1930s commoners

A man sitting on a bench reading a book, New Hamshire. Farm Security O...

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

Palestine disturbances 1936. Nail picking on a Jerusalem Street, citiz...

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

Man in front of the drugstore. Dover, Delaware

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

Men standing around outside general store, Wendell, Wake County, North...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of people, Great Depression. FSA/OW...

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A couple of men standing next to a car, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Phot...

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

A black and white photo of a man and a woman at a bar, Texas, during G...

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The Negro tenants and neighbors eating dinner after the white men have...

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.

Race meeting (horse & camel). Beersheba. A camel race in full stride, ...

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

A couple of men sitting next to each other, Great Depression. FSA/OWI ...

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

Yanceyville (vicinity), N.C. An outdoor picnic being held during the n...

Photograph shows African American men and women gathered around a long picnic table. Corresponding negative no. LC-USF33-31140-M3. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). LOT 1513.

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.

Townspeople at town meeting. Woodstock, Vermont

Public domain photograph of meeting, discussion, group of people, political event, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Escambia Farms, Florida. The Escambia farm cooperative having its week...

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

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

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

Portrait photo of Campbell Davis, ex-slave, Karnack

420215. District no. 27. Picture no. 597. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

A couple of men sitting on top of a bed, Iowa. Farm Security Administr...

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

Street scene at 38th Street and 7th Avenue, New York City

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A group of people standing outside of a building, New Hamshire. Farm S...

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Bootblack, Fourteenth Street and Eighth Avenue, New York, New York

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A man in a suit and hat walking past a store, New Hamshire. Farm Secur...

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

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. One of the hired men on the Enos Royer...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. 61st Street between 1st and 3rd Avenues. A tenant

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Men in market square, Waco, Texas

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Mexican newsboy, San Antonio, Texas

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

Cotton on trousers of cotton broker in classing and sampling room in o...

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

California. Siskiyou County, Tulelake. Main street. See general captio...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal miner and family, residents of company town. Kempton, West Virgin...

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

Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory agricultural wor...

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

Single man, three weeks before the opening of the Klamath Basin potato...

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Two men standing next to each other on a sidewalk, Vermont. Farm Secur...

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Georgia? Historic map, Library of Congress

Photograph shows group of men examining a map.

Men talking on sidewalks of Sinton, Texas

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

A young worker at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill.

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

Mr. John Yenser on High Street with view of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania

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

A couple of men standing next to each other. Great Depression FSA phot...

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Farmers during Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man with...

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 man wearing a hat. Office of War Informat...

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

Litt Young, Marshall, gelatin silver print

420043. District no. 27. Picture no. 444. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

[Men standing next to airplane]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of two men standing in front of a store - FSA ...

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

Street scene, Spencer, Iowa. Great Depression public domain photograph...

Guard at company town. Jefferson County, Alabama

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

Fat man dozing in the shade of a tree, New Hampshire

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

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A couple of men standing nex...

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

Blind old man who lives on farm operated by his two unmarried daughter...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men sitting on the steps of a building. Ohio during Great ...

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

Street scene. San Augustine, Texas

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 two men with horses, Virginia. Farm Securit...

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

Race meeting (horse & camel). Beersheba. Australian group

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

Migratory agricultural workers buying canned goods for supper at the c...

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

Mr. Tilly lets men sit around the store all night. Radford, Virginia

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

Wives of the members of the cooperative stallion association at the me...

Public domain photograph of life in the USA during the 1930s-1940s, war, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man on a horse. Great Depression FFSA / O...

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

A black and white photo of men shoveling snow. Ohio during Great Depre...

Public domain photograph of worker, people working, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Athens, Ohio. Meeting of the utilities division of the civilian defens...

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Woodville, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers...

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Butte, Montana. Two miners at a union meeting

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

[Angelina Four of Kelty's Lumber Co., Lufkin, Texas]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on front: "16"; Handwritten on back: "Angelina Four of Keltys Lumber; Lufkin Texas; A.H. Charlton; T.J. Bailey; Jerr... More

[Carl Mydans, Farm Security Administration photographer, full-length p...

Gift; Carl Mydans; 1998 (DLC/PP-1998:033.3). Public domain photograph of a truck, pickup truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James Baker (Iron Head), Sugar Land, Texas

Handwritten on back: "James Baker (Iron Head) Sugarland, Tex. June 1934." Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Lomax Collection.

Alex[ander] Rolle, Bailiff (?), Old Bite, Cat Is[land], July 1935

Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "Alex. Rolle, Bailiff? Old Bite, Cat Is., July 1935." Forms part of: Lomax collection o... More

Camp of single men by the roadside. They have come in to work in the p...

Public domain photograph of picnic, leisure time, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Man working at special sewing machine for hats, Jersey Homesteads, New...

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A man sitting on a bench reading a book, New Hamshire. Farm Security O...

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

Sign man, Sixth Avenue, New York, New York

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of men standing on a porch of a house, West Virginia. Farm Sec...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

A couple of men sitting next to each other. Ohio during Great Depressi...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, 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

A black and white photo of people walking down a sidewalk, Vermont. Fa...

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

One man devotes his full time to caring for the poultry at the Bois d'...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Men who were helping with corn shucking going into house to wash up be...

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

A black and white photo of a group of people. Great Depression FFSA / ...

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A man standing on a sidewalk next to a fire hydrant. Great Depression ...

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Shoe repair man. San Augustine, Texas

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of children wearing hats. Great Dep...

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Three men workers at naval air base from Louisiana. These men are livi...

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

A group of people standing around a long table, North Carolina. Farm S...

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

Young man, his wife and children. They came from Oklahoma with his fat...

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

A group of men walking down a sidewalk, Kenntucky. Farm Security Admin...

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

Member of UCAPAWA (United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied W...

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

[Men serving food to men in field]

Photo probably relates to Italian prisoners detraining at Wady Sarar, Dec. 21, 1940. (Source: Similar Matson negatives: LC-M33-11851 through LC-M33-11856 and LC-M33-11857-X)

Street scene, Norwich, Connecticut

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gladstone, North Dakota. Farmer at Food for Victory meeting

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Public domain photograph related to Puerto Rico, 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

[Man at desk with Huey Long's autobiography "Everyman King"]

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

[Man seated in rocking chair, facing forward, Eatonville, Fla., taken...

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

A couple of men sitting on top of a wooden bench, Vermont. Farm Securi...

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 in the park, Manchester, New Hampshire

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

Juicers in the grapefruit canning plant at Winter Haven, Florida. Many...

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

Street scene, London, Ohio (see general caption)

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

Street scene in Wendell, Wake County, North Carolina

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

White migrant agricultural worker from Texas studying the map while st...

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

A group of people standing around a truck, Tennessee. Farm Security Ad...

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Migrant man and wife camped near Sebastin, Texas

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

Jewish protest demonstrations against Palestine White Paper, May 18, 1...

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

A group of men standing next to a car, Texas, during Great Depression

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