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The Administration Building, known locally and fondly as the "Taj Mahal," at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of the U.S. Military's Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

The Administration Building, known locally and fondly as the "Taj Maha...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Randolph Field, Texas, played a pivotal role in the development of the air arm of the U.S. Army, which eventually achieved its indepe... More

CHIEF EXECUTIVE PRESENTS CHENEY AWARD. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, TODAY PRESENTED TO LIEUT. W.L. BOGEN; SERGT. D.D. DODD; AND SERGT. T.J. ROGERS, ALL OF THE ARMY AIR CORPS., WITH THE CHENEY AVIATION AWARD FOR 1933. THE AWARD IS GIVEN YEARLY FOR THE MOST HEROIC ACT IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS. IN THE PHOTO, L TO R: LIEUT. BOGEN, SERGT. DODD, RECEIVING HIS AWARD FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, SEATED, SERGT. ROGERS AND MAJOR GENERAL R.D. FOULOIS, CHIEF OF THE ARMY AIR CORPS

CHIEF EXECUTIVE PRESENTS CHENEY AWARD. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, TODAY PRES...

A group of men standing around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Informati...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Building 661 at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of the U.S. Military's Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

Building 661 at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of t...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally housing a medical research facility that trained flight surgeons and psychologists, the 1942 building is now the nation's ... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More

Chief of Army Air Corps congratulates Howard Hughes. Washington, D.C., July 21. General Oscar Westover, Chief of the Army Air Corps, right; Congratulates Howard on his round the world flight, Hughes was a visitor in Washington today, and the chief of the Air Corps was one of the first to congratulate him, 7/21/38

Chief of Army Air Corps congratulates Howard Hughes. Washington, D.C.,...

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

U.S. Air Corps Commander asks Congress for new air bases, men and money. Washington, D.C., Maj. General H.H. Arnold, Chief of the Army Air Corps, appearing before the House Military Affairs Committee today told members that national defense requires new air bases in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska and two in continental U.S. He said that new laws are needed to allow American aircraft industries to produce at full capacity, 1/18/39

U.S. Air Corps Commander asks Congress for new air bases, men and mone...

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age forty-five, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

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.

An obelisk, dedicated in 1971 to the longtime Air Training Command (ATC) at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of the U.S. Military's Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

An obelisk, dedicated in 1971 to the longtime Air Training Command (AT...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Randolph Field, Texas, played a pivotal role in the development of the air arm of the U.S. Army, which eventually achieved its indepe... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More

Scientists for Uncle Sam awarded Magellan Gold Medal. Dr. L.J. Briggs, left, Assistant Director and Dr. Paul R. [Heyl?], Chief of the Sound Section of the United States Bureau of Standards, with the first successful experimental model of the earth inductor compass, which they developed for the Army Air Corps and for which they were awarded the Magellan Gold Medal by the American Philosophical Society. It was a model of this same compass that Capt. Charles Lindbergh used on his epochal flight from New York to Paris

Scientists for Uncle Sam awarded Magellan Gold Medal. Dr. L.J. Briggs,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age 45, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

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

MATERIALS DIVISION OF AIR CORPS PUTS ON SHOW FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 20. THE MATERIALS DIVISION OF THE ARMY AIR CORPS AT BOLLING FIELD HERE TODAY HAD AS ITS GUEST THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY AND NAVY TO VIEW AN AIRCRAFT AND ORDNANCE EXHIBIT. ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENT WERE SECRETARY OF WAR HARRY WOODRING, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR LOUIS D. JOHNSON, AND MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE BRETT, CHIEF OF THE MATERIALS DIVISION. THE EXHIBIT WAS ARRANGED SO THAT THE PRESIDENT COULD VIEW IT FROM HIS CAR. GEN. BRETT IS SHOWN HERE AS HE POINTS OUT FEATURES OF THE SHOW TO THE PRESIDENT. JOHNSON AND WOODRING CAN BE SEEN IN THE CAR WITH THEM

MATERIALS DIVISION OF AIR CORPS PUTS ON SHOW FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE. WASH...

