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Covering buoyancy boxes, deck of LUCIA

Covering buoyancy boxes, deck of LUCIA

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Making buoyancy boxes - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Making buoyancy boxes - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain image of a group of people, ceremony, event, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Men removing ballot boxes from the William S. Vare - William B. Wilson Pennsylvania senate election from truck at the Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

[Men removing ballot boxes from the William S. Vare - William B. Wilso...

National Photo Company Collection. LC-F8-41026 (b&w glass plate neg.)

Candy making. Putting candy in paper boxes

Candy making. Putting candy in paper boxes

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Home on the edge of the city dump. Dubuque, Iowa. This is one of the group homes occupied by single men who gain their livelihood by scouring the dump each day for scrap iron, paper boxes, which they bale and sell, and even food, grapefruit, oranges, etc., dumped by produce companies

Home on the edge of the city dump. Dubuque, Iowa. This is one of the g...

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

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Here is a row of charging boxes loaded with limestone, the main ingrediant in the production of quality steel. These boxes will shortly dump their loads into open hearth furnaces

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Here is a row of charging boxes l...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Organs and other relics on display at the Bird Cage Theater museum. Tombstone, Arizona. The Bird Cage Theater boasted such performers as Lilly Langtry and Anna Held. Seats on the main floor were ten dollars, in the boxes thirty dollars. Whiskey, beer and champagne was served to the audience during the shows at correspondingly high prices

Organs and other relics on display at the Bird Cage Theater museum. To...

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

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of Virginia, Franconia, New Hampshire, Maine. Bringing ballot boxes out of storage

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of...

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

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of Virginia, Franconia, New Hampshire, Maine. Bringing ballot boxes out of storage

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of...

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

Grading, wrapping and packing pears at Hood River, Oregon. 6,500,000 boxes of freshly packed fruit are shipped from Hood River annually

Grading, wrapping and packing pears at Hood River, Oregon. 6,500,000 b...

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.

A black and white photo of a group of people standing in front of a truck. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people standing in front of a tr...

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

Soldiers of the Iceland base command receiving gift boxes of sweaters and bags containing cigarettes, soap, sewing kits and other comforts from  the Cleveland, Ohio, and New Haven, Connecticut, Red Cross chapters

Soldiers of the Iceland base command receiving gift boxes of sweaters ...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and... More

Chicago, Illinois. An accurate check of all goods going into or out of each freight car is kept on the tickets in these boxes in the freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. An accurate check of all goods going into or out of...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Substitute materials containers. Something new in apple containers. To replace nail-bound wooden boxes, a fiber carton has been developed

Substitute materials containers. Something new in apple containers. To...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Railroad worker whose job is to inspect journal boxes, brake shoes, etc. and make minor repairs at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Railroad worker whose job is to inspect journal box...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Fish caught off the New England coast is packed in these barrels and boxes and shipped to the retailers

New York, New York. Fish caught off the New England coast is packed in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Loading boxes of fish to be shipped to hotels and restaurants at the Fulton fish market

New York, New York. Loading boxes of fish to be shipped to hotels and ...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Subsistence research laboratory of the U.S. Army quartermaster depot. K ration is highly concentrated, and is used only in time of emergency and continuous combat when regular messing facilities are not available. Packed in three boxes for three meals, it weighs only 32.86 oz. and contains 3,726 calories. It is so packed that it will not be affected by temperatures up to 135-F or down to 20 below zero

Chicago, Illinois. Subsistence research laboratory of the U.S. Army qu...

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

New York, New York. Blind men working on boxes for Elizabeth Arden cosmetics at the Lighthouse, an institution for the blind, at 111 East Fifty-ninth Street

New York, New York. Blind men working on boxes for Elizabeth Arden cos...

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

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sw...

Significance: Structure BB is a valve box. The structure is located near the crest of the south slope of Horse Thief Draw approximately 1/4 mile northwest of Superior. The valve box consists of a square pit 1... More

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sw...

Significance: Structure N is a wooden valve box. The valve box is located on a small south to north trending finger ridge which extends out into Horse Thief Draw. The structure is located approximately 1/2 mi... More

Worker peels sweet potatoes;boxes of unpeeled sweet potatoes in the foreground; printing on some boxes reads "North Carolina Sweet Potatoes."

