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Untitled photo, possibly related to: Fort Madison, Iowa. Wheeling an engine in the Shopton locomotive shops of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad
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Credit lineUntitled photo, possibly related to: Fort Madison, Iowa. Wheeling an engine in the Shopton locomotive shops of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. 1943-01-01. Delano, Jack. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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