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

Exhibit in the Air Heritage Park, dedicated in 1985 at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of the U.S. Military's Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

Exhibit in the Air Heritage Park, dedicated in 1985 at Randolph Field,...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Randolph Field, Texas, played a pivotal role in the development of the air arm of the U.S. Army, which eventually achieved its indepe... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More

New Army Bomber arrives at Bolling Field. Washington, D.C., March 10. The new 4 engine Boeing bomber, the first of 13 which will be delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps, as it landed at Bolling Field today after a short hop from Langley Field, Virginia, 3/10/1937

New Army Bomber arrives at Bolling Field. Washington, D.C., March 10. ...

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

[Tuskegee, Ala. Mar. 1942. Members of the first class of Negro pilots in the history of the US Army Air Corps who were graduated at the advanced flying school as second lieutenants by Major General George E. Stratemeyer]

[Tuskegee, Ala. Mar. 1942. Members of the first class of Negro pilot...

Six pilots in front of airplane. Benjamin O. Davis is 3rd from left. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection. No. 21001-AC. U.S> Army Air Forces photo.

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julian Bachman shopping. She's twenty-three has been married one year, and works at the animal trap company from 7 to 4. Her husband is in Officers' Candidate School of the U.S. Army Air Corps in Kentucky, so she lives with her parents

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julian Bachman shopping. She's twenty-three...

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

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Enola O'Connell, age thirty-two, widow and mother of one child, welding part of a trailer. She is the only woman welder in the plant. This is her first job outside her house

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Administration Building, known locally and fondly as the "Taj Mahal," at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of the U.S. Military's Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

The Administration Building, known locally and fondly as the "Taj Maha...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Randolph Field, Texas, played a pivotal role in the development of the air arm of the U.S. Army, which eventually achieved its indepe... More

Exhibit in the Air Heritage Park, dedicated in 1985 at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of the U.S. Military's Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

Exhibit in the Air Heritage Park, dedicated in 1985 at Randolph Field,...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Randolph Field, Texas, played a pivotal role in the development of the air arm of the U.S. Army, which eventually achieved its indepe... More

Assistant Secretary of War completes final plans with pilots for long air trip to Panama. Final plans were completed at Bolling Field, Washington, today for Assistant Secretary of War F. Trubee Davison, who will start on his long flight to Panama at daylight Sunday, March 11th. In the photograph, to right: Secretary Davison; Maj. General James E. [...]et, Chief of Army Air Corps, who will accompany him; [...]ain Ira C. Eaker and Lieut. Muir S. Fairchild, who [...] pilot the planes

Assistant Secretary of War completes final plans with pilots for long ...

A group of men standing next to an airplane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of two men in uniform - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two men in uniform - FSA / Office of War In...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: ACME and U.S. Army Signal Corps, from Commonwealth of Philippines. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States... More

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A former bank clerk and a college graduate who majored in physics, find war jobs in the shipping department of a large Midwest supercharger plant. Betty Hinz (left) whose husband is in the Army Air Corps, left a job in a Milwaukee bank to take a more active part in the war effort. She operates an

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A former bank clerk and a co...

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 Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More

Washington, D.C. U.S. Army Air Corps major about to leave to take over a Libyan bomber command, with a New York department store executive visiting in Washington

Washington, D.C. U.S. Army Air Corps major about to leave to take over...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gordon Bennett International Balloon Trophy goes to U.S. Army Air Corps. The Gordon Bennett International Balloon Trophy, property of the National Aeronautic Association by virtue of three victories by American Balloonists, was today presented to Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation F. Trubee Davison for the Army Air Corps for a year by Orville Wright, secretary of the Contest Committee of the Association An Army pilot, Captain W.G. Kemper, secured the trophy for America by winning the race from Detroit last year. In the photograph, left to right: Ray Cooper, of the National Aeronautic Association, who brought the trophy to Washington by airplane from Michigan; Brig. General Benjamin Foulois, Assistant Chief of the Army Air Corps; Secretary F. Trubee Davison; Orville Wright; and Porter Adams, president of the National Aeronautic Association

Gordon Bennett International Balloon Trophy goes to U.S. Army Air Corp...

