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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn out automobiles are stripped of usable parts. Non-ferrous materials are burned out and the steel chassis and bodies are sent on to scrap iron and steel dealers. Such yards as these supply tons of scrap iron, steel and rubber yearly which is now being used to alleviate shortages in

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Convicts from the Greene County prison camp at the funeral of their warden who was killed in an automobile accident, Georgia

Convicts from the Greene County prison camp at the funeral of their wa...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Antiaircraft gun carriage. Assembling the elevating mechanism of a thirty-seven-millimeter antiaircraft gun carriage. This and other control mechanisms of an anti-aircraft gun mounting must operate as easily as your automobile controls so that the gunner may stay trained on his swiftly moving target. War program production scene in a Pennsylvania heavy industry plant. AETNA. Ellwood CIty, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. Assembling the elevating mechanism of a thi...

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

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. An automobile graveyard outside Baltimore, Maryland. Scrapped oars are collected in such yards in every state. Usable parts are stripped from the chassis and the remainder of the car is sent to scrap iron dealers for processing and shipment to steel mills

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. An automobile graveyard outside Ba...

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

A black and white photo of a man washing a car, Waterfront marker, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a man washing a car, Waterfront marker, Was...

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

A huge forge hammer in an automobile plant is converted to war work. The importance of the auto in American life is proving to be tremendous advantage as the the great automotive plants pool their resources in the mightiest war production effort the world has ever seen. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A huge forge hammer in an automobile plant is converted to war work. T...

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Conversion. Automobile industry. Working far into the night, tool engineers and layout experts work on the complete conversion of the great automobile assembly plant to war work. The Plymouth Company, Chrylser Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. Working far into the night, tool engi...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Auto body plant. Assembling a wing section of airplanes in a factory newly converted to airplane production. Automobile bodies were formerly made here

Conversion. Auto body plant. Assembling a wing section of airplanes in...

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

Detroit, Michigan. George Addes, secretary-treasurer of the United Automobile Workers (UAW)

Detroit, Michigan. George Addes, secretary-treasurer of the United Aut...

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

Converting to war production. Steel workers make structural changes as a big automobile plant is entirely changed over to volume production of army tanks and "jeeps." Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Converting to war production. Steel workers make structural changes as...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Arlington, Virginia. Car refinishing plant

Arlington, Virginia. Car refinishing plant

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Their brawn and their skill serve democracy in the forge plant of an automobile factory now working full capacity on production of shells for the Army. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Their brawn and their skill serve democracy in the forge plant of an a...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Transportation. Car pooling at Glenn Martin. Aircraft workers at the Glenn Martin aircraft plant solve some of their transportation problems at an "auto pooling" bulletin board. Here, owners desiring to share their cars list information on their routes and destinations

Transportation. Car pooling at Glenn Martin. Aircraft workers at the G...

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

Conversion. Auto body plant. Machines that once turned out hoods and fenders for the family sedan are undergoing transformation to accomodate a far more important product. This plant is being converted from automobile body manufacture to production of airplanes. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto body plant. Machines that once turned out hoods and f...

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

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. As part of their campaign to collect goods for the Victory Campaign, Boy Scouts of Troop 121 of the United Church of Van Nest, Bronx, New York are shown pushing in one of their collection items, an old Ford jalopy, into the Westchester Auto Wrecking Company yard at 1400 Blondell Avenue in the Bronx. Shown in the photo pushing the car are Scouts of Troop #121 while Edward G. Bellmaire, Scoutmaster, David Lanoff of the wrecking company, and Frank O. March, Vice Chairman of the Bronx Salvage Campaign Committee look on

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. As part of their campaign to colle...

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In a big automobile plant changing over to production of shells, this "Cat Skinner" (tractor operator) was kept busy for some time pulling, turning and bulldozing machines into new location. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

In a big automobile plant changing over to production of shells, this ...

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.

Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the scrap. Covering well over an acre of ground, this automobile graveyard in Chicago holds tons of vital scrap metal and rubber for which Uncle Sam has urgent need in the manufacture of armaments and other war materials

Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the s...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the scrap. Covering well over an acre of ground, this automobile graveyard in Chicago holds tons of vital scrap metal and rubber for which Uncle Sam has urgent need in the manufacture of armaments and other war materials

Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the s...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. A view of the manufacturing area of a large machine tool plant. The finished parts and sub-assemblies stacked in the foreground give some idea of the complexity of machine tools. One average milling machine has about 2000 separate metal parts, most of which require much more skill and care than those of the automobile

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. A view of the manuf...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Preliminary inspection of "flame arresters" in a former automobile plant. When finished, these "flame arresters" are attached to the nozzle end of a 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun to protect the firing crew. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Preliminary insp...

