Test run of a Vista Dome railroad car for use in postwar America, Illinois, 1945

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Photograph. Interior view of passengers sitting in Vista Dome railroad car during testing. "8/10/45. TEST RUN OF VISTA DOME RAILROAD CAR TO BE U.S.ED IN THE U, S, [sic] AFTER THE WAR. This newly completed vista dome car, shown on its test run, is one of the many innovations American railroads will inaugurate after the war for the pleasure and comfort of their passengers. In this car, a glass enclosed dome is built into the roof, giving passengers an unobstructed view of the scenery. Two previews of these new type [of] trains were given in the summer of 1945 in the Midwestern U.S. state of Illinois. Photo through Rome U.S.I.S. 43182-PNT. APPROVED BY APPROPRIATE MILITARY AUTHORITY. A & C LISTS ONLY. FOR EXHIBIT ONLY. NOT FOR PUBLICATION." Illinois, United States. 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.616
Date: 
1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Railroad cars--American--Illinois
Testing--Illinois
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Items from the service of Isaac "Ike" Bethel Utley, who was born in Smith Mills, Kentucky on 3 March 1920. Ike enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 19 January 1942. He was shipped overseas to the European Theatre and worked with a supply division based out of the city of Naples with an office set up in a residential villa. Utley worked with the Office of War Information and used their photographs in news articles to inform soldiers of the progress of the war. At war's end, Utley returned stateside. A trunk full of over 800 photographs from the O.W.I. arrived on his doorstep from his office in Italy, sender unknown. This collection consists of those photographs.
Geography: 
Illinois
Latitude: 
40.000
Longitude: 
-89.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Railroad cars--American--Illinois
Testing--Illinois