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

Congratulated on strato flight in S.D. Officials of the National Geographis Society congratulate the two officers who made the record-breaking strato flight for the U.S. Army Air Corps and the National Geographic Society. From left: Dr. John Oliver Le Gorce, Ass't Editor and Vice President of the society; Capt. Albert W. Stevens, Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, President of the society, and Capt. Orvil A. Anderson, 11/14/35

Congratulated on strato flight in S.D. Officials of the National Geogr...

Cheney award to U.S. Air Corps heroes. Washington, D.C., May 8. For their heroic work in rescuing a crew from a burning balloon which took off from Fort Sill, Okla., last July, Maj. Frederick D. Lynch and staff Sergt. Joseph L. Murray, both of the U.S. Army Air Corps, were today presented with the Cheney Award for 1936. U.S. Chief of staff Malin Craig made the presentation to the men at Bolling Field today. left to right: General Malin Craig, Maj. Frederick D. Lynch, and staff Sergt. Joseph L. Murray, 5/8/1937

Cheney award to U.S. Air Corps heroes. Washington, D.C., May 8. For th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age 45, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

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

Salvo of 600-pound bombs falling from formation of B-10 bombers in recent bombing practice by the 19th Bombardment Group, General Headquarters, Air Force, U.S. Army Air Corps

Salvo of 600-pound bombs falling from formation of B-10 bombers in rec...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Image source: U.S. Army Air Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; U... More

Manila, the Philippine Islands. For extraordinary heroism during attacks on Jap bridgeheads at Vigan, in Northern Luzon, Lieutenant Jack Dale of the U.S. Army Air Corps received a Distinguished Service Cross from General MacArthur (right) before Japanese forces forced American troop retirement from Manila. Other air heroes decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross were Captain Jesus A. Villamor (center rear) of the Philippine Army, and posthumously, Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr., who bombed and sank a Jap battleship off Luzon. This picture, made December 22, 1941, was one of the last to leave the Philippines

Manila, the Philippine Islands. For extraordinary heroism during attac...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

"Here's where your parachute came from," Deena Clark, civilian defense volunteer tells Technical Sergeant Leo Matkins of the Army Air Corps. The worn out nylon stockings in this barrel full of salvaged stockings will be reprocessed and made into parachutes for army fliers, tow ropes for glider planes and other war material. The worn out silk stockings return to service as powder bags for the Army's big guns. The collection is typical of the thousands of salvage stations in retail stores throughout the country, which have collected 626,127 pounds of old silk and nylon stockings in three months. The campaign is directed by local salvage committees

"Here's where your parachute came from," Deena Clark, civilian defense...

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

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Assembling parts

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Assembling a chassis

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

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

The Speaker's Secretary. Margaret M. Robertson, Secretary to Speaker Joe Byrns for the past 13 years, is one of the most obliging persons on Capitol Hill. She interviews all members of Congress who call upon the Speaker. She is the wife of Lieut. W.A.R. Robertson, U.S. Army Air Corps. They have four children, three girls and a boy. 1/25/35

The Speaker's Secretary. Margaret M. Robertson, Secretary to Speaker J...

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

Air Corps Chief before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., May 24. Maj. General Oscars Westover, (left) Chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps, with Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah, Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Subcommittee now conducting hearings on the Helium gas bill. General Westover is expected to testify tomorrow, 5/24/37

Air Corps Chief before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., May 24. Maj...

Two men standing next to each other in a room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elizabeth Little, age 30, the mother of two children, spraying small parts. Her husband runs a farm

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More

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

A black and white photo of a group of men. Office of War Information P...

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

Exhibit in the Air Heritage Park, dedicated in 1985 at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of the U.S. Military's Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

Exhibit in the Air Heritage Park, dedicated in 1985 at Randolph Field,...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Randolph Field, Texas, played a pivotal role in the development of the air arm of the U.S. Army, which eventually achieved its indepe... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More

American Flyers superior to those of other nations senate committee told. Washington, D.C., March 10. Albert J. Baumler of Trenton, N.J., a 24-year-old American aviator who served eight months with Loyalist Forces in Spain, today told the House Military Affairs Subcommittee that American trained fliers were superior to those of other nations engaged in the civil war. He was testifying in connection with an inquiry into the efficiency of the U.S. Army Air Corps by a group headed by Rep. Dow Harter, 31038

American Flyers superior to those of other nations senate committee to...

