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Independent Coal & Coke Company, Kenilworth, Carbon County, UT

Salvage. Requisitioning auto graveyards. Tons of scrap at the auto graveyard of the Lenox Motor Company, Colmar Manor, Maryland were withheld from the war effort. Donovan, the owner, refused to sell at established junk prices. The material has since been requisitioned by the U.S. government

Auto wreck 14 & T, Washington, D.C., 2416

[Person clearing automobile covered in snow]

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Farm security administration office of war information black and white negatives

Farm security administration office of war information black and white negatives

An old black and white photo of a street. Great Depression and Dust Bowl.

Farm security administration office of war information black and white negatives

Farm security administration office of war information black and white negatives

Farm security administration office of war information black and white negatives

Farm security administration office of war information black and white negatives

Farm security administration office of war information black and white negatives

Farm security administration office of war information black and white negatives

A black and white photo of a motorcycle. Office of War Information Photograph

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Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches).

Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card.

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

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

Film copy on SIS roll 34, frame 384.

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maryland prince georges county colmar manor nitrate negatives lot 1937 albert freeman united states office of war information auto graveyards lenox motor company war effort junk prices ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history automobile car accident car accidents car manor library of congress
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01/01/1942
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colmar manor
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Library of Congress
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label_outline Explore Lenox Motor Company, Lot 1937, Albert Freeman

Production. Parachute making. There is far more to hemming this parachute than running the sewing machine. The operator must match pencil marks on the braid with pencil marks on the seams to turn out infallible parachutes for men in the Air Force. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

In time of war there is no excuse for carelessness, and it is carelessness that is responsible for the loss of most tire mileage. Running into a curb can mean a break in the tire wall, or at least a weakening. Blowouts are more apt to occur when these sidewalls are in bad condition

Latest addition to D.C. War Housing Program. Bulldozer grading the grounds of Wake and Midway Halls, now being completed by Samuel Plato, contractor, for 1,000 Negro women war workers in Washington, D.C

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Army trucks and other vehicles at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are checked thoroughly, and at regular intervals. Wherever possible, motorized military equipment is maintained in constant tip top shape, instantly ready for strenuous action

Production. Jeep engines. This grinding machine in a Midwest plant is doing yeoman service in the production of jeep engines for the Army. Continental Motors, Michigan

A group of people standing around a car. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of an old car. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

Pearl Harbor bombing. Wrecked seaplane. One of the 80 U.S. Navy planes wrecked by Japanese bombs and bullets during the air attacks on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. The plane was an OS2U, an Observation Scout built by Vought-Sikorsky

A black and white photo of a group of men, possibly related to: Laborers at Greenbelt, Maryland

A black and white photo of an old tractor, possibly related to: Land clearing. Prince George's County, Maryland

A black and white photo of a man on a motorcycle. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

High school Victory Corps. Home economics students at Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland, do their part in the school's Victory Corps program by preparing and serving food at cost in the student run cafeteria

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maryland prince georges county colmar manor nitrate negatives lot 1937 albert freeman united states office of war information auto graveyards lenox motor company war effort junk prices ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history automobile car accident car accidents car manor library of congress