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White House aspirants join political rally at National Press Club. Thomas Dewey. Washington, D.C., March 1. Ten potential presidential candidates were expected to attend an off the record political rally at the National Press Club tonight. Each aspirant is expected to give a short but pithy speech on why he should not be elected president. In preparation for this bit of satire for the evening, the huge dining room of the press club was decorated with farcical caricatures. This is a sample of one of them, 3-1- 40

A sign that says get the toilet out of your pants we need bulletts. World War Two Era FSA/OWI Photograph.

Dixon S. Miles, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Original posters designed by plant employees are frequently used by labor-management committees in the war production drive. This poster was executed by a worker at the E.I. DuPont DeNemours plant, Charleston, West Virginia

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01/01/1942
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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C.C. Carlin on stand, 5/26/20 - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Slots on "ride cafeteria" board, showing arrangement by district and by shift to assist plant employees in car pooling

Trainmen of Topeka Street Railway Co., Apil [sic] 27, 1913

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men whose hands are fashioning powerful new additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding naval forces. A few miles away at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, other thousands are also coming off their shifts. This scene is typical of dozens of shipyards throughout the nation. Shipyard workers have a lot to smile about, for invariably they have done their work so well and efficiently that production is ahead of schedule

A black and white photo of a woman driving a truck. Office of War Information Photograph

Tents for FSA (Farm Security Administration) employees, manager, nurse, etc. at the FSA migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho

Production, America's answer! / Jean Carlu.

War production drive. The war production drive committee in the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company plant in Cleveland approved this pledge card. The signing of each card impressed the worker with his individual responsibility for the success of the drive. Many other plants have used similar pledges and many plants forward these signed pledges to Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), as a gesture of their commitment to increase production

Baltimore, Md. The 'work' cards, by means of which constant check is kept on what is being done with each block of social security account applications, are punched in the Production and Control Section. Each hole in each 'work' or operation card represents a letter or a numeral. When translated, these give necessary pertinent data for the daily and permanent work records of the Social Security Board Records Office in Baltimore, Maryland. The photograph above shows a worker in the Production and Control Section of the Records Office punching 'work' on operation cards

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. A civilian defense worker in the nation's capitol. District of Columbia commissioner J. Russell Young, Colonel Lemuel Bolles, District of Columbia director of civilian defense addressed the throng on hand to witness the unveiling in the nation's capitol of the 15 x 30 fot photmontages entitled "The Four Freedoms" and "The Arsenal of Democracy." These were designed for the (OEM) Office of Emergency Managmement by the eminent poster artist Jean Carlu and were first seen in New York. From there they came to Washington, where they were displayed for a month beginning November 7, 1941. Then they were sent out for display in various other cities throughout the country. Seated on the platform is Colonel Lemuel Bolles, director of civilian defense for the nation's capitol

Applying glue before putting on outer sole of boot. Cowboy boot shop, Alpine, Texas

Employees of Coca-Cola plant on strike, Sikeston, Missouri

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safety film negatives original posters original posters plant employees plant employees committees war production drive war production drive worker dupont denemours dupont denemours plant charleston virginia art posters 1940 s 40 s united states history advertisements free art posters library of congress