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Old woman living in one of the slum "villages" in the northwestern part of the island. St. Croix, Virgin Islands

Old woman living in one of the slum "villages" in the northwestern par...

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.

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Woman worker in balloon room applies rubber cement to fittings through which hand ropes will be strung around outer circumference of boat. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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

A black and white photo of a woman standing in front of flags. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a woman standing in front of flags. America...

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 and her child who must move out. The Army is taking over the area for maneuver grounds. Caroline County, Virginia

Woman and her child who must move out. The Army is taking over the are...

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

Salvage. New York local story. Keys to Uncle Sam's arsenal for democracy. Ranging in size form a tiny jewelcase opener to a massive half-pound brass device used in a French chateau grilled door, a donor turns over to the salvage drive more than 200 keys weighing five pounds, one ounce to Mrs. Mortimer Hess, vice chairman of the Women's Division of the New York City Salvage Committee at its headquarters in the Channing Building. Soon these keys will be on their way to the smelters to refine into new steel and brass to make America's guns and cartridges

Salvage. New York local story. Keys to Uncle Sam's arsenal for democra...

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

In the fishing village of Puerto Real, many women take in needlework to do at home to supplement their income from fish. The gloves which these women are stitching are being done for a firm in Mayaguez and will eventually be sold in New York. Puerto Rico

In the fishing village of Puerto Real, many women take in needlework 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.

Escambia Farms, Florida. Elena McLelland in the corn patch on a Sunday

Escambia Farms, Florida. Elena McLelland in the corn patch on a Sunday

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. C-47 transport planes. This young woman has become one of the excellent airplane engine mechanics of the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Here she is learning some of the finer points of the mighty engines that power the C-47 transport plane. The versatile C-47 performs many important tasks for the Army. It ferries men and cargo across the oceans and mountains, tows gliders and brings paratroopers and their equipment to scenes of action

Production. C-47 transport planes. This young woman has become one of ...

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. A women worker, over 60 years old, does an expert riveting job on a B-17F bomber in the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. A women worker, over 60 years old, do...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, 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.

Women's Policy Committee of the War Manpower Commission (WMC). Miss Margaret A. Hickey, Chairman, Women's Policy Committee of War Manpower Commission

Women's Policy Committee of the War Manpower Commission (WMC). Miss Ma...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Tool production. Arms for the love of America! The capable young woman whose strong hands guide this cutoff machine is one of a Midwest drill and tool factory's many women employees. Almost 1,000 women have recently been employed in this comparatively new plant; sole men workers, other than foreman, are those in the heat treating department. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Arms for the love of America! The...

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

Training women to operate buses and taxicabs

Training women to operate buses and taxicabs

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

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Woman selling eggs at the farmers' market

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Woman selling eggs at the farmers' market

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. The War Emergency Board of the fur industry formed a fur vest project. Various fur factories donate the services of their employees one day a week to make fur-lined vests for the Merchant Marine. The fur is all from voluntary donations from the public: women's fur coats, hunters' caps, etc., from mink to lapin. This worker is piecing together a lining and stitching it

New York, New York. The War Emergency Board of the fur industry formed...

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

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mennonite woman at a public sale

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mennonite woman at a public sale

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.

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Her left hand knows what her right one is doing! Each is operating two looms: her right hand guides a loom which produces silk for women's stockings, while her left hand rests on one which is producing mosquito netting for American armed forces. At present this plant is forty percent converted from production of stockings to netting, but with additional orders more looms will be converted to this essential war production. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Her left hand knows what her right one is...

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

Kathryn M. Miller, first woman to be employed as a laborer at the Reading Company general stores. She is the first to qualify as an operator of the tricky electric trucks which move loads about the busy platforms in the local yard. She is a former hosiery mill employee and says she doesn't mind the cold at all

Kathryn M. Miller, first woman to be employed as a laborer at the Read...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow with six children who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth (note the PL on her uniform), makers of castings used for ships, tanks, etc

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow with six ch...

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. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Aluminum welding. This woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is pictured doing aluminum welding operating on one of the parts for the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber. 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. Aluminum welding. This wo...

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

Cincinnati, Ohio. A maid in the women's restroom at the Greyhound bus terminal

Cincinnati, Ohio. A maid in the women's restroom at the Greyhound bus ...

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

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. First aid. Full-time plant nurse redressing the finger of a Vultee woman worker in the First Aid Station at Vultee's Nashville plant where the "Vengeance" dive bomber is manufactured. 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. First aid. Full-time plan...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in essential services. Mrs. E.K. Sabel and Mrs. J.R. Harris, members of the Women's Safety Traffic Reserve in Oakland, California, are among the many mothers who are keeping the city's accident rate low by guarding school crossings during school hours

Women in essential services. Mrs. E.K. Sabel and Mrs. J.R. Harris, mem...

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.

Teheran, Iran. Women making their own clothing at a Polish evacuee camp operated by the Red Cross

Teheran, Iran. Women making their own clothing at a Polish evacuee cam...

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

Safe clothes for women workers. Illustrating what the well-dressed women in search of a war job should NOT wear, pretty Eunice Kimball, Bendix Aviation worker, pauses at the entrance to the plant employment office where potential workers are interviewed. Though clothes may not make the woman, they ARE an indication of qualifications for a job, and Eunice's sweater, high-heeled and open-toed slippers, jewelry and loose hair-do are not improving her chances of employment. To contrast the inappropriateness of her costume, note trimly-dressed Alice Tripp, Bendix guard. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

Safe clothes for women workers. Illustrating what the well-dressed wom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Britain, Connecticut. A worker at the Stanley plant wrapping finished bolts and butts for shipping (woman)

New Britain, Connecticut. A worker at the Stanley plant wrapping finis...

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

[Portrait of Carol Brice] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Carol Brice] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXII CC 18. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More

A black and white photo of a woman. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a woman. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negati...

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

Middleton Place, Ashley River vic., Dorchester County, South Carolina

Middleton Place, Ashley River vic., Dorchester County, South Carolina

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

Women picking carrots, Camden County, New Jersey

Women picking carrots, Camden County, New Jersey

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

Washington, D.C. Two women, probably government clerks, getting ready to board a street car

Washington, D.C. Two women, probably government clerks, getting ready ...

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

Japanese-American camp, war emergency evacuation,[Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, Calif.]

Japanese-American camp, war emergency evacuation,[Tule Lake Relocation...

Photo shows eight women standing in front of a camp barber shop.

Spanish-American woman placing and turning peppers on the stove near Taos, New Mexico

Spanish-American woman placing and turning peppers on the stove near T...

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

Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the Assembly and Repair Department. It is her job to maintain morale among the women by helping them solve housing and other personal problems. With her is Jo Ann Whittington, an NYA trainee at the plant

Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, M...

Public domain photograph related to navy, naval warfare, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woman from New Jersey picking beans. Homestead, Florida

Woman from New Jersey picking beans. Homestead, Florida

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man hanging clothes on a line, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man hanging clothes on a line, Great Depr...

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. Arthur Brown with three of her children reading Bath Daily Times. The husband works at the shipyard. After having been away from Bath for five years returned for the "Boom." Rents were too high in town and so they started building a place for themselves about five miles out of Bath on land belonging to their brother. Husband has been working a week on and a week off. One of the children is old enough to go to school but it is too far out of the way for the school bus to stop for him

Mrs. Arthur Brown with three of her children reading Bath Daily Times....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Bettenhausen ironing. McIntosh County, North Dakota

Mrs. Bettenhausen ironing. McIntosh County, North Dakota

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 working on a machine, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman working on a machine, Great Depress...

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

FIRST LADY APPEALS FOR RED CROSS FUNDS. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 21. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT RECORDING FOR THE SOUND MOVIE CAMERA HER APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE $10,000,000 RED CROSS RELIEF FUND FOR AID TO CIVILIANS AND WOUNDED IN THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES NOW AT WAR. THE FIRST LADY POSED FOR THE CAMERAMEN AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IN WASHINGTON

FIRST LADY APPEALS FOR RED CROSS FUNDS. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 21. MRS. ...

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

Mexican woman at table in kitchen of her two-room house. San Diego, California

Mexican woman at table in kitchen of her two-room house. San Diego, Ca...

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

Women in defense. Women employees checking in for the second shift at the Schaeffer Tent and Awning Company, Denver, Colorado. These women are employed in the manufacture of eight-man pyramidial tents to house the expanding defense army in the field

Women in defense. Women employees checking in for the second shift at ...

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

A black and white photo of people walking down a sidewalk. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of people walking down a sidewalk. Office of W...

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

Woman who had been moved out of the Santee-Cooper basin to Orangeburg Farms, a FSA (Farm Security Administration) project in Orangeburg County, South Carolina

Woman who had been moved out of the Santee-Cooper basin to Orangeburg ...

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

Poster. The more women at work, the sooner we'll win

Poster. The more women at work, the sooner we'll win

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

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Women from all fields have join...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, 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

Women in industry. Tool production. A job which was formerly done by hand (and by men) is done in this large Midwest drill and tool plant by women at machines. These young workers are putting precision-ground points on drills which will be used in production of America's ships, tanks and guns. It takes at least four months to train these young women in the operation of these machines, but at the end of that period their work is speedy and efficient, and this company has found that both production and the quality of the drill points have improved. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. A job which was formerly done by ...

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

Production. B-17F heavy bomber. Woman riveting team working on a B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber in the Boeing plant at Seattle. Over half the workers in this plant are women. The Flying Fortress, a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying at high altitudes, has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere

Production. B-17F heavy bomber. Woman riveting team working on a B-17F...

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

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. One of the final steps in preparing plasma containers for use in blood letting is the labeling of the bottles. A former elevator operator, Loretta Bueter is one of many women workers at Baxter Laboratories, Glenview, Illinois

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. One of the final steps in prepa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan. Steps in the maufacture of casings for 105 mm. shells in the Budd wheel plant. Women inspecting 60 mm. shells

Detroit, Michigan. Steps in the maufacture of casings for 105 mm. shel...

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

Beaumont, Texas. Woman welder on the working ways at the Pennsylvania shipyards

Beaumont, Texas. Woman welder on the working ways at the Pennsylvania ...

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.

Beaumont, Texas. Woman worker at the International Creosoting plant. This work was formerly done by men

Beaumont, Texas. Woman worker at the International Creosoting plant. T...

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.

Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. A woman watching Colonel Hammond lay the President's wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during the Memorial Day services

Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. A woman watching Colonel Hamm...

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.

[Portrait of Beatrice Pearson] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Beatrice Pearson] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVI CC 19. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

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...

Public domain photo, woman, 1940s female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Attention Please (10 Photographs)

Attention Please (10 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

Mrs. Carroll Miller, George Grantham Bain Collection

Mrs. Carroll Miller, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Lady Kinnoul, George Grantham Bain Collection

Lady Kinnoul, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

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

Substitute fuels tested. Conducting an experiment to determine whether engine wear is increased by the use of fuel substitutes, Emmet L. Reed of Washington, D.C. makes an identification mark on the cylinder of an automobile engine. The rate of the mark's disappearance will determine the degree of wear. This is part of the "ersatz" fuel experiments which are being conducted at the U.S. Bureau of Standards

Substitute fuels tested. Conducting an experiment to determine whether...

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

A black and white photo of a woman looking out a window. FSA/OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a woman looking out a window. FSA/OWI Photo...

Annotation on original negative jacket. 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 tit... More

Women staying at nearby lodge listening to the boys in the summer camp singing. El Porvenir, New Mexico

Women staying at nearby lodge listening to the boys in the summer camp...

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

Explaining the REA program to farm women, Central Iowa 4-H Club fair, Marshalltown, Iowa

Explaining the REA program to farm women, Central Iowa 4-H Club fair, ...

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

Mexican woman, seasonal labor contracted for by planters, picking cotton on Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Mexican woman, seasonal labor contracted for by planters, picking cott...

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

Salem, Illinois. Woman shopper. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Salem, Illinois. Woman shopper. Great Depression public domain photogr...

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

Foot ball match British Army v. French Army. Spectators in the grand stand, showing Mr. & Mrs. Keith Roach

Foot ball match British Army v. French Army. Spectators in the grand s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

FIRST LADY WELCOMES FIRST OF EASTER EGG ROLLERS. WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 25. TWO-YEAR-OLD MARSHA WILLIAMS, DAUGHTER OF CAPT. HERBERT WILLIAMS, U.S. MARINE CORPS AND MRS. WILLIAMS, IS GREETED BY MRS. ROOSEVELT AS SHE ARRIVED TO ROLL HER EASTER EGGS ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER THE CROWD WAS THE SMALLEST IN 15 YEARS TO ATTEND THE TRADITIONAL FESTIVITIES. MRS. WILLIAMS IS SHOWN ON DAUGHTER'S LEFT

FIRST LADY WELCOMES FIRST OF EASTER EGG ROLLERS. WASHINGTON, D.C. MARC...

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

A black and white photo of a woman riding a horse. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a woman riding a horse. Great Depression FF...

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

Farmers during Great Depression: A woman with a hat and a shovel in a field.

Farmers during Great Depression: A woman with a hat and a shovel in a ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miss Speed's wedding, Major Prendergast

Miss Speed's wedding, Major Prendergast

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

Left, Miss Dorothy Overlock; and right, Mrs. Betty Lindley, Office of Civilian Defense

Left, Miss Dorothy Overlock; and right, Mrs. Betty Lindley, Office of ...

