Railroaders: Jack Delano's Homefront Photography

Railroaders: Jack Delano's Homefront Photography by Holzhueter, Mr. Jack. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780615951560.

Railroaders: Jack Delanos Homefront Photography examines Chicagos diverse railroad community during World War II by presenting the portraits and life stories of forty-nine railroad workers. The original color and black-and-white portraits by Jack Delano come from the Library of Congress via the Office of War of Information. The biographies come from the research efforts of John Gruber, Jack Holzhueter, and Scott Lothes at the Center for Railroad Photography & Art. Contempoary photographs by Jack Delanos son, Pablo Delano, and the Centers Gruber and Lothes complement the catalog. There are essays by Pablo Delano, Gruber, and University of Texas professor Jeremi Suri, a leading public historian.