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Baton practice, Florence Kuwata, Manzanar Relocation Center / photograph by Ansel Adams.

Baton practice, Florence Kuwata, Manzanar Relocation Center / photogra...

Florence Kuwata, three-quarter length portrait, standing, arms outstretched, holding a baton in each hand. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-5-M-34. Gift; ... More

Transfusion donor bottles, Baxter Lab., Glenview, Ill. Formerly a sculptress and designer of tiles, Dorothy Cole converted her basement into a workshop to tin plate needles for valves for blood transfusion bottles prepared by Baxter Laboratories where she lives. She turns in her profits to war bonds to provide a college education for her young nephew

Transfusion donor bottles, Baxter Lab., Glenview, Ill. Formerly a scul...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

A black and white photo of a woman in a field, Great Depression. FSA/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.

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter, employed as a sweeper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter, employed as a sweeper at the ro...

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

An old black and white photo of a man with a shovel. Farmers during Great Depression

An old black and white photo of a man with a shovel. Farmers during Gr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of people standing in front of a building. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A group of people standing in front of a building. Great Depression FF...

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

This woman is all packed and waiting for the truck to take her belongings out of the area being taken over by the Army. Caroline County, Virginia

This woman is all packed and waiting for the truck to take her belongi...

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

Negro woman who was still living in the Hinesville Army camp area and having no plans for the future. Near Hinesville, Georgia

Negro woman who was still living in the Hinesville Army camp area and ...

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

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

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. A woman employee at Vul...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F heavy bomber. She's one of many capable women workers in the Long Beach, California, plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model 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 with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. This girl in a glass house is putting...

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

Portrait of a woman training to operate buses and taxicabs

Portrait of a woman training 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.

De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Woman worker using brazing torch to solder bolts on end of pipe

De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Woman worker using brazing to...

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

Inglewood, California. A young woman who hauls supplies through the North American Aviation, Inc. plant, watching a man attaching the supply rack to the small vehicle she is driving

Inglewood, California. A young woman who hauls supplies through the No...

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

Production. Airplane manufacturers, general. Overlooking the Inglewood, California airport of North American Aviation, Incorporated, the secretary in the contract test flight office records the takeoff and landing times of all the planes put through routine flight tests by company pilots. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber used in General Dolittle's raid on Tokyo and the F-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacturers, general. Overlooking the Inglewood...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash... More

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Women are successfully taking over many responsible production and inspection jobs at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. 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

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Women are successfully takin...

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

Washington, D.C. Women in Red Cross uniforms at the Washington Monument on Sunday

Washington, D.C. Women in Red Cross uniforms at the Washington Monumen...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Second Lieutenant Harriet West of the Woman's Army Auxiliary Corps

Washington, D.C. Second Lieutenant Harriet West of the Woman's Army Au...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, 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

An old black and white photo of a woman. Office of War Information Photograph

An old black and white photo of a woman. Office of War Information Pho...

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

Trampas, New Mexico. Spanish-American woman

Trampas, New Mexico. Spanish-American woman

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

Baltimore, Maryland. Woman conductor and motorman who work together eating between trips at the terminal lunch

Baltimore, Maryland. Woman conductor and motorman who work together ea...

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

Mrs. Ryie Yoshizawa, teacher of fashion and designing, etc., Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California / photograph by Ansel Adams.

Mrs. Ryie Yoshizawa, teacher of fashion and designing, etc., Manzanar ...

Mrs. Ryie Yoshizawa and class of women students at table, looking at fashion magazines and patterns. Students are: Satoko Oka, Chizuko Karnii, Takako Nakanishi, Kikiyo Yamasuchi, Masako Kimochita, Mitsugo Fugi,... More

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

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress. Great Depression and Wo...

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

Woman in shack home in community camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Straightening her son's hair. Refer general caption no. 21

Woman in shack home in community camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Straig...

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

Spanish-American woman spinning woolen thread at WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) project. Costilla, New Mexico

Spanish-American woman spinning woolen thread at WPA (Works Progress A...

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

Natchez, Mississippi. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Natchez, Mississippi. Great Depression public domain photograph.