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

Gas station attendant checking ration coupons against license plate of Washington, D.C. Dodge automobile. Sign on sidewalk reads "Today's quota sold"

Gas station attendant checking ration coupons against license plate of...

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Kearney, Nebraska. Souvenir shop along U.S. highway number thirty and restaurant (covered wagon)

Kearney, Nebraska. Souvenir shop along U.S. highway number thirty and ...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. Election of officers to the Ford local 600, United Automobile Workers, Congress of Industrial Organizations. 80,000 River Rouge Ford plant workers voted

Detroit, Michigan. Election of officers to the Ford local 600, United ...

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

A meal on the march. Machine hands in the tool and die room of a converted automobile plant take lunch periods right on the job. The slotting machine behind them perforates metal shapes used in the production of army "jeeps" and tanks. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

A meal on the march. Machine hands in the tool and die room of a conve...

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

Conversion. Auto parts to aircraft landing gear. Like a sculptor working in marble, this toolmaker is carving a die (a process known as diecasting) from a piece of solid steel for use in the production of forgings for aircraft landing gear. The machining is being done in a converted Midwest automobile plant

Conversion. Auto parts to aircraft landing gear. Like a sculptor worki...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A number of forging operations are required to produce a shell for the Army. Experienced auto plant workers do this work as efficiently as they did parts for the family car. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A number of forging operations are required to produce a shell for the...

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

Washington, D.C. Even the oldest jalopies were out to have their tanks filled on the day before stricter gasoline rationing went into effect

Washington, D.C. Even the oldest jalopies were out to have their tanks...

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Coast Guard Auxiliary. Guardians of inland waters. Coast Guard Auxiliary members meet once a week for instruction. Here Harry Whitten, a Boston automobile distributor (right) gives instructions to fellow reservists in the workings of the ignition system of a marine engine

Coast Guard Auxiliary. Guardians of inland waters. Coast Guard Auxilia...

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

Rochester, New York. As a war worker, Mr. Babcock is allowed enough gasoline to drive to work daily

Rochester, New York. As a war worker, Mr. Babcock is allowed enough ga...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stony Brook, Long Island. View II

Stony Brook, Long Island. View II

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Arlington, Virginia. Front entrance to Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. Front entrance to Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a ...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. NYA (National Youth Administration) students receiving training in automobile mechanics

Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. NYA (National Youth A...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1930s street scenes: cars and people

1930s street scenes: cars and people

To identify this image it may help to search online 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. Trans... More

Early automobiles - [The 1910 Ford]

Early automobiles - [The 1910 Ford]

Photograph shows two couples sitting in front and backset of display model of Ford automobile with windshield and top at the Automotive Industry Golden Jubilee in 1946.

Vassar dress shop, business on West St., Norwalk, Connecticut. Exterior I

Vassar dress shop, business on West St., Norwalk, Connecticut. Exterio...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Day Village, Baltimore, Maryland. Exterior XV

Day Village, Baltimore, Maryland. Exterior XV

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Crystal Motors, business at 5901 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, New York. Interior I

Crystal Motors, business at 5901 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, New York. Inte...

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Westfield Federal Savings, Broad and Prospect, Westfield, New Jersey. Detail II, drive-in

Westfield Federal Savings, Broad and Prospect, Westfield, New Jersey. ...

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Lord & Taylor, business in Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. View to entrance

Lord & Taylor, business in Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. View to entrance

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Rocky Flats Plant, Guard Facility, South side of west access road, approximately 2,323 feet east of Colorado Highway 93 & West Road, Golden, Jefferson County, CO

Rocky Flats Plant, Guard Facility, South side of west access road, app...

Significance: This building is a primary contributor to the Rocky Flats Plant historic district, associated with the U.S. strategy of nuclear military deterrence during the Cold War, a strategy considered of ma... More

[Lee A. Iacocca, President of Ford Motor Company, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, gesturing with one hand, during an interview] / TOH.

[Lee A. Iacocca, President of Ford Motor Company, head-and-shoulders p...

Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 23816, frame 11A. On sheet of pape... More

Chris's Diner (Valentine Co.), front view, Center Street, Vermillion, South Dakota

Chris's Diner (Valentine Co.), front view, Center Street, Vermillion, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Diners; Eating & drinking establishments. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2). Credit line: John M... More

View of front of ice cream shop as customers emerge.

View of front of ice cream shop as customers emerge.

Forms part of a group of images documenting scenes at the Gelotti Ice Cream shop, 4 Union Avenue, Paterson.

Car wash, Georgia Ave. near corner with Newton Pl., NW, Washington, D.C.

Car wash, Georgia Ave. near corner with Newton Pl., NW, Washington, D....