A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc.... More

U.S. Air Corps Commander asks Congress for new air bases, men and money. Washington, D.C., Maj. General H.H. Arnold, Chief of the Army Air Corps, appearing before the House Military Affairs Committee today told members that national defense requires new air bases in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska and two in continental U.S. He said that new laws are needed to allow American aircraft industries to produce at full capacity, 11839

U.S. Air Corps Commander asks Congress for new air bases, men and mone...

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1... More

A black and white photo of two men in uniform. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two men in uniform. Office of War Informati...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: ACME and U.S. Army Signal Corps, from Commonwealth of Philippines. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States... More

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julian Bachman, twenty-three, has been married a year. Her husband is in Officers' Candidate School of the U.S. Army Air Corps in Kentucky, so she is living at home and works at the Animal Trap Company from 7 to 4. She spends her evening writing him daily letters

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julian Bachman, twenty-three, has been marr...

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

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. R.W. (Elizabeth) Almoney in her living room, with pictures of her relatives in the service. She has one son in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Mississippi, one in a tank division in Texas, another in the Engineer Corps in Hawaii

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. R.W. (Elizabeth) Almoney in her living room...

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

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More

Dummy Oscar ready for Army Air Corps anniversary. Washington, D.C., June 30. Dummy Oscar, jauntily attired in the now antiquated army aviator's uniform of the first decade of the 20th century, sits clasping the sticks of the army's first airplane in readiness for the 30th anniversary of the birth of the Army Air Corps early in August. Paul Garber, Assistant Curator in charge of the Smithsonian aircraft collection, is shown with the dummy in the plane built by the Wright Brothers and accepted by the government in 1909. The plane now in the Smithsonian Institution is the same one used in the test flights at Fort Meyer, Virginia by Orville Wright

Dummy Oscar ready for Army Air Corps anniversary. Washington, D.C., Ju...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age 45, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

12002-22. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Manila, the Philippine Islands. In one of the last pictures to leave the Philippines before Manila fell to the Japs, General Douglas MacArthur (left) is shown pinning a Distinguished Service Cross on Captain Jesus A. Villamor, of the Philippine Air Force, for heroism in the air. In the center background is Lieutenant Jack Dale, of the U.S. Army Air Corps, who also received a Distinguished Service Cross. At the same time, a posthumous award of the same medal went to Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr., who bombed and sank a Jap battleship near Luzon

Manila, the Philippine Islands. In one of the last pictures to leave t...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

First graduating class of African American pilots in U.S. Army Air Corps, at Advanced Flying School, Tuskegee, Alabama: G.S. Roberts, B.O. Davis, C.H. DeBow, R.M. Long, Mac Ross, and L.R. Curtis

First graduating class of African American pilots in U.S. Army Air Cor...

Photoprint by U.S. Army Air Force. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Lucile Mazurek, age twenty-nine, whose husband is in the armed service. She assembles black-out lamps for trainers

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

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

Building 661 at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of the U.S. Military's Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

Building 661 at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of t...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally housing a medical research facility that trained flight surgeons and psychologists, the 1942 building is now the nation's ... More

Gordon Bennett International Balloon Trophy goes to U.S. Army Air Corps. The Gordon Bennett International Balloon Trophy, property of the National Aeronautic Association by virtue of three victories by American Balloonists, was today presented to Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation F. Trubee Davison for the Army Air Corps for a year by Orville Wright, secretary of the Contest Committee of the Association An Army pilot, Captain W.G. Kemper, secured the trophy for America by winning the race from Detroit last year. In the photograph, left to right: Ray Cooper, of the National Aeronautic Association, who brought the trophy to Washington by airplane from Michigan; Brig. General Benjamin Foulois, Assistant Chief of the Army Air Corps; Secretary F. Trubee Davison; Orville Wright; and Porter Adams, president of the National Aeronautic Association

Gordon Bennett International Balloon Trophy goes to U.S. Army Air Corp...

