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A black and white photo of a woman holding a baby, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a woman holding a baby, Louisiana. Farmers ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woman picking cranberries, Burlington County, New Jersey

Woman picking cranberries, Burlington County, New Jersey

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

Farm woman standing by well. West Virginia

Farm woman standing by well. West Virginia

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

Sharecropper woman worker, Southeast Missouri Farms

Sharecropper woman worker, Southeast Missouri Farms

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro woman, almost blind, near Beaufort, South Carolina

Negro woman, almost blind, near Beaufort, South Carolina

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

Mexican woman cooking tortillas. San Antonio, Texas

Mexican woman cooking tortillas. San Antonio, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of cooking, kitchen, food preparation, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Marcella Hart, mother of three children, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Marcella Hart, mother of three children, employed...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican women separating meat from shells. Pecan shelling plant. San Antonio, Texas

Mexican women separating meat from shells. Pecan shelling plant. San A...

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

FIRST LADY HONOR GUEST AT LUNCHEON TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR CRIPPLED BOY. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 12. MRS. ROOSEVELT AND 200 OTHER DISTINGUISHED WOMEN PAID $1.50 A PLATE FOR AN $.85 LUNCHEON TODAYSO THAT A CRIPPLED BOY, FRANCIS LANSDALE, MAY GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.THE LUNCHEON WAS GIVEN BY THE 75TH CONGRESS CLUB, COMPOSED OF WIVES OF SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN WHO WERE 'FRESHMEN' IN THE 75TH CONGRESS. LAST YEAR THE CLUB PROVIDED A CHAIR FOR THE SAME BOY SO THAT HE COULD MOVE AROUND IN SCHOOL. L TO R: MRS. LESTER HILL,WIFE OF THE SENATOR FROM ALABAMA AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB; MRS. ROOSEVELT; AND MRS. WILLIAM T. BYRNE, WIFE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM NEW YORK AND PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB

FIRST LADY HONOR GUEST AT LUNCHEON TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR CRIPPLED BOY. ...

A black and white photo of a group of women sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woman putting on her lipstick in a park with Union Station behind her, Washington, D.C.

Woman putting on her lipstick in a park with Union Station behind her,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women war workers

Women war workers

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

Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a B-25 [i.e. C-47] bomber at the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood [i.e. Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach], Calif.

Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a B-25 [i.e. C-47] bombe...

Photo shows a woman and man working on a Douglas Aircraft Company cockpit shell identified as a C-47 based on the window outline. Although sometimes called a 'biscuit bomber,' the plane was for transport. (Sour... More

Annette del Sur public[iz]ing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Annette del Sur public[iz]ing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Airc...

Public domain scan of a female portrait, woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wife and husband and child. Note condition of woman's teeth. Living on outskirts of Jefferson, Texas

Wife and husband and child. Note condition of woman's teeth. Living on...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi, Texas. Miss Grace Weaver, a civil service worker at the Naval Air Base, and a school teacher before the war, is doing her part for victory along with her brother who is a flying instructor in the Army. Miss Weaver paints the American insignia on repaired Navy plane wings

Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She buoys up feminine morale in her department by arranging suitable living conditions for out-of-state employees and by helping them with their personal problems

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior ...

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

Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio

Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., A...

Photograph shows woman ironing. Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Winnie Terry, Merryville, Louisiana, at home of H.R. Weaver]

[Winnie Terry, Merryville, Louisiana, at home of H.R. Weaver]

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.

Farm woman putting "barnyard lignite" in kitchen stove. McIntosh County, North Dakota

Farm woman putting "barnyard lignite" in kitchen stove. McIntosh Count...

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

[Portrait of Milena (Barilli)] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Milena (Barilli)] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: X R 29. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a... More

Mrs. Schroeder, wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower, with daughter. Cavalier County, North Dakota

Mrs. Schroeder, wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower, w...

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.

