[CBQ] 2 vintage CB&Q pics

[Gerald Edgar <vje68@hotmail.com>]

In response to the link to the 1940's photos, Ken Martin provided me a link to 
the main body of b/w prints from the same Federal project.  I searched and 
found 2 pics that show CB&Q subject matter..  One shows a Twin City Zephyr in 
the summer of "39 at the old downtown depot in LaCrosse; the other depicts a 
section of CB&Q track in Hitchcock Co., Neb in March of "40.  Both are by an 
Arthur Rothstein, one of the group of photogs hired by the Gov't. during the 
Depression into WWII.  I placed them in a new photo file titled Rothstein 
Photos.  The Twin Zephyr pic is full of detail, an o/b wood boxcar in 
background by frt house, the BR sign (partially blocked by a street light so 
even pros make mistakes when taking pics!) and a kid on an old balloon tire 
bike.  In contrast, the Hitchcock pic (no exact location) is a lonely section 
of single track.  Not having a map in front of me I have no idea what line this 
may be but noted the telegraph poles are further from the track than normal, 
suggesting a wide ROW despite it being single track (albeit very well groomed 
during the Great Depression)
 

 

Gerald  
                                          

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