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

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT OBSERVES SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY IN WHITE HOUSE. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT BEGINS HIS EIGHTH YEAR IN THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY AND OBSERVED THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS INAUGURATION BY ATTENDING SERVICES AT ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH TODAY. THE PRESIDENT, TANNED AND RUGGED FROM HIS SEA TRIP, WAS JOINED AT THE CHAPEL BY A GROUP OF HIS CLOSEST GOVERNMENT INTIMATES, CABINET MEMBERS, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND ADVISORS. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AFTER THE SERVICES-L TO R: MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT; MRS. SARA DELANO ROOSEVELT, MOTHER OF THE PRESIDENT; PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; AND MRS. ENDICOTT PEABODY, WIFE OF THE HEAD MASTER OF GROTON SCHOOL WHERE MR. ROOSEVELT PREPARED FOR HARVARD

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT OBSERVES SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY IN WHITE HOUSE. PRESI...

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

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

A black and white photo of a man and a woman, Kenntucky. 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.

Mrs. Willcox. Her home was damaged by the hurricane. Ledyard, Connecticut

Mrs. Willcox. Her home was damaged by the hurricane. Ledyard, Connecti...

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

Women aircraft workers. Women man America's machines in a West Coast airplane factory, where the swing shift of drill press operators is composed almost entirely of women

Women aircraft workers. Women man America's machines in a West Coast a...

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

Women aircraft workers. An experienced girl worker in a West Coast airplane factory trains a new girl in the use of a rivet-squeezing machine. Vega

Women aircraft workers. An experienced girl worker in a West Coast air...

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

Nashville, Tennessee. Woman riveter at work on a tail section at the Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Woman riveter at work on a tail section at the V...

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

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Animal Trap Company of America, now making bullets. It always did hire about 30% women, but now has 100 more than before. These women are inspecting with gauges

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Animal Trap Company of America, now making bulle...

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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. An employee with years of experience at Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated, explains the assembly of a horizontal stabilizer to a new woman employee. 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. An employee with years of e...

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

A black and white photo of a woman, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a woman, West Virginia. Farm Security Admin...

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

Self-sealing fuel tanks. The heavy paper building forms for bullet-sealing tanks must be covered with cloth. Women are doing a large portion of the work in turning out these tanks. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. The heavy paper building forms for bullet-sea...

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

Buffalo, New York. Woman learning to operate an axle lathe at the New York Car Wheel Company, makers of locomotive wheels for the railroads

Buffalo, New York. Woman learning to operate an axle lathe at the New ...

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

War workers. Social activities. A government girl entertains her young navy officer friend in "Lovers Lane" nook of Scotts' Hotel, a government hotel for women war workers

War workers. Social activities. A government girl entertains her youn...

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

Buffalo, New York. Italian-American woman operating a hand-controlled boring machine which makes holes through locomotive wheels at the New York Car Wheel Company, makers of locomotive wheels for the railroads

Buffalo, New York. Italian-American woman operating a hand-controlled ...

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

Washington, D.C. Feeding the pigeons in Lafayette Park. This woman has been bringing grain to the pigeons almost daily for thirteen years

Washington, D.C. Feeding the pigeons in Lafayette Park. This woman has...

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

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. She'd pass for a choir singer. A Vultee woman employee shown making a labor distribution check. She is standing under the engine nucleus of the "Vengeance" dive bomber manufcatured at Vultee's Nashville Division. 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. She'd pass for a choir si...

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

Arlington, Virginia. Outside of the entrance to Kansas Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the United States government for the duration of the war, on Sunday afternoon

Arlington, Virginia. Outside of the entrance to Kansas Hall, Arlington...

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. Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) coeducational recreation program for the third shift and swing shift workers from 9 a.m. to 1 and midnight to 5 a.m. includes sports, singing and dancing

Buffalo, New York. Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) coeducat...

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

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Ven...

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

Blind woman, Omaha, Nebraska. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Blind woman, Omaha, Nebraska. Great Depression public domain photograp...

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

Spanish-American woman covering dough so that shaped loaves will rise evenly. Near Taos, New Mexico

Spanish-American woman covering dough so that shaped loaves will rise ...

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

Operating a machine for putting tops on crates at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Operating a machine for putting tops on crates at a co-op orange packi...

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

A black and white photo of a woman in a kitchen. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm Security Administartion photograph.

A black and white photo of a woman in a kitchen. Pie Town, New Mexico....

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.

Woman and her child living in slum house in Bridgewater, Pennsylvania. Her husband is a steelworker

Woman and her child living in slum house in Bridgewater, Pennsylvania....