Mrs. Sauer packing lunches for children before school. Cavalier County, North Dakota

Mrs. Sauer packing lunches for children before school. Cavalier County...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

ANNUAL GOLD CUP STEEPLECHASE DRAWS CROWD. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 4. IN SPITE OF A BITING WIND AND A DULL DAY, THE ANNUAL GOLD CUP STEEPLECHASE IN WARRENTON, Virginia, DREW AN ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD OF HORSE LOVERS. PICTURED HERE ARE, L TO R: MRS. KENNETH JENKINS; MRS. ROBERT WINMILL; AND FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, JR.

ANNUAL GOLD CUP STEEPLECHASE DRAWS CROWD. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 4. IN S...

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

Farm woman holding one of her children in submarginal farm area of Rumsey Hill, near Erin, New York

Farm woman holding one of her children in submarginal farm area of Rum...

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

Mrs. Simon Kertulla, working at her old fashioned loom. Finnish poultry farmer. Foster, Rhode Island

Mrs. Simon Kertulla, working at her old fashioned loom. Finnish poultr...

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

A black and white photo of two women sitting at a table. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of two women sitting at a table. Great Depress...

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

Dinner on ranch of rehabilitation borrower during goat shearing and kidding season. Kimble County, Texas. The man is a neighboring rancher who has been hired to help out with the work at this particular time. The woman is his wife who is helping out in the house

Dinner on ranch of rehabilitation borrower during goat shearing and ki...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a woman riding a horse, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a woman riding a horse, Kenntucky. Farm Sec...

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.

Middle East forces play Gilbert and Sullivan in Cairo Opera House

Middle East forces play Gilbert and Sullivan in Cairo Opera House

Photograph shows four females in military uniforms. Public domain photograph - portrait of an officer in military uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

FIRST LADY SLICES PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30. MRS. ROOSEVELT HOLDS ALOFT A PIECE OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE AFTER SLICING IT AT THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL TONIGHT TO CLIMAX HER VISITS TO MANY OF THE BIRTHDAY BALLS BEING HELD IN THE CAPITAL. GLORIA JEAN, JUVENILE MOVIE STAR, IS PICTURED WITH MRS. ROOSEVELT

FIRST LADY SLICES PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY ...

A couple of women standing next to a cake. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Scots Mission Hospital, Tiberias. Mrs. Torrance in field of lupines, Dr. in distance

The Scots Mission Hospital, Tiberias. Mrs. Torrance in field of lupine...

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

Mrs. Jones, wife of tenant farmer, dropping tobacco plants in places scooped out for them. Near Farrington, Orange County, North Carolina

Mrs. Jones, wife of tenant farmer, dropping tobacco plants in places s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migrant women at work in packing plant. Berrien County, Michigan

Migrant women at work in packing plant. Berrien County, Michigan

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

Mrs. D'Achioli and her sister. They run a truck farm and are FSA (Farm Security Administration) clients. There are fourteen in the family, some of whom help out by working in the mills. Johnston, Rhode Island

Mrs. D'Achioli and her sister. They run a truck farm and are FSA (Farm...

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.

Meeting of women's club. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

Meeting of women's club. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

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

Miss Harriet Elliott, associate administrator of the Office of Price Administration (OPM), Office of Emergency Management (OEM), in charge of the Consumer Division

Miss Harriet Elliott, associate administrator of the Office of Price A...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

FIRST LADY EATS FIVE CENT MEAL. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 14. CLIMAXING A CONFERENCE OF 'DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN DEPRESSION,' MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND OTHER PROMINENT WOMEN TONIGHT ATE A FIVE CENT 'RELIEF' DINNER. THE FIVE CENT MEAL WAS BASED ON THE ACTUAL PER- MEAL PER-PERSON FOOD BUDGET OF THE AVERAGE WOMAN WORKING ON WPA. IT EXCEEDS BY 2 CENTS THE AVERAGE FOR RELIEF FAMILIES. SHOWN IN THE PICTURE, L TO R: MRS. HUGH EASLEY, ST. LOUIS, MO, TYPICAL MOTHER ON RELIEF; LITTLE ...BASLEY, 3 YEARS OLD; AND MRS. ROOSEVELT

FIRST LADY EATS FIVE CENT MEAL. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 14. CLIMAXING A C...

