Photograph first published in the New York evening newspaper PM Daily, 7 September, 1944; "The freelance newspaper photographer Arthur Fellig, better known as 'Weegee', was notorious in New York in the 1930s for being the first to arrive at...
A man stands next to paint cans of Nu-Enamel in front of a decorative train car painted white with people's portraits and America on it. Title supplied by cataloger.
Railroad tracks run around and through the complex of the American Car and Foundry Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. A picket fence separates the industrial property from the street. Numerous long low buildings populate the area. A few...
Railroad cars; Railroad tracks; Railroad shops & yards; Men
André Jeunet, wearing corduroy pants, military leggings, a jacket and beret, sits on the back of a railroad car. Another train and more railroad tracks are in the background. Picture was taken while he was on military leave in Jougne, Doubs,...
A group of four women and four boys stands in the road next to an early-model car. They are likely related to Jean Thomas, who is the second woman from the right. Title supplied by cataloger.
Outside a Brown-Forman Distilleries building a man stands with his hand on a car covered in advertising. The advertising includes such products as Old Forester Whisky, Bottoms Up Whisky, and Old Polk Whisky. The bottom of the advertising reads,...
Oil and mixed media on burlap. (caption); "One of these Happenings was Dine's Car Crash, and this painting formed part of the improvised scenery." (p.40)
"In a darkened room, Dine, acting the part of 'car' in a silver-sprayed cap and raincoat, swerved to avoid 'hits' from the raking 'headlights' attached to fellow performers. The lights went on and off amid clatterings and amplified collision...
Driver and passenger in black 4-door convertible attempt to navigate flood street in residential area, presumably in Louisville, Kentucky, in the aftermath of the 1937 flood. The law and sidewalk to the left of the intersection are also covered in...
A car drives down a rural road which is lined with a post-and-wire fence. To the right a mailbox marks the entry to a property where a couple of people are sitting outside. To the left a utility pole and distant houses are visible among the bushes...
Floods; Automobiles; Automobile service stations; Buildings; Transportation; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Flood damage
A car ruined by the 1937 flood sits outside the Bybee Bros. service station. The car is covered in mud, inside and out, as is shown by the open car door and the front tire is flat. A sign for Standard Oil products stands above the gas pumps.
