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Image Not Available for I’m a train conductor. I love railroading, it's exciting. Each trip is different and I never know where I'm going. My dad and his brothers my wife, her dad and her brothers were all railroaders. It runs in the family
I’m a train conductor. I love railroading, it's exciting. Each trip is different and I never know where I'm going. My dad and his brothers my wife, her dad and her brothers were all railroaders. It runs in the family
Image Not Available for I’m a train conductor. I love railroading, it's exciting. Each trip is different and I never know where I'm going. My dad and his brothers my wife, her dad and her brothers were all railroaders. It runs in the family

I’m a train conductor. I love railroading, it's exciting. Each trip is different and I never know where I'm going. My dad and his brothers my wife, her dad and her brothers were all railroaders. It runs in the family

Artist Bill Owens (American, born 1938)
CultureAmerican
Date1975, printed 2006
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
SignedSigned in graphite and stamped "Extra Book Print" on verso
PortfolioWorking
Credit LineGifts of Susan and Neal Yanofsky
Object number2021.51.12
Not on view
ProvenanceSusan and Neal Yanofsky | Chrysler Museum of ArtPublished ReferencesIllustrated: Bill Owens: Working [I Do It For The Money], Simon and Schuster, 1977, pl. 57
Image Not Available for I’m a supervisor for a drayage company and tonight we're moving an oil-derrick platform. It's 116 feet long and weighs 186 tons. It will take us three hours to go six miles. I don't think I could work sitting at a desk. My next job will be moving oil-refinery equipment to Saudi Arabia. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
I’m a supervisor for a drayage company and tonight we're moving an oil-derrick platform. It's 116 feet long and weighs 186 tons. It will take us three hours to go six miles. I don't think I could work sitting at a desk. My next job will be moving oil-refinery equipment to Saudi Arabia. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
1976
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2023.
Bill Owens
My dad always had a smile on his face so we named the company "Kruger & Sons, Home of the Happy Pickle." We are the most efficient pickle-packing plant on the West Coast, processing eight to ten million pounds of cucumbers each year. I started sorting pickles when I was ten years old. Dad would bring them home from work. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
1975
Image Not Available for The summer review "Broadway's Best" was held at the ampitheater. Learning my dance routine, getting my costume ready, and learning my sons was a lot of work. It's too bad the community didn't support our efforts. Attendance was poor. I guess people have other things to do, but we still had a great time putting on the performance. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
The summer review "Broadway's Best" was held at the ampitheater. Learning my dance routine, getting my costume ready, and learning my sons was a lot of work. It's too bad the community didn't support our efforts. Attendance was poor. I guess people have other things to do, but we still had a great time putting on the performance. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
1969-1975
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
The Return Of The Wright Brothers' Airplane From England To The United States
1949-1953
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Frank Lemon
The Wright brothers' "Strange Contraption" rises at Kitty Hawk, 1903
1928
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Two Brothers Dressed In Elaborate Clothing
1855
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Two Brothers
1850
Image Not Available for I can take six months or more of on-the-job training to become a microelectronics assembly technician. Only young people can do this work as your eyes don't last. The circuit I'm working on is part of a guidance system for military aircraft. I ride horses an play tennis to relieve the tension
Bill Owens
I can take six months or more of on-the-job training to become a microelectronics assembly technician. Only young people can do this work as your eyes don't last. The circuit I'm working on is part of a guidance system for military aircraft. I ride horses an play tennis to relieve the tension
1976
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.
Danny Lyon
Frosty Myers at Maxes Kansas City Restaurant. When I asked Frosty recently if he recalled the names of his two friends, he said, "Their names? I didn't even know who they were"
1967
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
John Tobin
I Think I'm Gonna Croak
1977
Image Not Available for My big brother
Unknown
My big brother
19th to 20th Century
Image Not Available for Being a salesman is easy. It's fun to manipulate people, to get a reaction, to find out where they're at. I used to be in mangagement; I hated it. All I want to do is sell furniture. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
Being a salesman is easy. It's fun to manipulate people, to get a reaction, to find out where they're at. I used to be in mangagement; I hated it. All I want to do is sell furniture. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
1976
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