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July 1939. "Railroad yards. Muskogee, Oklahoma." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
… the cleanest, best-groomed railroad yard ever to grace the pages of Shorpy?
Here we see a baggage car from the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, nicknamed "The Katy" for its initials, MKT.
Known to legions of Blues Brothers fans from the opening credits with "She caught the Katy, and left me a mule to ride."
Even if Merle was only 2 at the time.
Not a plastic bag or single piece of litter in sight.
It’s a place where even squares can have a ball.
I see him. The Okie from Muskogee.
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