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[U.S. soldiers undressing in Pullman car] / photo by Pullman Company. – Antique Photo Print

[U.S. soldiers undressing in Pullman car] / photo by Pullman Company., [1942(?)] — historic photograph
[U.S. soldiers undressing in Pullman car] / photo by Pullman Company., [1942(?)]. Historic photograph from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [U.S. soldiers undressing in Pullman car] / photo by Pullman Company.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[U.S. soldiers undressing in Pullman car] / photo by Pullman Company.

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Soldiers settling into the berths of a Pullman sleeping car make this one stand out from the many railroad images in the collection. The Pullman Company, the largest operator of sleeping cars in the United States, appears to have made the photograph around 1942, the date given with a question mark in the record. By then, the nation's railroads were carrying enormous numbers of troops, and sleeping cars were a familiar sight on long wartime journeys. The picture offers a candid look at the cramped, everyday routines of traveling men during the war.

Created / published[1942(?)]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.
SubjectsSoldiers--1940-1950. Railroad sleeping cars--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,000 × 3,828 px · prints to 10 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-186143

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