Worker peels sweet potatoes;boxes of unpeeled sweet potatoes in the fo...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Sweet Potato Pie, Inc., 140 Auburn Street, Paterson.

Cardboard boxes containing garment pieces, stacked on shelves; lettering on boxes (identifying items and colors) is written in English and Spanish.

Cardboard boxes containing garment pieces, stacked on shelves; letteri...

Forms part of a group of images taken on September 14, 1994, documenting scenes VBF Trim Company, a garment-making shop located at 404 Grand Street, Paterson, New Jersey.

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Box Factory, Between Fyffe & Davis Avenues & Daly & Maas Drives, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Box Factory, Between Fyffe & Davis Avenue...

Significance: Building 617 is a contributing element of the Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District. The historic district was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places ... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Box Factory, Between Fyffe & Davis Avenues & Daly & Maas Drives, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Box Factory, Between Fyffe & Davis Avenue...

Significance: Building 617 is a contributing element of the Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District. The historic district was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places ... More

Women carrying earth in boxes on their heads, in the streets of Fort de France, Martinique, W.I.

Women carrying earth in boxes on their heads, in the streets of Fort d...

H20735 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1902 by H.C. White Co. No. 7824.

Wilfred Clark, 10 years old, 24 Key St., going home at noon, after cutting five boxes of fish during the morning. Incidently, he cuts his fingers. See left fore-finger. Two other boys with him had fingers badly cut and healed up.  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Wilfred Clark, 10 years old, 24 Key St., going home at noon, after cut...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Federal Housing Administration. Electric boxes and furnace

Federal Housing Administration. Electric boxes and furnace

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

Loading boxes of grapefruit on truck, Weslaco, Texas

Loading boxes of grapefruit on truck, Weslaco, Texas

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

Tel Aviv Harbour. A busy scene, loading lighters with orange boxes

Tel Aviv Harbour. A busy scene, loading lighters with orange boxes

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Inside the Webster Canning Company, Cheriton, Virginia. The boxes are made here for packing canned goods

Inside the Webster Canning Company, Cheriton, Virginia. The boxes are ...

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

Boxes of Kenyon's johnnycake cornmeal awaiting shipment. Usquepaugh, Rhode Island

Boxes of Kenyon's johnnycake cornmeal awaiting shipment. Usquepaugh, R...

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

U.S. Courthouse and Post Office, 9th and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Post office lock boxes

U.S. Courthouse and Post Office, 9th and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, ...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American office architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of people in front of a building. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people in front of a building. O...

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

Conversion. Metal screens to bomber windows. Aluminum switch boxes for airplane tow targets are gas-welded at an Eastern plant which normally makes metal screens for doors and windows

Conversion. Metal screens to bomber windows. Aluminum switch boxes for...

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.

Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. In the timber mechanics department. In the foreground is a rotary drum for testing wooden crates and boxes, and in the background various testing machines are being used

Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. In the timber mechanic...

Public domain photograph of office, auditorium, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Toy factory. Closeup of one of the hexagonal brass terminals in a screw machine recently converted to war production. Terminals are used for radio filter boxes in tanks and jeeps. Keystone

Conversion. Toy factory. Closeup of one of the hexagonal brass termina...

Public domain photograph of a machine part, motor, equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Niagara Falls, New York. All workers must show their badges and insides of their lunch boxes and packages to the guards at the gate when they enter and leave the Bell Aircraft plant

Niagara Falls, New York. All workers must show their badges and inside...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Box for Horseshoe Nails. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Box for Horseshoe Nails. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie "Capewell" box for standard 2-inch nails, ca. 1970 Maker: Capewell The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklif... More

Post boxes at the U.S. Postal Museum, Washington, D.C.

Post boxes at the U.S. Postal Museum, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Norman, the maintenance director, breaking down boxes, emptying trash and moving traffic cones.

Norman, the maintenance director, breaking down boxes, emptying trash ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting employees and a mother from the Memorial Day Care Center which is located at 397 Grand Street.

Interior of a cutting shed in Maine. Young cutters at work, Clarence, 8 years, and Minnie, 9 years. Photo does not show the salt water in which they often stand, not [i.e., nor?] the refuse they handle. On the low shelf are two of the "boxes" used as measures, and for which they get 5 cents a box.  Location: Eastport, Maine.

