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A black and white photo of a group of men. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

Massaponax Church, Va. "Council of War": Gen. Ulysses S. Grant examining map held by Gen. George G. Meade

Man who, by remote control, operates cable cars which carry materials to construction work at Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

A black and white photo of a man working on a plane, possibly related to: Day laborer adjusting plow points on tractor-drawn planter, farm near Ralls, Texas

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Rammed earth construction, near Birmingham. Form sections should not be larger than can be handled by a crew of three or four men. Alabama

Rammed earth construction, near Birmingham. Form sections should not be larger than can be handled by a crew of three or four men. Alabama

Rammed earth construction, near Birmingham. Form sections should not be larger than can be handled by a crew of three or four men. Alabama

Rammed earth construction near Birmingham, Alabama. Forms sections should not be larger than can be handled by a crew of three or four men

Rammed earth construction near Birmingham, Alabama. Forms sections should not be larger than can be handled by a crew of three or four men

Rammed earth construction near Birmingham, Alabama. Three-inch layers are tamped in the forms until it is filled

Rammed earth construction near Birmingham, Alabama. The forms are so designed that they may be removed and used again

Rammed earth construction near Birmingham, Alabama. The forms are so designed that they may be removed and used again

Rammed earth construction near Birmingham, Alabama. The workmen stand in the forms and knead the loose earth with tampers

Rammed earth construction, near Birmingham. Form sections should not be larger than can be handled by a crew of three or four men. Alabama

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Title and other information from caption card.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Temp. note: usf34batch2

Film copy on SIS roll 21, frame 47.

No F34.

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alabama jefferson county birmingham rammed earth safety film negatives lot 1611 thomas hibben photo earth construction form sections four men ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress
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01/01/1937
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alabama
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inches instead of larger. Used at the Herman Kiefer Hospital for Communicable Diseases, to show various stages of tuberculosis. Timer for x-ray apparatus

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Fixture which holds bare of raw materials from which small pieces, cut to size, are obtained for production of precision parts for Uncle Sam's machine gun squads. Site of these operations is an Eastern factory which has been converted from manufacture of oil burners to production of war essentials. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

A group of people sitting around a fire. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Wings for "Valiant" basic trainers at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Civilian defense in the United States

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Power Check Pad with Suppressor, Near Idaho at Alabama Avenue, on flightline Apron, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Town of Madison, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

Tire recapping. A recap job on a passenger car tire. The tire with a tread strip of reclaimed camelback rubber is put into a curing mold. The old tread surface had previously been ground down evenly and coated with rubber adhesive. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

Cotton on the porch of Bud Fields' home. Hale County, Alabama

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Working on a forepeak at night

7 year old Ferris. Tiny newsie who did not know enough to make change for investigator. There are still too many of these little ones in the larger cities. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

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alabama jefferson county birmingham rammed earth safety film negatives lot 1611 thomas hibben photo earth construction form sections four men ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress