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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

[Portrait of Edna St. Vincent Millay]

[Portrait of Edna St. Vincent Millay]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXI B 13. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

Lady Kinnoul - Public domain portrait print

Lady Kinnoul - Public domain portrait print

A black and white photo of a woman with a fur collar. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of Marianna Costa when she was a candidate for the New Jersey state assembly, 1949.

Portrait of Marianna Costa when she was a candidate for the New Jersey...

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of black-and-white photos in the collection of Marianna Costa, a retired official in Paterson's dyers union local who lives in Haledon, NJ.

Vote Socialist Workers, Reid for Vice-President

Vote Socialist Workers, Reid for Vice-President

Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

The Dept. of Health, Mobile Ophthalmic Clinic. Operating in Arab villages of the South Country, N.E. of Gaza. One of the nurses among peasant women & children beside the van

The Dept. of Health, Mobile Ophthalmic Clinic. Operating in Arab villa...

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

Woman living with agricultural day laborer's family who cared for his wife and two children. Poteau Creek near Spiro, Oklahoma

Woman living with agricultural day laborer's family who cared for his ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, 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

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Mrs Dorothy De Greenia, slip woman, doesn't find the job hard after years of houswork. Mrs. De Greenia's husband, Raymond, is a sawyer at Turkey Pond. They have a son in the United States Army somewhere in Australia

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by U....

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.

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 era portrait photograph.

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

This image in a jacket marked "Killed." 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 imag... More

Farrar - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Farrar - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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

A black and white photo of two women in a field, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of two women in a field, New Jersey. Farm Secu...

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

Part of one family living in miner's boarding house. One woman and six children live in one room. Two beds, no water, no heat. Mohegan, West Virginia

Part of one family living in miner's boarding house. One woman and six...

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

[Woman at microphone stand adjusting levers on a large console with Triplett Meter Company decibel display]

[Woman at microphone stand adjusting levers on a large console with Tr...

Public domain photograph - female portrait, 1900s women, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexican woman building fire in battered steel drum in backyard of her house, San Antonio, Texas

Mexican woman building fire in battered steel drum in backyard of her ...

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

White migrant woman cooking cabbage in tent home. Edinburg, Texas

White migrant woman cooking cabbage in tent home. Edinburg, Texas

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

Negro woman, strawberry picker, arranging her living quarters near Hammond, Louisiana

Negro woman, strawberry picker, arranging her living quarters near Ham...

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

Spanish-American woman removing peppers from stove. Taos, New Mexico

Spanish-American woman removing peppers from stove. Taos, New Mexico

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

The FSA (Farm Security Administration) home supervisor has helped this woman make her dress of flour sacks and decorate her curtain with splatter work. Osage Farms, Missouri

The FSA (Farm Security Administration) home supervisor has helped this...

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. Knees at oven, baking bread to be sold at farmers' market. Du Bois, near Penfield, Pennsylvania

Mrs. Knees at oven, baking bread to be sold at farmers' market. Du Boi...

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

The women's club leaving the church and community building after a home management demonstration by the supervisor and a baby shower they gave for Mrs. Verden Lee, one of their members. Transylvania Project, Louisiana

The women's club leaving the church and community building after a hom...

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

Polish woman living on High Street, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania

Polish woman living on High Street, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania

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

Mrs. Patrick Dumond and two of her children at back door of their home in Lille, Maine. French-Canadian potato farmer and FSA (Farm Security Administration) clients

Mrs. Patrick Dumond and two of her children at back door of their home...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woman and her baby waiting in line for barbecue on Labor Day at Ridgway, Colorado

Woman and her baby waiting in line for barbecue on Labor Day at Ridgwa...

Public domain image of infant, child, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farm women getting dinner ready at the all-day community sing. Pie Town, New Mexico

Farm women getting dinner ready at the all-day community sing. Pie Tow...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woman working in garden. Southeast Missouri Farms

Woman working in garden. Southeast Missouri Farms

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

Mrs. Bettenhausen with canned goods in cellar. McIntosh County, North Dakota

Mrs. Bettenhausen with canned goods in cellar. McIntosh County, North ...

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

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 photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A woman riding on the back of a brown horse. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A woman riding on the back of a brown horse. Great Depression FFSA / O...

