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Women in industry. Tool production. Eyes averted from the white shower of sparks, this young employee of a drill and tool plant touches the button that welds drills to their shanks. She's one of nearly 1,000 women who have replaced men at the production machines of this Midwest factory. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Eyes averted from the white showe...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, industrial equipment, engine, generator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. The District Red Cross is collecting, as part of the war conservation program, scraps of wool from tailors, manufacturers, and individuals. Here a group of volunteer women are sorting them and cutting off the threads to prepare the wool for reprocessing. There is a nationwide drive to eliminate trouser cuffs and other unnecessary parts of garments

Washington, D.C. The District Red Cross is collecting, as part of the ...

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

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Helen Joyce, one of the many women now working for the Supplee-Wills-Jones Milk Company. She has one child and her husband is a seaman first class in the U.S. Navy

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Helen Joyce, one of the many women now w...

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

Beaumont, Texas. Woman welder at the Pennsylvania shipyards

Beaumont, Texas. Woman welder at the Pennsylvania shipyards

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.

Teheran, Iran. Polish woman and her grandchildren shown in an American Red Cross evacuation camp as they await evacuation to new homes

Teheran, Iran. Polish woman and her grandchildren shown in an American...

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

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 her job hard after years of housework. 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....

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New Britain, Connecticut. Committee which launched a successful drive to utilize all available women for industrial and defense plants when the labor shortage became acute due to manpower being drafted into the Army

New Britain, Connecticut. Committee which launched a successful drive ...

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

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Manifold line installation. A Vultee woman worker shown adjusting the manifold line on 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. Manifold line installatio...

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

Columbus, Ohio. A cleaning woman employed at the Greyhound garage

Columbus, Ohio. A cleaning woman employed at the Greyhound garage

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

[Portrait of Philippa Duke Schuyler]

[Portrait of Philippa Duke Schuyler]

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[Portrait of Katherine Dunham] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Katherine Dunham] - Public domain portrait print

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

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