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Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Calif.

Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., p...

Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport innerwings before they are assembled on the fuselage, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport i...

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing dependable planes for their men at the front, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft...

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundho...

Amputating the shattered leg of a wounded soldier, operating room the Military Reserve Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Amputating the shattered leg of a wounded soldier, operating room the ...

Training a policewoman--Chief among the policewoman's duties is the prevention of delinquency among young girls

Training a policewoman--Chief among the policewoman's duties is the pr...

Two policewomen talking to a girl in sailor suit.

British Going on Picket -- Mesopotamia

British Going on Picket -- Mesopotamia

Photograph shows British troops, probably in Iraq during World War I.

The Worcesters going into action

The Worcesters going into action

Photograph shows British troops marching and waving their helmets in greeting.

British troops outside Jerusalem[?]

British troops outside Jerusalem[?]

Photograph shows British troops possibly outside Baghdad, Iraq during World War I.

British at Etaples buying from natives

British at Etaples buying from natives

Photograph shows British troops at Étaples, France with women selling food, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

British troops in France

British troops in France

Photograph shows British soldiers in a train during World War I, France. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

British troops resting on road

British troops resting on road

Photograph shows British troops resting on a road during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Gen. Sir C.A. Anderson

Gen. Sir C.A. Anderson

Photograph shows Lieutenant General Sir Charles Alexander Anderson, (1857-1940), Commander of British Troops in South China. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

British watch shelling near Wancourt

British watch shelling near Wancourt

Photograph shows British troops watching shell-bursts near Wancourt, southeast of Arras, France, during World War I on June 21, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and similar image on Imperial War Muse... more

Entry of Field Marshall Allenby, Jerusalem, December 11th, 1917. British troops entering Jaffa Gate

Entry of Field Marshall Allenby, Jerusalem, December 11th, 1917. Briti...

Entry of Field Marshall Allenby, Jerusalem, December 11, 1917. British troops lining the streets of Jerusalem

Entry of Field Marshall Allenby, Jerusalem, December 11, 1917. British...

Field kitchen & Tommies resting

Field kitchen & Tommies resting

Photograph shows field kitchens and British troops resting on the road between Neuville and Wancourt, France during the Battle of Arras, April 29, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and similar image a... more

France - in a front line trench

France - in a front line trench

Photograph shows British troops in a trench in France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

[British troops in Baghdad, Iraq on March 11, 1917 during World War I]

[British troops in Baghdad, Iraq on March 11, 1917 during World War I]

British troops in Detroit

British troops in Detroit

Photograph shows British soldiers participating in a Red Cross parade in Detroit, Michigan, on July 15, 1917 during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

British field kitchen

British field kitchen

Photograph shows British troops at field kitchens and dug-outs in "Sausage Valley," Somme River, France, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and Imperial War Museums website: http://www.iw... more

Entry of Field Marshall Allenby, Jerusalem, Dec. 11th, 1917. British troops lining the streets of Jerusalem

Entry of Field Marshall Allenby, Jerusalem, Dec. 11th, 1917. British t...

Allenby's official entry with military review at Russian Compound. British troops on parade

Allenby's official entry with military review at Russian Compound. Bri...

Capture and occupation of Palestine by British. British troops on parade at Jaffa Gate

Capture and occupation of Palestine by British. British troops on para...

[British troops in Jerusalem, possibly bringing the regimental flag of the Royal Fusiliers, 1918]

[British troops in Jerusalem, possibly bringing the regimental flag of...

Ervin Wasey Co. Inc., Eaton Manufacturing Co. Truck from National of Washington, D.C. in front of Valley Forge Distributing Co. I

Ervin Wasey Co. Inc., Eaton Manufacturing Co. Truck from National of W...

[Damascus Gate, Jerusalem]

[Damascus Gate, Jerusalem]

[Aircraft at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C.]

[Aircraft at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C.]

Ford V-8 economy run. Senator Reynolds congratulating driver Parker Lewis of AAA II

Ford V-8 economy run. Senator Reynolds congratulating driver Parker Le...

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck IV

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck IV

McArthur Advertising Corporation, 2480 16th Street. Frazer auto display at Union Station I

McArthur Advertising Corporation, 2480 16th Street. Frazer auto displa...

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck VII

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck VII

Griffith Consumers Co. Composite of Griffith Consumers Co. oil truck and winter scene

Griffith Consumers Co. Composite of Griffith Consumers Co. oil truck a...

General [view], Brazil, D.F. [Distrito Federal], Rio De Janeiro, Copacabana Beach

General [view], Brazil, D.F. [Distrito Federal], Rio De Janeiro, Copac...

Photograph shows people on Copacabana Beach, with street and buildings, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Griffith Consumers Co. Coal truck of Griffith Consumers Co.

Griffith Consumers Co. Coal truck of Griffith Consumers Co.

Robert F. Beresford, architect, 810 18th St. N.W. Site for cars by Unitarian Church

Robert F. Beresford, architect, 810 18th St. N.W. Site for cars by Uni...

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck III

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck III

Southern Dairies Building and trucks. Southern Dairies building and trucks II

Southern Dairies Building and trucks. Southern Dairies building and tr...

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. 2nd St. gate, truck entrance, Buzzard Point plant

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. 2nd St. gate, truck en...

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck I

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck I

Griffith Consumers Co. Insulating job showing Griffith Consumers Co. truck IV

Griffith Consumers Co. Insulating job showing Griffith Consumers Co. t...

Ervin Wasey Co. Inc., Eaton Manufacturing Co. Truck from National of Washington, D.C. in front of Valley Forge Distributing Co. II

Ervin Wasey Co. Inc., Eaton Manufacturing Co. Truck from National of W...