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Pierce Arrow detail, Pioneer Auto Show, 1931. Murdo, South Dakota

Pierce Arrow detail, Pioneer Auto Show, 1931. Murdo, South Dakota

Car was made in Buffalo, New York and cost $3,900 new. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gi... More

Theo's drive-in restaurant in Grand Prairie, Texas, along Texas Route 180, once the main road between Fort Worth and Dallas. The restaurant was founded by Greek immigrant Theo Chokas in 1956

Theo's drive-in restaurant in Grand Prairie, Texas, along Texas Route ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Portion of a colorful taco stand in Havana, Texas, near the Rio Grande River in Hidalgo County, Texas. The designation traces to the Cuban capital, after which the original Spanish land-grant holder named the town after visiting Cuba in 1767

Portion of a colorful taco stand in Havana, Texas, near the Rio Grande...

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Deserted truck stop in Sierra Blanca, made a virtual ghost town when the interstate highway bypassed it in Hudspeth County, Texas

Deserted truck stop in Sierra Blanca, made a virtual ghost town when t...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Employees leaving the Ford Motor Company factory at Detroit, Mich.

Employees leaving the Ford Motor Company factory at Detroit, Mich.

Stereograph showing several workers leaving factory, some on foot others in cars. J218769 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1916 by Keystone View Company. No. 22143.

Pictures from the Nye area - Montana folklife collection

Pictures from the Nye area - Montana folklife collection

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Jazz Alley, 50th and Langley, Chicago, Illinois

Jazz Alley, 50th and Langley, Chicago, Illinois

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-36, street scenes at Jazz Alley, 50th and Langley, Chicago

Earl Schieb Auto Painting sign, upper detail, Olympic Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California (LOC)

Earl Schieb Auto Painting sign, upper detail, Olympic Boulevard, Bever...

Margolies, John,, photographer...Earl Schieb Auto Painting sign, upper detail, Olympic Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California..1991...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date... More

More Skinny Used Car sign, Santa Fe Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado (LOC)

More Skinny Used Car sign, Santa Fe Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado (LOC)

Margolies, John,, photographer...More Skinny Used Car sign, Santa Fe Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado..1991...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywords based on informa... More

[M. Gustave Rives, grand organisateur du salon de l'automobile]

[M. Gustave Rives, grand organisateur du salon de l'automobile]

Rives, a corpulent man half in the form of a peacock, sports a compass around his neck and numerous medallions around his waist. He takes a bow, while holding a hoop in one hand through which several cherubic ... More

[Ford Motor Company River Rouge plant, Dearborn, air view]

[Ford Motor Company River Rouge plant, Dearborn, air view]

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

D. S. Etheridge Automobile Showroom & Tire Store, 329 Market Street, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN

D. S. Etheridge Automobile Showroom & Tire Store, 329 Market Street, C...

Significance: The D.S. Etheridge Automobile Showroom and Tire Store was built 1924-25. It is a well preserved and excellent example of the best new architectural expression brought about by the popularity of ... More

C.F. Forbes Gas Station, Automobile Repair Shop, 195 North Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

C.F. Forbes Gas Station, Automobile Repair Shop, 195 North Raymond Ave...

Survey number: HABS CA-2616-B Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction

Roque Brothers Store, Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Roque Brothers Store, Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchitoch...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Theodore Roosevelt and others disembarking from an open automobile]

[Theodore Roosevelt and others disembarking from an open automobile]

J154076 U.S. Copyright Office Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Ford Motor Company Edgewater Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 309 River Road, Edgewater, Bergen County, NJ

Ford Motor Company Edgewater Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 309 Ri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ford Motor Company Edgewater Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 309 River Road, Edgewater, Bergen County, NJ

Ford Motor Company Edgewater Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 309 Ri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ford Motor Company Edgewater Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 309 River Road, Edgewater, Bergen County, NJ

Ford Motor Company Edgewater Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 309 Ri...

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Ford Motor Company Edgewater Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 309 River Road, Edgewater, Bergen County, NJ

Ford Motor Company Edgewater Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 309 Ri...

Public domain photograph of a car, history of automobile design, car model, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United Automobile Workers Union Hall, Local No. 7, 1551 Hart Street, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

United Automobile Workers Union Hall, Local No. 7, 1551 Hart Street, D...

Significance: The building was constructed in 1914 as a combined school and assembly hall for the German-speaking Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church. Germans had concentrated in the East Side since the mid-19... More

United Automobile Workers Union Hall, Local No. 7, 1551 Hart Street, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

United Automobile Workers Union Hall, Local No. 7, 1551 Hart Street, D...

Significance: The building was constructed in 1914 as a combined school and assembly hall for the German-speaking Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church. Germans had concentrated in the East Side since the mid-19... More

United Automobile Workers Union Hall, Local No. 7, 1551 Hart Street, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

United Automobile Workers Union Hall, Local No. 7, 1551 Hart Street, D...

