Both of the Rothstein photos, along with many others appear in a book "An
American Journey"..Images of railroading during the depression"
The Zephyr photo is a 1 and 1/2 page spread just inside the front cover...The
Hitchcock County photo is on page 140....Hitchcock county is in SW Nebraska.'
The photo probably taken along the line betweem Benkleman and Culbertson...near
the Republican River. There are 43 Rothstein photos in the book
Pete
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From: Gerald Edgar <vje68@hotmail.com>
To: cbq <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, Dec 15, 2010 4:02 pm
Subject: [CBQ] 2 vintage CB&Q pics
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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