1,081 1930 s commoners Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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[Man working at a pottery wheel]

This record contains unverified data from caption card. Purchase; 1934 (DLC/PP-1934:137).

[Man in uniform viewing map of Mid-Atlantic]

Public domain photograph related to architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

I.P.C. [i.e., Iraq Petroleum Company]. Welding pipes together, on Esdr...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Car pooling. Baltimore, Maryland. Glenn L. Martin company plant

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

Pea pickers from Vermont - 6 weeks earnings $7.00 - at squatter's camp...

Photograph shows men working on an automobile parked in front of a tent in a grove of eucalyptus trees. In album: Rural rehabilitation camps for migrants in California / compiled by Paul S. Taylor. 1935, [plate 21].

Taxi driver. Washington, D.C.. Washington DC in 1920s. Public domain.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of men sitting on a bench, New Hamshire. Farm ...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tip Estes, forty-three year old hired man, on his farm near Fowler, In...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a woman riding a bike, Great Depression. FS...

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

Street scene, Circleville, Ohio

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Former railroad man (Union Pacific), now unemployed, Omaha, Nebraska

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man bending over a piece of wood, West Vi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Street scene, Worthington, Ohio

Public domain photograph of people eating food, drinking, tavern, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Street scene in central Ohio. Great Depression public domain photograp...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men sitting on top of a bench. Ohio during Great Depressio...

Public domain photograph of people in conversation, meeting, argument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of three men sitting on a bench. Ohio during G...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant family's car stalled in main street of small town near Henriet...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Street scene, San Augustine, Texas

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

County and state and regional FSA (Farm Security Administration) and N...

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

A group of men standing next to each other. Great Depression FFSA / OW...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of people standing in front of a store, Mississippi. Farmers ...

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

Main street, Herrin, Illinois, c.1930s

Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cotton offices, main street, Saturday afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi ...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man opening a door, Texas, during Great D...

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

Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day at the big c...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harlingen (vicinity), Tex. Migrant worker sitting in front of fire. He...

Corresponding negative no. LC-USF33-12004-M1. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). LOT 614.

Massachusetts meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers p...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican man in front of movie theater, San Antonio, Texas

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmers on main street, Saturday night. Iowa Falls, Iowa

Public domain photograph of the 1930s, United States, cars, streets, John Kennedy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Men sitting along sidewalk in farm marketing section of Muskogee, Okla...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro day laborer moving from one man's farm to another to get work. H...

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Men cleaning their boots after visit to stockyards. Denver, Colorado

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Street corner of market square, Waco, Texas

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a pile of bags, Texas, dur...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man on a horse drawn sleigh, Vermont. Far...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man on a bridge, New Hamshire. Farm Secur...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a car at a gas station, Georgia. Farm Secur...

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

Sewing up sacks of potatoes for shipment at the Woodman Potato Company...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of people that are sitting on a porch, Great Depression. FSA/...

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

French-Canadian potato picker at the Woodman Potato Company farm eleve...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a horse, Virginia. F...

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

Street scene in Durham, North Carolina

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Arthur ("Brother-in-law") Armstrong, Jasper, Texas]

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. No print found. Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Lomax Collection.

Main street of Killarney, Canada

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

Negro tenant farmer at meeting of UCAPAWA (United Cannery, Agricultura...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Men who came to Radford, Virginia, from out of town to work in powder ...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmers trading mules and horses on "Jockey Street" in Campton, Kentuc...

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

Group of people -- one man having his shoes shined

a) Part of Social Hour audience at Shafter Camp (handwritten on reverse); b) Todd's favorite picture of an "Okie Family" in Shafter F.S.A. Camp. Nursing babies was the usual thing at camp "Socials." (typed and ... More

Two men standing next to each other on a dirt road, Great Depression. ...

Control board helps automobile men keep check on flow of materials nee...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grievance committee meeting, steel workers organizing committee office...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

At a meeting of Negro FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrowers in ...

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

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of three men in hats. Office of War Informatio...

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 Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

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

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers at saf...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Air raid wardens' meeting in zone nine, Southwest are...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. At a strike meeting

Public domain photograph related to Puerto Rico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Butte, Montana. Meeting of the engineers' union. Although the engineer...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Air raid wardens having a meeting at sector headqu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Portrait of Claude Thornhill, Sandy Siegelstien, Willie Wechsler, Mic...

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 316 (gottlieb assignment) 316 (assign... More

[African American man, seated, holding violin]

Gift; Doris Ulmann Foundation; 1935; (DLC/PP-1935:055). Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Leisure section.... More

Portrait photo of Parker Poole, gelatin silver print

Alabama 124. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Bill and Ellen Thomas, ex-slaves, Hondo

420066. District no. 27. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1)(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project... More

[Portrait of Jacob Epstein, Hyde Park Gate, London]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXIII F 31. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More

Portrait photo of William Watkins, gelatin silver print

420072. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Portrait photo of [Wallace Quarterman, Frederica, Georgia]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "Wall... More

Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Tsurutani and baby Bruce, Manzanar Relocation Ce...

Family seated at table with shelving units along walls. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Legion Horse Show in Wheaton, Maryland. Man seated on a horse...

An old photo of a woman sitting on a horse. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man (middle aged) in front of building]

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.

[Man, U.S. Capitol in background. Washington, D.C.]

A black and white photo of a man in a coat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

I.P.C. [i.e., Iraq Petroleum Company] camp. A camp manager outside his...

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

[Man holding child, standing, facing front, possibly from the visit by...

Architects and their work, Alfredo S.G. Taylor. Alfredo S.G. Taylor at...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American portrait, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Four men, three standing on top and one standing inside, riding on la...

2541. Photograph from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men sitting on top of a wooden bench, New Hamshire. Farm S...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A man and a woman standing in front of a building, Iowa. Farm Security...

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.

[Man repairing chair] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. & Mrs. Austin Fretty on their farm near Armstrong, Iowa. The land ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of 1930s woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A couple of men standing next to a building. Great Depression FSA phot...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Man watching square dance, Skyline Farms, Alabama

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Man at auction sale, Sparlin farm, Orth, Minnesota

Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man in a tent, Arkansas. Farmers during G...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of people walking down a street. Great Depress...

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bicyclist, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Street scene, Washington Court House, Ohio (see general caption)

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmers talking on street corner, Crowley, Louisiana

Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saturday afternoon in London, Ohio, "the main street"

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unemployment benefits aid begins. Line of men inside a division office...

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Men spiking logs to go to ramp into sawmill. It was working only halft...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Street scene, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, c.1930s

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Group of Italians talking, Decatur Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Street scene, Worthington, Ohio

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Main street, Lancaster, Ohio, c.1930s

Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miners shooting craps in front of company store. Osage, West Virginia

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

Street scene, Sommerset, Ohio. Great Depression public domain photogra...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Man on street corner, Marysville, Ohio

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men standing in front of a store, Tennessee. Farm Security...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.