A group of people sitting at a table with plates of food. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spanish-American women making plaster of straw and mud to replaster house. Chamisal, New Mexico

Spanish-American women making plaster of straw and mud to replaster ho...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A woman standing in front of baskets of eggs. Ohio during Great Depression.

A woman standing in front of baskets of eggs. Ohio during Great Depres...

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.

These women work in nearby packing house and live in company-owned one-room cabins. Rent one dollar and seventy-five cents a week. Berrien County, Michigan

These women work in nearby packing house and live in company-owned one...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Bettenhausen with bread she is baking. McIntosh County, North Dakota

Mrs. Bettenhausen with bread she is baking. McIntosh County, North Dak...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

A black and white photo of a woman and a child. Office of War Informat...

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

A black and white photo of a group of children and a dog. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of children and a dog. Office of Wa...

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

[Women and men working in optical department, Frankford Arsenal, Frankford, Pennsylvania]

[Women and men working in optical department, Frankford Arsenal, Frank...

No. 35748. Photo from U.S. Army. Industrial service section. Women's branch.

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Men and women from all walks of life, like the members of this riveting team, contribute their skills to the production of B-17F heavy bombers at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Men and women from all walks of life,...

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

War worker goes to Washington. Miss Clara Camille Carroll, recently arrived war worker from Cleveland, Ohio, was lucky. The 760,000 dollar Lucy D. Slowe Resident Hall had just been opened for Negro women war workers, and the War Housing desk at the United States Informational Service referred her as a possible tenant. There she met W. Spurgeon Burke, managing director

War worker goes to Washington. Miss Clara Camille Carroll, recently ar...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Women in industry. Tool production. With no previous industrial experience, this young woman has taken over a delicate job in a large Midwest drill and tool company. Her part in America's war production consists of grinding small drills to a high tolerance on this clearance-grinding machine. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. With no previous industrial exper...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Safe clothes for woman war workers

Safe clothes for woman war workers

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Large plane parts are formed on a special hydraulic press in the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation. Two women employees keep it in constant operation during their shift. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Large plane parts are forme...

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

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Women at work on a wing section for a "Valiant" basic trainer at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Women at work on a wing...

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

Women in industry. Tool production. Two to a machine, these young employees of a Midwest drill and tool company are operating cylindrical grinders. This work is delicate and difficult, for the drills must be tapered accurately to size. The drills will be used in manufacture of guns, ships, tanks and in all war production where metal must be worked. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Two to a machine, these young emp...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Training women to operate buses and taxicabs

Training women to operate buses and taxicabs

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.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee in the hydraulic press department of North American Aviation, Incorporated, at Inglewood, California, places a sheet metal part on a Masonite die prior to moving it under the press. The 3,000 ton press takes only about ten seconds to do the actual forming. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee in the hyd...

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

Transformer manufacture. Nimble fingers are essential to rapid and skilled winding of coils for distribution transformers; for this reason, women are often preferred for the job. Production of these coils has been stepped up enormously due to the war production program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Nimble fingers are essential to rapid and ski...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Women work side by side with men in the engineering department of the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. The young woman pictured traces complicated drawings of the thousands of parts that go into a modern fighting plane. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Women work side by side wit...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-20th century drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman worker rivets a nacelle door in the sheet metal sub-assembly department of the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood, California. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman worker rivets a nac...

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.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. In the engineering department of North American Aviation, Incorporated, at Inglewood, California, women are replacing men on the tracing tables. Here, a girl employee traces an original drawing for a blue print. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. In the engineering departme...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Production. B-25 bomber. Drilling a bracket part for a B-25 bomber. The Western plant in which this warship of the air is built employs many women at jobs that once were considered exclusively the work of men. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bomber. Drilling a bracket part for a B-25 bomber. Th...