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

Mrs. Jones, wife of tenant farmer. Near Farrington, Orange County, North Carolina

Mrs. Jones, wife of tenant farmer. Near Farrington, Orange County, Nor...

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

Farm woman with baby at pie supper at the school house. Muskogee County, Oklahoma. See general caption number 24

Farm woman with baby at pie supper at the school house. Muskogee Count...

Public domain image of infant, child, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

This young woman and her family moved from the area taken over by the Army to a prefabricated house built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to take care of some of the farmers who had to move. Milford, Caroline County, Virginia

This young woman and her family moved from the area taken over by 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.

French village, a small settlement on Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. French woman and one of her children in her home in the French village, a small settlement

French village, a small settlement on Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Isla...

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

Rags. Collection and processing. A portion of the sorting room in a large Eastern rag processing plant. In this room new rag remnants, consisting chiefly of cuttings received from clothing factories, are sorted. The rags are classified and separated according to the type of cloth; colored rags are graded according to the ease with which they can be bleached. The baskets in back of the women are filled with rags that have been sorted and classified. The women work in teams of two; it takes a team about two hours to sort the rags in one full bale. In another part of the plant, a room of the same size and general appearance as this is used for sorting used rags. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Rags. Collection and processing. A portion of the sorting room in a la...

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

New York (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...

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

Washington, D.C. International student assembly. Cecelia C. Goncalves, a delegate from Brazil

Washington, D.C. International student assembly. Cecelia C. Goncalves,...

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

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. A woman welder working on a part of the exhaust system 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. A woman welder working ...

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

Self-sealing fuel tanks. The heavy paper building forms for bullet-sealing fuel tanks must be covered with cloth. Women are doing a large portion of the work in turning out these tanks. This girl is applying a sealing strip to the edges of the building form to keep the cloth taut. Goodrich

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

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

A section for the wing of a P-51 fighter is assembled by these two women employees at North American Aviation

A section for the wing of a P-51 fighter is assembled by these two wom...

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

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Women in a packing plant candling fish and cutting out a parasite known as Syphirin lumpii

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Women in...

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 aircraft workers. An attractive brunette performs a job vital to Uncle Sam's victory push. She's one of the hundreds of women employed by a West Coast aircraft plant, pictured at work on a complex electrical assembly. Vega

Women aircraft workers. An attractive brunette performs a job vital to...

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

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.

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Ruth DeRoche and Norma Webber, eighteen year old "pit-women," relaxing after lunch

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by U....

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. An older woman who resides at Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. An older woman who resides at 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.

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Mrs. Elizabeth Esty rolling logs off the slip toward the main saw

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a ...

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 in a business suit. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman in a business suit. 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

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

A black and white photo of a woman holding a camera. Office of War Inf...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Life and Death of an American (112 Photographs)

Life and Death of an American (112 Photographs)

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... 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.

Noman H. Davis & Miss Moble T. Boardman

Noman H. Davis & Miss Moble T. Boardman

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

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 washing clothes in utility building at FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp. Erie, Pennsylvania

Women washing clothes in utility building at FSA (Farm Security Admini...

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 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

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

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

Production. Aircraft engines. Reconditioning used spark plugs for reuse in testing airplane motors, Mighnon Gunn operates this small testing machine with speed and precision although she was new to the job two months ago. A former domestic worker, this young woman is now a willing and efficient war worker, one of many women who are relieving labor shortages in war industries throughout the country. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Reconditioning used spark plugs for reus...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, 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.

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Insignia touch-up. Woman worker is shown retouching the British insignia on the fuselage of a "Vengeance" dive bomber made 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. Insignia touch-up. Woman ...

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

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...

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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.

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

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

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

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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

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Burton and child. Mr. Burton came from Moose Head Lake region, Maine, where he used to run a sportsman's camp. Have been traveling around in a trailer for three years. Had a few weeks work at one of the branches of the iron works a number of months ago, has been unemployed since. Has been trying to get work at the Bath Iron Works but so far has been unsuccessful. Was planning to move to Bath with their trailer the next day. Trailer was about five miles out from center of Bath. Had no electricity and used the sanitary facilities of a house nearby.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Burton and child. Mr. Burton came from Moose Head L...

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

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