A group of men standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. On sleeve: Watch Your Credit Line. Gift; Harris & ... More

MATERIALS DIVISION OF AIR CORPS PUTS ON SHOW FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 20. THE MATERIALS DIVISION OF THE ARMY AIR CORPS AT BOLLING FIELD HERE TODAY HAD AS ITS GUEST THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY AND NAVY TO VIEW AN AIRCRAFT AND ORDNANCE EXHIBIT. ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENT WERE SECRETARY OF WAR HARRY WOODRING, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR LOUIS D. JOHNSON, AND MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE BRETT, CHIEF OF THE MATERIALS DIVISION. THE EXHIBIT WAS ARRANGED SO THAT THE PRESIDENT COULD VIEW IT FROM HIS CAR. GEN. BRETT IS SHOWN HERE AS HE POINTS OUT FEATURES OF THE SHOW TO THE PRESIDENT. JOHNSON AND WOODRING CAN BE SEEN IN THE CAR WITH THEM

MATERIALS DIVISION OF AIR CORPS PUTS ON SHOW FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE. WASH...

A woman standing next to a car with a surfboard on top of it, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives ... More

Building 661 at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of the U.S. Military's Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

Building 661 at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of t...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally housing a medical research facility that trained flight surgeons and psychologists, the 1942 building is now the nation's ... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

New Air Corps Chief takes oath of office. Maj. General James F. Fechet being sworn in as Chief of the Army Air Corps to succeed Maj. General Mason M. Patrick, retired. In the photograph, left to right; Maj. Charles P. Summerall, Chief of Staff. F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation; Lieut, Col. Joseph I. McMullen, a boyhood friend of General Fechet who administered the oath; and Maj. General Fechet

New Air Corps Chief takes oath of office. Maj. General James F. Fechet...

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

"And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the Earth" Official Photograph, U.S. Army Air Corps

"And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the Earth" Official Photogr...

Aerial view of flooded area near Pendleton, Arkansas. In album (disbound): Louisiana floods, 1927.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Assembling parts

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

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

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

Congratulated on strato flight in S.D., Wash. D.C. Officials of the National Geographic Society congratulate the two officers who made the record-breaking strato flight for the U.S. Army Air Corps. and the National Geographic Society. From the left: Dr. John Oliver La Gorce, Ass't editor and vice president of the society; Capt. Albert W. Stephens, Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, President of the society, and Capt. Orvil A. Anderson. 11/14/35

Congratulated on strato flight in S.D., Wash. D.C. Officials of the Na...

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

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Assembling a chassis

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

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

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Elizabeth Little, age thirty, the mother of two children, spraying small parts. Her husband runs a farm

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

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

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More

Air Corps Chief before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., May 24. Maj. General Oscars Westover, (left) Chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps, with Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah, Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Subcommittee now conducting hearings on the Helium gas bill. General Westover is expected to testify tomorrow, 52437

Air Corps Chief before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., May 24. Maj...

Two men standing next to each other in a room, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. G... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

CHIEF EXECUTIVE PRESENTS CHENEY AWARD. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, TODAY PRESENTED TO LIEUT. W.L. BOGEN; SERGT. D.D. DODD; AND SERGT. T.J. ROGERS, ALL OF THE ARMY AIR CORPS., WITH THE CHENEY AVIATION AWARD FOR 1933. THE AWARD IS GIVEN YEARLY FOR THE MOST HEROIC ACT IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS. IN THE PHOTO, L TO R: LIEUT. BOGEN, SERGT. DODD, RECEIVING HIS AWARD FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, SEATED, SERGT. ROGERS AND MAJOR GENERAL R.D. FOULOIS, CHIEF OF THE ARMY AIR CORPS

CHIEF EXECUTIVE PRESENTS CHENEY AWARD. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, TODAY PRES...

A black and white photo of a group of men in military uniforms, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data provided by Harris & Ewing. Copyright Harris & Ewing. Date bas... More

Solons inspect new Army Bomber. Washington, D.C. March 10. Members of the House Military Affairs Committee with U.S. Chief of staff General Mailin Craig inspecting the new 4-Engine Boeing Bomber which arrived at Bolling Field today. This ship is first of 13 which will be delivered to the Army Air Corps in the newer future. In the photograph, left to right, can't be seen: Rep. Andrew Edmiston, West Virginia; Rep. Charles I. Faddis, Pennsylvania; Capt. C.E. O'Connor, pilot of the ship; Rep. Andrew J. May, Kentucky; Maj. General Malin H. Craig

Solons inspect new Army Bomber. Washington, D.C. March 10. Members of ...