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

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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

Women in industry. Tool production. Her mind's on her work and on her country. That small flag tells the story of this young woman's absorption in her job. Employed by a Midwest drill and tool plant, she's grinding points on drills which will be used in the production of America's ships and planes and guns. A soldier of the production front, she fights for the men on America's battlefronts. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Her mind's on her work and on her...

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 group of people sitting in front of a piano, Southington, Connecticut. Women's club

A group of people sitting in front of a piano, Southington, Connecticu...

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.

Training women to operate buses and taxicabs

Training women to operate buses and taxicabs

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.

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A skilled team of men and women workers at the Boeing plant in Seattle complete assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber. About half of the workers at the Boeing plant are women. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A skilled team of men and women workers...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Agriculture. Women on farms. There's a feminine hand at the controls of many of America's activities these days. Like many other farm wives whose husbands are engaged in war work, Mrs. William Wood manages a 120 acre farm in Colona, Michigan, with little male assistance. With a crop of corn, tomatoes and rasberries to harvest, she still finds time to care for her own Victory garden and to attend a first-aid class. And for the scrap drive Mrs. Wood salvaged 1,600 pounds of outworn metal and rubber articles from the farm, and contributed them to her local collection agency

Agriculture. Women on farms. There's a feminine hand at the controls o...

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.

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This capable young woman is making an important contribution to America's war effort. Employed by a Midwest plant, converted from the production of spark plugs to machine guns, she's one of many skilled women milling-machine operators who are producing weapons for America's armed forces. Here, she's checking a slot she has just milled in a gun part. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This capable young wom...

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.

Production. B-25 bombers. Setting rivets in a frame member for a B-25 bomber. The Western plant in which thousands of these warships of the air are built employs many women at jobs that once were considered exclusively the work of men. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bombers. Setting rivets in a frame member for a B-25 ...

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

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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

Detroit, Michigan. The Briggs school for training women aluminum workers

Detroit, Michigan. The Briggs school for training women aluminum worke...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, funerals, monument, memorial, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, funerals, monum...

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.

Epping, North Dakota. Coffee and pie served by ladies of the WCTU (Woman's Christian Temperance Union) after meeting held in the high school to promote sale of defense stamps and bonds

Epping, North Dakota. Coffee and pie served by ladies of the WCTU (Wom...

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

New York, New York. Gypsy woman who is habitue of Marconi's Restaurant on Mulberry Street. She dropped in for a bite to eat New Year's Eve, and did a spontaneous dance to entertain the Di Costanzos family party

New York, New York. Gypsy woman who is habitue of Marconi's Restaurant...

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.

Washington, D.C. Woman worker in a wartime machine shop using a chair designed to rest her back and be manufactured with a minimum use of metal

Washington, D.C. Woman worker in a wartime machine shop using a chair ...

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meat rationing preview. Reporters make their own news. Washington correspondents get preview of meat rationing in operation with Office of Price Administration officials behind counter. In left foreground is Mrs. Philip Crowlie, OPA's "typical housewife," explaining the system to a woman reporter, while Harold Rowe, food rationing chief, figures point values on the scale

Meat rationing preview. Reporters make their own news. Washington corr...

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

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Women attending a training class

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Women attending a ...

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

Buffalo, New York. People waiting to be interviewed at the employment agency of the Bell Aircraft plant. This woman is forty-five, and worked in a factory in the last war; has since been a housewife, and has two children over fourteen

Buffalo, New York. People waiting to be interviewed at the employment ...

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

Arlington, Virginia. Mirrors over the dressing table conceals a cabinet which gives girls extra space for their cosmetics, etc., at Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. Mirrors over the dressing table conceals a cabine...

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.

Arlington, Virginia. Rear view of part of Idaho Hall at Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. Rear view of part of Idaho Hall at Arlington Farm...

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.

Safe clothes for women war workers. Applying for a standard uniform at the Bendix supply center, Eunice Kimball is given a company uniform to replace her own incorrect costume. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

Safe clothes for women war workers. Applying for a standard uniform at...

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.