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

Miss Helen Gregory. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Miss Helen Gregory. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of...

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

Mr. E. Keith Roach & Mrs. K.R. entertain Sir Harold & Lady MacMichael & 500 falahen at Neby Saleh. H.E. (i.e., His Excellency) & Lady MacMichael taking leave of their hosts Mr. & Mrs. Keith Roach

Mr. E. Keith Roach & Mrs. K.R. entertain Sir Harold & Lady MacMichael ...

Public domain image of aristocratic military leader, general, monarch, 18th-19th century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Mountain woman carrying home groceries from the store. Near Hyden, Kentucky

Mountain woman carrying home groceries from the store. Near Hyden, Ken...

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

Mrs. George Hutton, homesteader, in front of her bookcase. Pie Town, New Mexico

Mrs. George Hutton, homesteader, in front of her bookcase. Pie Town, N...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. and Mrs. Lindore Labbee and their children in their newly-built home. Mr. Labbe, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, runs a small seed foundation unit in Wallagrass, Maine

Mr. and Mrs. Lindore Labbee and their children in their newly-built ho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women members of the camp committee at the migratory labor camp. Aqua Fria, Arizona

Women members of the camp committee at the migratory labor camp. Aqua ...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

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

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

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

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. Stella Wolos, who was a sewing machine operator, is grinding a drawing angle on a cartridge die in the Passaic, New Jersey shop of the Howe Machinery Company. This concern is training a number of young women for war production jobs

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. Stella Wolos, who was a se...

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

Opening of the Catholic Women's League Hostel on March 17, 1942 by Col. Price (in old quarantine bld'g. [i.e., building] inside New Gate). Padre Ainsworth speaking

Opening of the Catholic Women's League Hostel on March 17, 1942 by Col...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Member of the Cooperative store board at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' community. Woodville, California

Member of the Cooperative store board at the 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.

Men and women working together on the production front. Two North American employees assemble the engine cowling for a B-25 bomber

Men and women working together on the production front. Two North Amer...

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

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of the women employees in the machine shop of the Greyhound garage working on a cylinder grinding machine

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of the women employees in the machine sh...

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. A nurse in the first aid room at the Ross Heater plant bandaging a slight finger injury. Another woman worker rests in the background

Buffalo, New York. A nurse in the first aid room at the Ross Heater pl...

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 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. Norma Webber, eighteen year old "pit woman," used to work in a laundry. Her older sister, Barbara, also works in the sawmill

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

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Arlington, Virginia. A room resident and her friend at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work for the U.S. government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. A room resident and her friend at Idaho Hall, Arl...

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.

From NYA to Washington Navy Yard. Under the direction of Cecil M. Coles, NYA foreman Miss Juanita E. Gray learns to operate a lathe machine at the Washington, D.C. National Youth Administration War Production and Training Center. This former domestic worker is one of hundreds of Negro women trained at this center

From NYA to Washington Navy Yard. Under the direction of Cecil M. Cole...

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

[Woman playing softball with other members of Othello production, Central Park, New York City]

[Woman playing softball with other members of Othello production, Cent...

Public domain image of a baseball game, sports event, arena, stadium, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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

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

Annotation on original negative jacket. 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 tit... More

Mexican woman and children looking over side of truck which is taking them to their homes in the Rio Grande Valley from Mississippi where they have been picking cotton. Filling station, Neches, Texas

Mexican woman and children looking over side of truck which is taking ...

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

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

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

Annotation on original negative jacket. 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 tit... More

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

A black and white photo of a woman holding a hose. Great Depression an...

Annotation on original negative jacket. 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 tit... More

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

A black and white photo of a woman smiling. Great Depression era portr...

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

Bethlehem from south with woman figure (Sofie) at the well clad in richly embroidered costume. Closer to figure drawing water

Bethlehem from south with woman figure (Sofie) at the well clad in ric...

Public domain photograph - Bethlehem, historical image of Palestine, Israel, Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Corral, woman sweeping up trash, San Antonio, Texas

Corral, woman sweeping up trash, San Antonio, Texas

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

"We made good money in the cherries this year. From then on we made just beans." Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. Woman in mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp

"We made good money in the cherries this year. From then on we made ju...

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.

Oregon. Polk County, near Independence. Head of young woman, migratory hop picker. General caption number 45-1

Oregon. Polk County, near Independence. Head of young woman, migratory...

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

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