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

Mountain woman and granddaughter up Burton's Fork, Kentucky River, near Jackson, Kentucky

Mountain woman and granddaughter up Burton's Fork, Kentucky River, nea...

Public domain photograph of mother and child portrait, baby, infant, young woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woman in Upper Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania

Woman in Upper Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania

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

A black and white photo of a woman and a baby. Kentucky during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a woman and a baby. Kentucky during Great D...

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.

Rural women at home demonstration meeting reciting their creed. McIntosh County, Oklahoma

Rural women at home demonstration meeting reciting their creed. McInto...

Public domain photograph of a church interior, gothic architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

A black and white photo of a woman and two children and a dog. Office ...

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

De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Women war workers wearing slacks check out at end of a shift

De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Women war workers wearing sla...

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

De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Woman worker producing simple curved form on magnesium conduit

De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Woman worker producing simple...

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

Conversion. Automobile industry. These women employees of an automobile factory are completing a wiring order for the U.S. government, using stock on hand, just prior to the company's conversion to war production. The Plymouth Company, Chrylser Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. These women employees of an automobil...

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

WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service). Lieutenant Marion Enright, U.S. Naval Reserve, poses in dress blues and white cap cover. Her stripes are blue instead of traditional gold. WAVES carry white gloves and wear a black leather strap purse

WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service). Lieutenant Mar...

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

Self-sealing fuel tanks. The heavy paper building forms for bullet-sealing tanks must be covered with cloth. Women are doing a large portion of the work in turning out these tanks. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. The heavy paper building forms for bullet-sea...

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

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteer checking and posting ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

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

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.

Two North American employees rivet the nacelle for a B-25 bomber. Woman and man. Women will probably be doing eighty percent of work at this plant next year. Now approximately twenty percent

Two North American employees rivet the nacelle for a B-25 bomber. Woma...

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

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A good day's work done, employees of a large Midwest supercharger plant line up to punch their timecards. With women comprising 80 percent of its workers, its nothing unusual to find an all-female contingent like this one at the plant. Allis Manufacture Company

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A good day's work done, empl...

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.

Inside the fuselage of a North American P-51 fighter, this woman employee assembles an electrical switch box

Inside the fuselage of a North American P-51 fighter, this woman emplo...

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 Britain, Connecticut. Woman working in the Stanley plant operating a machine which cuts out material for steel bullet jackets

New Britain, Connecticut. Woman working in the Stanley plant operating...

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.

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

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress. Office of War Informati...

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

A black and white photo of a woman sitting on a pile of cucumbers. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a woman sitting on a pile of cucumbers. Gre...

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

Women waiting for streetcar at terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Women waiting for streetcar at terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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

After taking oath as Asst. Secy. of the Navy, Lewis Compton, left, is congratulated by Mrs. Compton, and the Secy. of the Navy, Charles Edison, Feb. 9, 1940

After taking oath as Asst. Secy. of the Navy, Lewis Compton, left, is ...

A black and white photo of two men and a woman shaking hands. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spanish-American woman doing needlework. Many of the homes in this section show the love of the Spanish-Americans for colorful decoration. Chamisal, New Mexico

Spanish-American woman doing needlework. Many of the homes in this sec...

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

Mrs. Richard Carter, poultry farmer of Middleboro, Massachusetts. She runs the poultry business of one thousand while her husband drives a bulldozer at an Army camp nearby

Mrs. Richard Carter, poultry farmer of Middleboro, Massachusetts. She ...

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

Alta Spotts, from Nora Springs, Iowa, is a junior in horticulture at Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa

Alta Spotts, from Nora Springs, Iowa, is a junior in horticulture at I...

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

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Women working on the fuselage framework

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flyin...

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.

In the electrical assembly department, women employees assemble switch boxes for North American B-25 bombers

In the electrical assembly department, women employees assemble switch...

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

San Benito County, California. Japanese-American woman in tomato nursery which she owns and operates. She is waiting for evacuation orders

San Benito County, California. Japanese-American woman in tomato nurse...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. The careful, skilled fingers of women workers at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, prepare a wing rib for a mighty bomber. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of 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. The careful, skilled fingers of women...

