Jack Delano
This Former Switching Engine is being Rebuilt for use on the Road, In the Roundhouse at an Illinois Central Railroad Yard, Chicago, Illinois

This Former Switching Engine is being Rebuilt for use on the Road, In the Roundhouse at an Illinois Central Railroad Yard, Chicago, Illinois

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This Former Switching Engine is being Rebuilt for use on the Road, In the Roundhouse at an Illinois Central Railroad Yard, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistAmerican, born Ukraine, 1914–1997
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • This Former Switching Engine is being Rebuilt for use on the Road, In the Roundhouse at an Illinois Central Railroad Yard, Chicago, Illinois
Date1942, printed 1970s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (24 × 18 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.3 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Bettie Cartwright and John S. Parsley
Object number2020.185
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Heritage Auctions, Dallas, August 12, 2020, Lot 39024]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top edge upside down: JACK DELANO
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right edge upside down: 1 7.5 11

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