Buffalo, New York. After being interviewed and given an eye test, Mabel Goodwin, forty-five, is examined by a woman doctor at the employment office of the Bell Aircraft plant. She worked in a factory in the last war, and has since been a housewife, and has two children over fourteen

Buffalo, New York. After being interviewed and given an eye test, Mabe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Woman employee of the mechanic shop in the Greyhound garage

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Woman employee of the mechanic shop in the G...

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.

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Drilling rivet holes in the side panel of the aft monocoque. Using a hand drill, the young woman in this scene is drilling rivet holes in the side panel of the aft monocoque, a step in the fabrication process of manufacturing Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Drilling rivet holes in t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in essential services. Formerly a salesgirl, librarian, and sixth-grade school teacher, Grace Northrup, of San Francisco, has been repairing and serving cars for the past six months. She's becoming an expert in this field once open only to men

Women in essential services. Formerly a salesgirl, librarian, and sixt...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arlington, Virginia. The main lounge in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the United States government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. The main lounge in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a...

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.

New Britain, Connecticut. Women employed at the Landers, Frary and Clark plant. Testing a new anti-aircraft gun. This girl's job is to inspect guns and their mounts

New Britain, Connecticut. Women employed at the Landers, Frary and Cla...

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

Arlington, Virginia. Waiting for the bus at Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. Waiting for the bus at Arlington Farms, a residen...

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.

Women in essential services. Women bus drivers help expedite America's transportation problems

Women in essential services. Women bus drivers help expedite America's...

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.

"I've found the job where I fit best!" find your war job in industry, agriculture, business/ / George R[...].

"I've found the job where I fit best!" find your war job in industry, ...

Poster showing head-and-shoulders of woman operating a machine as part of World War II production effort. OWI poster no. 55. Promotional goal: U.S. F34.J71.1943

Buffalo, New York. Symongton-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. This woman is a skin dryer. After head has been put on mold, it is covered with a delta wash which makes a hard finish. Skin dryers dry off this surface with the flame of an oil torch

Buffalo, New York. Symongton-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the teletype room of the OWI. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Esther V. Myers is shown at a receiving machine in the teletype room of the Bureau of Publications and Graphics while Miss Shirley K. Conway dispatches news on an ASR machine

Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of emp...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Buffalo, New York. Symongton-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. This woman is a skin dryer. After head has been put on mold, it is covered with a delta wash which makes a hard finish. Skin dryers dry off this surface with the flame of an oil torch

Buffalo, New York. Symongton-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Women knitting at the Lighthouse, an institution for the blind, at 111 East Fifty-ninth Street

New York, New York. Women knitting at the Lighthouse, an institution f...

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

Mrs. E.C. Houghton. Profile portrait of Mrs. E.C. Houghton I

Mrs. E.C. Houghton. Profile portrait of Mrs. E.C. Houghton I

Public domain scan of a female portrait, woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Beatrice Pearson] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Beatrice Pearson] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XV CC 16. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

Artworks created by Naomi Cohen, Chicago, Illinois; photographs, record labels, and memorabilia at the Sajewski Music Store, 1227 North Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, Illinois

Artworks created by Naomi Cohen, Chicago, Illinois; photographs, recor...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-7, additional sides to Mrs. Naomi Cohen's autobiographical house (s... More

[Uncle Rich Brown and John A. Lomax, Sr., (left) at the home of Mrs. Julia Killingsworth near Sumterville, Alabama]

[Uncle Rich Brown and John A. Lomax, Sr., (left) at the home of Mrs. J...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on front of print:"75"; Handwritten on back: "Uncle Rich Brown; John A. Lomax (left); Home of Mrs. Julia Kil... More

[Portrait of Josephine Baker, Paris]

[Portrait of Josephine Baker, Paris]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IV HH 10. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Portrait of Ethel Waters] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Ethel Waters] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVII S 0. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

Portrait photo of Portrait photograph of Greta Garbo

Portrait photo of Portrait photograph of Greta Garbo

Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. ID: LC-G401-4750 (several images); 1925 July

[Portrait of Angevine Shaffer, Cedar Rapids, Iowa]

[Portrait of Angevine Shaffer, Cedar Rapids, Iowa]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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