A group of men standing in front of an airplane, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection on the negative or negative sleeve. Date ... More

American Flyers superior to those of other nations senate committee told. Washington, D.C., March 10. Albert J. Baumler of Trenton, N.J., a 24-year-old American aviator who served eight months with Loyalist Forces in Spain, today told the House Military Affairs Subcommittee that American trained fliers were superior to those of other nations engaged in the civil war. He was testifying in connection with an inquiry into the efficiency of the U.S. Army Air Corps by a group headed by Rep. Dow Harter, 3/10/38

American Flyers superior to those of other nations senate committee to...

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

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julian Bachman, twenty-three, has been married a year. Her husband is in Officers' Candidate School of the U.S. Army Air Corps in Kentucky, so she is living at home and works at the Animal Trap Company from 4 to 7. She spends her evenings writing him daily letters

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julian Bachman, twenty-three, has been marr...

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

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age forty-five, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

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

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Irean Smotinski, age twenty-nine, and ex-housewife, cleaning a chassis before it goes to the paint room

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

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The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

New Army Bomber arrives at Bolling Field. Washington, D.C., March 10. The new 4 engine Boeing bomber, the first of 13 which will be delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps, as it landed at Bolling Field today after a short hop from Langley Field, Virginia, 3101937

New Army Bomber arrives at Bolling Field. Washington, D.C., March 10. ...

A black and white photo of a plane on a field, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; H... More

Dummy Oscar ready for Army Air Corps anniversary. Washington, D.C., June 30. Dummy Oscar, jauntily attired in the now antiquated army aviator's uniform of the first decade of the 20th century, sits clasping the sticks of the army's first airplane in readiness for the 30th anniversary of the birth of the Army Air Corps early in August. Paul Garber, Assistant Curator in charge of the Smithsonian aircraft collection, is shown with the dummy in the plane built by the Wright Brothers and accepted by the government in 1909. The plane now in the Smithsonian Institution is the same one used in the test flights at Fort Meyer, Virginia by Orville Wright

Dummy Oscar ready for Army Air Corps anniversary. Washington, D.C., Ju...

A black and white photo of a group of men in an airplane, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date based on date of n... More

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julian Bachman shopping. She's twenty-three has been married one year, and works at the animal trap company from 7 to 4. Her husband is in Officers' Candidate School of the U.S. Army Air Corps in Kentucky, so she lives with her parents

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Julian Bachman shopping. She's twenty-three...

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

The "Missing Man" Monument of four aircraft in V formation (missing one airplane) at Randolph Field, now Randolph Air Force Base, part of the U.S. Military's Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

The "Missing Man" Monument of four aircraft in V formation (missing on...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Sculpted by San Antonio native Mark Pritchett and dedicated in 1977, the polished aluminum and steel monument was originally designed... More

The Speaker's Secretary. Margaret M. Robertson, Secretary to Speaker Joe Byrns for the past 13 years, is one of the most obliging persons on Capitol Hill. She interviews all members of Congress who call upon the Speaker. She is the wife of Lieut. W.A.R. Robertson, U.S. Army Air Corps. They have four children, three girls and a boy. 12535

The Speaker's Secretary. Margaret M. Robertson, Secretary to Speaker J...

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a desk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General... More

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elizabeth Little, age 30, the mother of two children, spraying small parts. Her husband runs a farm

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

12002-22. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Training. Brooklyn Avaiation Center. Major John Donaldson, U.S. Army Air Corps, discusses the construction of an airplane wing section with Kay Hoo Chung at the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Center. Major Donaldson, a veteran of the first world war, is the head of the school, which trains workers for airplane factories. Mr. Chung, who was born in China, is nearing completion of the course offered by the school

Training. Brooklyn Avaiation Center. Major John Donaldson, U.S. Army A...

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A black and white photo of a man and a woman sitting on a couch. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man and a woman sitting on a couch. Offic...

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

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Helen Ryan (left) age forty-one, widow, who used to work in shoe factory. Her brother is in the U.S. Army. Agnes Clienka (right), age twenty-three, married, who used to be a clerk in a department store. Her brother is in the U.S. Army

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil company makin...

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

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

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