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Saying grace before the barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods from the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, Chicago, Ill.

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jim Norris, homesteader, Pie Town, New Mexico

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School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a festival in May 1942, Southington, Conn.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mountaineers and farmers trading mules and horses on "Jockey St.," near the Court House, Campton, Wolfe County, Ky.

Photograph shows Sign on building: Wolfe County Office WPA Project Superintendent; sign on car: Jesus saves.

Commuters, who have just come off the train, waiting for the bus to go home, Lowell, Massachusetts.

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A black and white photo of men working on old cars. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is More

A large group of people standing in front of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is More

A group of people standing around a car in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is More

An old photo of a crowd of people. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is More

Shaking hands with members of the congregation after Easter services at an Episcopal Church, South Side of Chicago, Illinois

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl More

Daughter of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor camp. Calpatria, Imperial Valley, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress and hat, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se More

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se More

Harvest Time, artist Brad Godell's 2011 mural in Cortez, Colorado, suggesting Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals during the Great Depression

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The mural depicts the gathering of peaches, a delicacy so renowned in the Montezuma County area that they won a gold medal at the 1904 More

Parade of unemployed men, New York

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Parade of unemployed men, New York

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha More

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Great Depression Era FSA/OWI Photograph

Image source: Bay H. Plemous picture, 1823 North Garfield Street, Amarillo, Texas. To identify this image it may help to search online for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, a More

Bowery men waiting for bread in bread line, [New York City]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: NY NYC Bowery; Bread lines...; NY NYC Misc. More

[Men in bread line on 41st St., New York City]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). No. 5367-3. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Bread lines.

Charleston, West Virginia. Shipyards at Charleston

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Installation of Pantheon de la Guerre. Construction of building for panorama painting of World War I, no. 2

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Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line III

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Group of miners playing cards

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Great Dupont Ammonia Corp., Belle, West Virginia. General view of Great Dupont Ammonia Corp.

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West Virginia trip. Two small girls

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Virginia trip. Woman at gate on dirt road with car in background

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Richardson department store, Charleston, West Virginia. Exterior of Richardson department store

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Kanawha Bank, Charleston, West Virginia. Twenty-story building in Charleston

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mine tipple in West Virginia. Typical mine tipple

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kelly Creek, West Virginia. Oil and gas wells

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a wooden structure. Great Depression and World War Two FSA/OWI Photograph

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Portrait photo of West Virginia trip. Three children

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of people walking down a dirt road. Great Depression and World War Two FSA/OWI Photograph

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Charleston and Blaine Island, West Virginia. General view of Charleston I

Public domain photograph of historic cityscape, city, 19th-century, vintage travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a city. Great Depression and World War Two FSA/OWI Photograph

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George L. Coyle. Portrait of George L. Coyle at desk I

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Virginia trip. Small girl with hands behind back

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Charleston and Blaine Island, West Virginia. General view of Charleston II

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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. factory no. 12, Clarksburg, West Virginia. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. factory interior

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line I

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

George L. Coyle. Portrait of George L. Coyle at desk II

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a mountain side, West Virginia trip. Mining buildings

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line II

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Kanawha Power Co. tunnel construction. Construction of 16,250 ft. tunnel

Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

George L. Coyle. Portrait of George L. Coyle at desk III

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Installation of Pantheon de la Guerre. Construction of building for panorama painting of World War I, no. 1

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Kelly Creek, West Virginia. Coal mine tipple

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A Consignment recently received from Philadelphia., Pennsylvania 749 cases of beer (18,000) bottles were today destroyed in the District of Columbia

Nine men smashing bottles in dump. Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boys diving from docks - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Additional information on caption card: Do not reproduce without permission of Acme News Photos, Inc. Title and other information from caption card. Negative has no corresponding print in a lot. Transfer; Unite More

Boys hopping freight - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Additional information on caption card: Do not reproduce without permission of New York Times. Title and other information from caption card. Negative has no corresponding print in a lot. Transfer; United State More

Boys hopping freight - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Cabin on Fall Run, Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Knight House, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Paul Jones House, Main Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rear of old house, Main Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Calvin Coolidge, Andrew Mellon and Herbert Hoover. White House, Washington, D.C.]

