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A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two men at a desk. Office of War Information Photograph

V-mail. Paper reproductions from V-mail microfilm are developed, fixed washed and dried on a continuous paper processing machine at the Pentagon building, Washington, D.C. V-mail is available to and from the armed forces stationed outside the United States. It is only 1/65th the weight of ordinary mail and saves ninety-eight percent of the cargo space required for ordinary letters. 1,600 letters can be placed on a roll of film little larger than a pack of cigarettes

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Office of War Information Photograph

V-mail. Letters to members of the armed forces overseas are photographed on V-mail microfilm at the Pentagon building, Washington, D.C. V-mail is available to and from the armed forces stationed outside the United States. It is only 1/65th the weight of ordinary mail and saves ninety-eight percent of the cargo space required for ordinary letters. 1,600 letters can be placed on a roll of film little larger than a pack of cigarettes

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men sitting at a table - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

V-mail. In the V-mail room at the Pentagon building, Washington, D.C., an armed courier delivers letters for filming and reproducing at the official photo mail station. V-mail is available to and from the armed forces stationed outside the United States. It is only 1/65th the weight of ordinary mail and saves ninety-eight percent of the cargo space required for ordinary letters. 1,600 letters can be placed on a roll of film little larger than a pack of cigarettes

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Office of War Information Photograph

V-mail. Enlarged reproduction from V-mail microfilm are made on a continuous enlarger at the Pentagon building, Washington, D.C. V-mail is available to and from the armed forces stationed outside the United States. It is only 1/65th the weight of ordinary mail and saves ninety-eight percent of the cargo space required for ordinary letters. 1,600 letters can be placed on a roll of film little larger than a pack of cigarettes

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Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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01/01/1943
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United States. Office of War Information.
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A black and white photo of a man on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

Seamen's Bank for Savings, 74 Wall St., New York City. Mail room II

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Launch Pad 3 West, Napa & Alden Roads, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinder heads for R-1340 Wasp planes are inspected in a large Eastern plant now producing a huge number of fine American engines for our fighting air forces. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Launch Operations Building, Napa & Alden Roads, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Launch Pad 3 West, Napa & Alden Roads, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

[Unidentified soldier in Union frock coat and forage cap with cartridge pouch, ammunition pack, and bayoneted musket]

[The National Archives' reproduction of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

Installation of the United States Office of War Information (OWI) exhibit of original drawings and paintings by artists now in the armed forces. Preview, before shipping to Australia, held at the office of the Overseas Picture Division in the Auditor's Building

Sorting mail on board a mail car

Making boxes to pack socks in the textile mill in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia

Farm worker getting mail at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm family migratory labor camp. Yakima, Washington. At this camp the post office was combined with the Washington State employment service office and in this way the state employment representative kept close check on how much work residents were getting

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district of columbia washington dc nitrate negatives v mail reproduction microfilm v mail microfilm enlarger pentagon washington forces weight mail ninety eight percent ninety eight percent cargo space cargo space letters roll film pack cigarettes farm security administration united states history wwii world war ii world war 2 library of congress