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AT&SF employees at the 18th St. coach yard, Chicago, Illinois, cleaning carpet. The carpets were cleaned weekly or up to three months depending on the service of the cars. After cleaning, they were placed in drying compartments.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1940
Item Number: 51809
Call Number: ATSF Series 2, #459.02
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 51809
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Transportation
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Employees
Business and Industry - Railroad - Rolling stock - Passenger cars
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1940s - 1940
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Other States - Illinois
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Employees
Transportation - Railroads - Rolling stock - Passenger cars
Type of Material - Photographs
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