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

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. A scene in the WAAC squad room in Daytona Beach, Florida where members gather during leisure periods on Saturday afternoon. The WAACs are using local hotels for their quarters

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. A scene in the WAAC squad room in Dayton...

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

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Thousands of feet of insulated conductor wire that go into a North American B-25 bomber are sorted by this woman employee in the electrical assembly department at Inglewood, California. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Thousands of feet of insula...

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.

De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Women workers fitting the top skin to wing board flaps

De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Women workers fitting the top...

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.

Rags. Collection and processing. A "team" of two women in a large Eastern rag processing plant going through a bale of cotton waste in order to eliminate pieces of foreign material. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Rags. Collection and processing. A "team" of two women in a large Eas...

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

Rags. Collection and processing. A "team" of two women sorting rags. In the background are a number of bales waiting to be sorted. On the table behind the woman at left is the remainder of a bale which she has been sorting. In the foreground are baskets containing the rags that have been sorted. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Rags. Collection and processing. A "team" of two women sorting rags. I...

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.

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County community cannery, started by the WPA (Work Projects Administration), now conducted by the state(?) vocational education department. Women pay three cents for each can and two cents per can for use of the pressure cooker. Some of the women who bring their vegetables to be canned bring their lunch and eat together

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County community cannery, start...

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

San Augustine, Texas. Woman making surgical dressings for the Red Cross

San Augustine, Texas. Woman making surgical dressings for the Red Cros...

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.

A black and white photo of a woman in a scout uniform. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman in a scout uniform. Office of War I...

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

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airpo...

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

New York, New York. Italian-American garment worker in the N.M. dress shop, which is now making blouses for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). Workers in this shop are members of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union

New York, New York. Italian-American garment worker in the N.M. dress ...

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

Washington, D.C. Mary McLeod Bethune at Phyllis Wheatley YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) on Rhode Island Avenue

Washington, D.C. Mary McLeod Bethune at Phyllis Wheatley YWCA (Young W...

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

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 Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a woman in a train car, Baltimore, Maryland. Woman trolley conductor

A black and white photo of a woman in a train car, Baltimore, Maryland...

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 York, New York. June 6, 1944. A woman addressing the crowd at the D-day rally at Madison Square

New York, New York. June 6, 1944. A woman addressing the crowd at the ...

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

A black and white photo of a woman. Great Depression era portrait photograph.

A black and white photo of a woman. Great Depression era portrait phot...

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

Women picking carrots, Camden County, New Jersey

Women picking carrots, Camden County, New Jersey

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migrant woman peeling potatoes on running board of car while camped near Prague, Oklahoma. Lincoln County, Oklahoma

Migrant woman peeling potatoes on running board of car while camped ne...

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

A black and white photo of a group of women. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A black and white photo of a group of women. Great Depression FSA phot...

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

A black and white photo of a woman standing in front of a stone building, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a woman standing in front of a stone buildi...

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. Leatherman, homesteader from West Texas taking up chicken and dressing at dinner during the all day community sing. Pie Town, New Mexico

Mrs. Leatherman, homesteader from West Texas taking up chicken and dre...

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

One of the newer consolidated schools in Breathitt County, where Mrs. Marie R. Turner is county superintendent. She is trying to consolidate all the schools and build them of stone since so many of the mountain schools have been burned down several times. She has been encouraging an activity program emphasizing creative arts and crafts using their native clay, wood and other materials. Breathitt County, Kentucky

One of the newer consolidated schools in Breathitt County, where Mrs. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Morrison farms in the submarginal area of Rumsey Hill, near Erin, New York

Mrs. Morrison farms in the submarginal area of Rumsey Hill, near Erin,...

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

One of the camp members, vice-president of women's club, reading suggestions to group for future planning and discussions. Home management supervisor Corinne Williams sitting opposite her, encourages the members to conduct and participate in their own meeting. Assembly building at Okeechobee migratory labor camp. Belle Glade, Florida

One of the camp members, vice-president of women's club, reading sugge...

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.

Mrs. Christiansen of the Christiansen canning unit sealing cans. During 1939 she canned 2300 quarts which included 20 mutton, 2 deer, 2 beeves, 5 pigs. Fish was tried very successfully. In this cooperative agreement there were twenty-five users and outside of the cooperative there were ten others who used Mrs. Christiansen's services

Mrs. Christiansen of the Christiansen canning unit sealing cans. Durin...

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

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