CARLI Digital Collections Featured Image: Women Workers


Women Workers;Lee, Russell; 1948
From Daily Life Along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (2009) (The Newberry Library) in CARLI Digital Collections.

To celebrate its centennial in 1955, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad hired Newberry President and Librarian Stanley Pargellis and newspaperman and historian Lloyd Lewis to edit a book documenting the social and economic impact of the railroad. The resulting Granger Country: A Pictorial Social History of the Burlington Railroad (1949) was heavily illustrated with historical materials and contemporary photographs taken by two nationally recognized photographers, Esther Bubley and Russell Lee. Their photographs tell the Burlington story through images of trains, stations, rails, travelers, and workers. This digital collection contains a selection of these unique photographs, focusing on Illinois scenes, the railroad, and its workers.

This image of two women workers wearing headscarves and safety goggles on their heads was taken in the CB&Q Havelock repair shop (Lincoln, Neb.).

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