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Memorial Day: 1942​

Southington, Connecticut. The town's war factories did not close, thus the small number of spectators.
 

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On 3 July 1938, Mallard claimed the world speed record for steam locomotives at 126 mph during a trial run of a new, quick-acting brake, known as the Westinghouse QSA brake. The speed was achieved during the downward grade of Stoke Bank, south of Grantham at milepost 90¼, between Little Bytham and Essendine stations. Mallard hauled a seven-coach train, including a dynamometer car which housed apparatus to record the speed. The speed it recorded exceeded the previous record speed of 124.5 mph set in Germany in 1936 by DRG Class 05 No. 002. Mallard was just four months old at the time of the record, and was operated by driver Joseph Duddington, a man renowned for taking calculated risks, and fireman Thomas Bray. Upon arrival at London King's Cross, driver Duddington and inspector Sid Jenkins were quoted as saying that they thought a speed of 130 mph would have been possible if the train did not need to slow for a set of junctions at Essendine.

The third picture is that of an artist's impression. Only black & white photos were taken on the day.
 
Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 4, 1956. The train from New York to Memphis, where Elvis was traveling back home, makes a stop in Chattanooga to rest and have breakfast. Elvis is waiting for his eggs and sandwich at the Terminal Station Coffee Shop.

A black woman, standing, also waits for her breakfast, a tuna sandwich, but the counter is racially segregated and she can't sit down.

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