Griffith Consumers Co. Insulating job showing Griffith Consumers Co. truck III

Griffith Consumers Co. Insulating job showing Griffith Consumers Co. t...

Mayflower Hotel. Montage of automobiles on street

Mayflower Hotel. Montage of automobiles on street

Potomac Electric Power Co. service station building, 10th and Florida Ave. Linemen's truck IV

Potomac Electric Power Co. service station building, 10th and Florida ...

Griffith Consumers Co. Woman inspecting meter on tank

Griffith Consumers Co. Woman inspecting meter on tank

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck VI

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck VI

Ervin Wasey Co. Inc., Eaton Manufacturing Co. Truck from National of Washington, D.C. in front of Valley Forge Distributing Co. III

Ervin Wasey Co. Inc., Eaton Manufacturing Co. Truck from National of W...

Griffith Consumers Co. Coal truck and house, Webster St., N.E. I

Griffith Consumers Co. Coal truck and house, Webster St., N.E. I

E.C. Keys & Sons, Inc., Silver Spring. E.C. Keys truck parked near house

E.C. Keys & Sons, Inc., Silver Spring. E.C. Keys truck parked near hou...

Potomac Electric Power Co. service station building, 10th and Florida Ave. Firemen's truck III

Potomac Electric Power Co. service station building, 10th and Florida ...

Griffith Consumers Co. Winter scene of Griffith Consumers Co. truck II

Griffith Consumers Co. Winter scene of Griffith Consumers Co. truck II

Potomac Electric Power Co. service station building, 10th and Florida Ave. Linemen's truck III

Potomac Electric Power Co. service station building, 10th and Florida ...

Griffith Consumers Co. Coal truck and house, Webster St., N.E. II

Griffith Consumers Co. Coal truck and house, Webster St., N.E. II

Vaughan Connelly. Side view of car and farm in background

Vaughan Connelly. Side view of car and farm in background

Griffith Consumers Co. Semi-trailer oil truck of Griffith Consumers Co., angle view

Griffith Consumers Co. Semi-trailer oil truck of Griffith Consumers Co...

Griffith Consumers Co. Copy of Griffith Consumers Co. coal truck photograph

Griffith Consumers Co. Copy of Griffith Consumers Co. coal truck photo...

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Main gate of Benning plant, open for truck

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Main gate of Benning plant, ...

Griffith Consumers Co. Truck snow scene

Griffith Consumers Co. Truck snow scene

E.C. Keys & Sons, Inc., Silver Spring. E.C. Keys truck parked on street with house in background

E.C. Keys & Sons, Inc., Silver Spring. E.C. Keys truck parked on stree...

[Aircraft on Potomac River]

[Aircraft on Potomac River]

Hankow, China ...

Hankow, China ...

Hankow, China. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh inspects the cockpit of his plane after the ship had been hoisted aboard the British airplane carrier HERMES after it had capsized in the Yangtse River shortly after it ... more

Along the cloud lanes

Along the cloud lanes

Aerial view of airplane in flight.

Wir schaffen das neue Deutschland! Denkt an die Opfer-wählt Nationalsozialisten Liste 1 / Witte.

Wir schaffen das neue Deutschland! Denkt an die Opfer-wählt Nationalso...

Propaganda poster announcing political campaign for the Nazi party in Germany, showing two soldiers, one with a bandage around his head. The poster states that the National Socialists are creating a new Germany... more

New York city views. Downtown buildings, framed from South Street

New York city views. Downtown buildings, framed from South Street

Das Volk wählt Liste 1 Nationalsozialisten Reichstagswahl 6.11.32 / WEM.

Das Volk wählt Liste 1 Nationalsozialisten Reichstagswahl 6.11.32 / WE...

Poster announcing political campaign for the Nazi party in Germany, showing a large number 1 (indicating first on the list) rising out of a huge swastika with throngs of people streaming toward the openings in ... more

Demountable employee housing. The most recent development of the demountable method makes use of the stressed skin principle of plywood engineering. In consequnce, the house slices become very much lighter and can be towed on a light undercarriage behind a small truck or ordinary passenger car

Demountable employee housing. The most recent development of the demou...

Studenten seid Propagandisten des Führers Hoch-u. Fachschulen bekennen sich am 29. März zur Deutschen Freiheitsbewegung / / Ludwig Hohlwein, München.

Studenten seid Propagandisten des Führers Hoch-u. Fachschulen bekennen...

Poster shows a man with left arm raised calling out to students to become propagandists for the Führer; a large swastika in the lower left corner mirrors that on his lapel. The man also asks that universities a... more

Purim Carnival in Tel Aviv. 1934. Purim celebration in Tel Aviv. The Hitler float. Three large dragons driven by the Nazi leader

Purim Carnival in Tel Aviv. 1934. Purim celebration in Tel Aviv. The H...

[Adolph Hitler with an official in a stadium at a Nazi party rally and an aerial view of a crowd of people giving the Nazi salute, Nuremberg, Germany]

[Adolph Hitler with an official in a stadium at a Nazi party rally and...

Cars in desert

Cars in desert

Castell road "Seven Sisters" S.S. Roina Cruise travelling in train of cars under motor-police escort down the Kastal Hills (Seven Sisters)

Castell road "Seven Sisters" S.S. Roina Cruise travelling in train of ...

Castell road "Seven Sisters" S.S. Roina Cruise travelling in train of cars under motor-police escort down the Kastal Hills (Seven Sisters)

Castell road "Seven Sisters" S.S. Roina Cruise travelling in train of ...

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

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

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Rio Grande national forest, Colorado. Three thousand ewes and lambs on the trail from the summer range above the timber line at the head of the Rio Grand river, to the home ranch near La Jara

Rio Grande national forest, Colorado. Three thousand ewes and lambs on...

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

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

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

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

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

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

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

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

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

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

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

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

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

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