A black and white photo of three men in suits. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Crowd of people gather outside the New York Stock Exchange following the Crash of 1929]

Photograph by Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Mrs. Hoover presents cup to boy winner at National 4-H Club Camp. Mrs. Hoover presenting to John C. Jackson of East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the cup known as the Secretary of Agriculture Trophy, at the National Boys' and Girls' 4-H Club Camp held on the grounds of the Department of Agriculture in Washington. This award is made to the biy and girl selected as best typifying 4-H club work of the 700,000 rural boys and girls enrolled in the 4-H farm and home making clubs in the 48 states and Hawaii. Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde can be seen next to Mrs. Hoover

A group of people standing in front of a crowd. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nihkoyak, men's house at winter camp--Nunivak

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The big duo. Just before leaving for the presidential camp on the Rapidan, President Hoover and Premier MacDonald posed for this picture on the front steps of the White House

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Uncle Sam shows how troops traveled 75 years ago and today in military pageant held at Camp Holabird, Maryland. Seventy-five years ago Uncle Sam's troops moved and carried their supplies by ox-cart and now today, they use high-powered tanks to carry them against the enemy. All this was shown to public at the Military Transportation Pageant held at Camp Holabird, Baltimore, Maryland, June 12, by the United States Army

Picryl description: Public domain image of a sports event, stadium, athlete, 1910s-1920s, 20th-century Olympics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Uzbek collective farmers discussing work of spring sowing in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

Public domain photograph of USSR in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Julien, Caroline County, Virginia

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of children, Interior showing family of nine

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Poor Farm, Poquoson, Warwick County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-95. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; More

St. Julien, Caroline County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-17. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; More

Locust plagues in Palestine. Methods of fighting the locust plague. Camp of the locust fighters. An evening scene at Shaluf

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of men in front of a truck, Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a group of men in front of a truck, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architectur More

Inflation. Aftermath of inflation--a foreclosure tale in Iowa in the early 1930s when "the bottom fell out of everything." Military police were on hand to keep farmers from preventing the auction

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Image source: Keystone photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United More

Inflation. Almost too recent and painful to recall--dark days in America's 1930 depression. Men this side of the sign are assured of a five-cent meal--the rest must wait for generous passersby

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Uzbek collective farmers discussing work of spring sowing in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

Image source: National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, New York. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington D More

Colonel H.P. Sheldon, U.S. Game Commissioner, and Honorable R.W. Dunlap, Assist. Secretary of Agriculture, aboard the new speedboat recently purchased by the Department of Agriculture for use in enforcing the migratory bird law in the Potomac River. The boat is fully equipped, and will run 30 miles an hour

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Scouts present president with buffalo horn as birthday gift. President Hoover will be 56 years old on Sunday, August 10. Representative Boy Scouts of the District of Columbia presented him with a buffalo horn as a birthday present today. Harold [...], Troop 33, Takoma Park, Md., is shown making the presentation. The horn was prepared by over 200 scouts at their summer camp, Camp Roosevelt on Chesapeake Bay [White House, Washington, D.C.]

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Street scene, auto accident], c.1930s

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Bread line beside the Brooklyn Bridge approach

Public domain photograph of a historic place in New York, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poor Farm, Poquoson, Warwick County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-95. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; More

Inflation. Almost too recent and painful to recall--dark days in America's 1930 depression. Men this side of the sign are assured of a five-cent meal--the rest must wait for generous passersby

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on negative. Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Image source: Brown Brothers. Title and other information from captio More

Poor Farm, Poquoson, Warwick County, Virginia

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Poor Farm, Poquoson, Warwick County, Virginia

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Inflation. Aftermath of inflation--a foreclosure tale in Iowa in the early 1930s when "the bottom fell out of everything." Military police were on hand to keep farmers from preventing the auction

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description