said:
Looks like my backyard, horses and all.
Nancy Hastings said:
Excellent landscape, with these horses as the foreground subject. Nicely done!