Significance: The building was constructed in 1914 as a combined school and assembly hall for the German-speaking Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church. Germans had concentrated in the East Side since the mid-19... More

Ford Motor Company Edgewater Assembly Plant, 309 River Road, Edgewater, Bergen County, NJ

Ford Motor Company Edgewater Assembly Plant, 309 River Road, Edgewater...

Significance: This complex is an excellent example of Albert Kahn's achievement in industrial architecture, standing midway between the early multi-story plants built in Detroit for Ford and Dodge, and the late... More

V.E. Wood Auto Building, 315 State Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, CA

V.E. Wood Auto Building, 315 State Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbar...

Significance: The building at 315 State Street, Santa Barbara, is a successful example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style, here used in the context of an automobile dealership and repair garage. It was dete... More

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...

Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More

New president George H.W. Bush, in presidential automobile, waves to the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C.

New president George H.W. Bush, in presidential automobile, waves to t...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The inauguration of George H.W. Bush as the 41st Presid... More

Convention Center Site, I Street, 900 & 1000 Block, Tenth Street, 800 & 900 Block, New York Avenue, 900 & 1000 Block, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Convention Center Site, I Street, 900 & 1000 Block, Tenth Street, 800 ...

Significance: Included in the Convention Center Site were many examples of 19th and 20th century residential, commercial, and mixed use buildings, such as: the American Mosaic Company Building (DC-387), Pepco P... More

Casa de Machado, 2745 San Diego Avenue, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Casa de Machado, 2745 San Diego Avenue, San Diego, San Diego County, C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-219 Survey number: HABS CA-411 Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Initial Construction

Sears Department Store, 705 West University Avenue, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, LA

Sears Department Store, 705 West University Avenue, Lafayette, Lafayet...

Significance: Constructed on a site which was once the plantation of one of Lafayette's first residents and later a monastery, the building which houses city government was originally the first Sears, Roebuck a... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Oil House, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Oil House, 700 Henry For...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Ford Motor Company Building, 451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Ford Motor Company Building, 451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Wa...

Significance: The Ford Motor Company Building is an early example of reinforced concrete construction in Washington. It was designed by Albert Kahn Associates of Detroit, Michigan, one of the country's foremos... More

Ford Motor Company Building, 451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Ford Motor Company Building, 451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Wa...

Significance: The Ford Motor Company Building is an early example of reinforced concrete construction in Washington. It was designed by Albert Kahn Associates of Detroit, Michigan, one of the country's foremos... More

Ford Motor Company Building, 451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Ford Motor Company Building, 451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Wa...

Significance: The Ford Motor Company Building is an early example of reinforced concrete construction in Washington. It was designed by Albert Kahn Associates of Detroit, Michigan, one of the country's foremos... More

Ford Motor Company Building, 451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Ford Motor Company Building, 451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Wa...

Significance: The Ford Motor Company Building is an early example of reinforced concrete construction in Washington. It was designed by Albert Kahn Associates of Detroit, Michigan, one of the country's foremos... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Continental Streets, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT

Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Russian plenipotentiaries on an outing

Russian plenipotentiaries on an outing

Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

Blue Water Bridge Plaza, 410 Elmwood Street, Port Huron, St. Clair County, MI

Blue Water Bridge Plaza, 410 Elmwood Street, Port Huron, St. Clair Cou...

Significance: The bridge and plaza were completed in 1938. They are reflections of Depression-era engineering and architecture. The plaza was designed and built by George L. Harvey and Norman B. Forbes. The ... More

Los Angeles National Cemetery, 950 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles National Cemetery, 950 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Ange...

Survey number: HABS CA-2709 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James O'Brien Homestead, Garage, 4.5 miles Northwest of Bozeman, Montana Secondary Highway 411, Bozeman, Gallatin County, MT

James O'Brien Homestead, Garage, 4.5 miles Northwest of Bozeman, Monta...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ford Motor Company Plant, 700 South Union Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Ford Motor Company Plant, 700 South Union Street, Alexandria, Independ...

Survey number: HAER VA-123 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Ford Motor Company Plant, 700 South Union Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Ford Motor Company Plant, 700 South Union Street, Alexandria, Independ...

Survey number: HAER VA-123 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Ford Motor Company Plant, 700 South Union Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Ford Motor Company Plant, 700 South Union Street, Alexandria, Independ...

Survey number: HAER VA-123 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Ford Motor Company Plant, 700 South Union Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Ford Motor Company Plant, 700 South Union Street, Alexandria, Independ...

Survey number: HAER VA-123 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

[Amphibious steam powered carriage and paddle boat designed by Oliver Evans]

[Amphibious steam powered carriage and paddle boat designed by Oliver ...

Illus. in: The Boston mechanic and journal of the useful arts and sciences. Boston : G.W. Light & Co., 1834 July, p. 17. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonar... More

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