switches
5 photos tagged switches, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.
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Tags that often appear on the same photos:
- libraryofcongress
- xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
- switch
- dials
- railroad
- chicago
- yard
- december
- railway
- points
- 1942
- sidings
- jackdelano
- tracks
- radio
- key
- technology
- headset
- wires
- wireless
- 1910s
- coil
- amateur
- telegraph
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Recent uploads
The last upload was April 2012.
April 10, 1965 from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded April 2012
Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997) from Smithsonian Institution uploaded March 2012
General view of one of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad yards, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Amateur wireless station (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997)
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General view of one of the classification yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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Nathan Gilmer said:
These pictures are great. I am really happy that the Library of Congress is doing this.
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shira said:
Wonderful photo! Ditto, I am happy LC is doing this. I was 1 month old when this was taken, in Illinois to boot, and this scene brings back fond memories. The more railroad pictures you post, the better! Bravo and thank you.
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Niels Koopmans said:
What a fantastic serie of beautiful photos. Fantastic that the Library of Congress is doing this. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)
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Thomas Hobbs said:
This is a real treasure of the public domain. I think it is fantastic to make these available through Flickr, the best photo sharing site around. It is a shame they have not uploaded the full resolution images. The LOC's own site will often have 20MB scans of these photos. I've made some beautiful prints of New York's Penn Station from there.
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John Sayers said:
Thomas, the link to the persistent URL in the description area will take you to a high-resolution version of the image. Good luck!
Amateur wireless station (LOC)
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Max Perrini said:
Are inviting you to join them and add this wonderful photo to their group.
Marconi, Radio and Radioamateurs Activity
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Doubtful Science said:
Nice picture that how commnication technology has been improved. Although its function is very simple, the machine itself looks very complicated.
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Lú_ said:
This photograph is part of the Indicommons.org post Happy Birthday, Samuel Morse!

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Ken Carr said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Ham Shacks, and we'd love to have this added to the group!