Interior of a cutting shed in Maine. Young cutters at work, Clarence, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with cartridge and cap boxes standing with musket]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with cartridge and cap boxes st...

Case: Rinhart, no. 86. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Co... More

These all work in Cleveland Hosiery Mills. The very youngest one (with curls) said, "I ravels and pick up." Small boy in another mill said "Over in Cleveland, they work em so little, they have to stand em on boxes to reach." Children here and in the hosiery mills generally seemed better dressed and in better condition than in spinning mills. (See report.)  Location: Cleveland, Tennessee.

These all work in Cleveland Hosiery Mills. The very youngest one (with...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Owings Mills, Baltimore, Maryland

Owings Mills, Baltimore, Maryland

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

Opening ballot boxes - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Opening ballot boxes - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boxes of peas after being separated from pods at pea vinery near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Boxes of peas after being separated from pods at pea vinery near Sun P...

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

Former White House officer in new role. Washington, D.C., Sept. 9. For 36 years Lieut. Ernest M. "Larry" Seaman stood day after day at the door of the White House Executive offices and welcomed presidential callers. During this time "Larry" probably met more famous people than any other person in the world. But this past history for Seaman now as he retired a short time ago and accepted a post at a local bank in charge of safety deposit vaults. Prior to coming to the White House during the Roosevelt Administration he was for four years a member of the Metropolitan Police Force. Seaman is shown opening one of the boxes for Miss Katheryn Fout, 9/9/37

Former White House officer in new role. Washington, D.C., Sept. 9. For...

A man and a woman shaking hands in front of a bank vault. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tel Aviv Harbour. A busy scene, loading lighters with orange boxes

Tel Aviv Harbour. A busy scene, loading lighters with orange boxes

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of Virginia, Franconia, New Hampshire, Maine. Bringing ballot boxes out of storage

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of...

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

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of Virginia, Franconia, New Hampshire, Maine. Bringing ballot boxes out of storage

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mail boxes near Auburn, California. Notice the Japanese name. The Japanese are moving into this section on a subsistence farming basis as the older settlers who have not adjusted themselves to changing market conditions move out. Placer County, California

Mail boxes near Auburn, California. Notice the Japanese name. The Japa...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Rubber in storage. Number one U.S. stockpile. Crude rubber stored at points throughout the country is ample for all the needs of our armed forces. Boxes and bales weighing 250 pounds are stored in heating and thawing rooms to bring them to the proper temperature for processing

Rubber in storage. Number one U.S. stockpile. Crude rubber stored at p...

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

Conversion. Metal screens to bomber windows. An electric furnace preheats aluminum junction boxes to speed welding at an Eastern plant engaged in war production. The plant formerly made metal screens for doors and windows

Conversion. Metal screens to bomber windows. An electric furnace prehe...

Public domain photograph of 3d object museum collection, metal, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women workers at North American's Inglewood, California, plant. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Switch boxes on the firewal...

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

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. At the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, scrap metal is carefully segregated in separate boxes for the maximum salvage at the smelter. Most important of the many types of aircrafts made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. At the Long Beach, Californi...

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

New York, New York. Boxes of fish caught off the New England coast waiting to be shipped to retail and wholesalers

New York, New York. Boxes of fish caught off the New England coast wai...

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

Schrafft's, Esso Building, Rockefeller Center, New York City. Window boxes, main dining room

Schrafft's, Esso Building, Rockefeller Center, New York City. Window b...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Italian woman carrying an enormous empty dry-goods-box for some distance along Bleeker Street, N.Y. Used for kindlings. Location: New York, New York (State)

Italian woman carrying an enormous empty dry-goods-box for some distan...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2872. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Group, showing a few of the workers stringing beans in the J. S. Farrand Packing Co. Baltimore, Md. Those too small to work are held on laps of workers or stowed away in boxes.  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Group, showing a few of the workers stringing beans in the J. S. Farra...

Public domain image of a group of people, ceremony, event, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Colgate & Company Jersey City Plant, Building No. C-2, 49-53 Grand Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Colgate & Company Jersey City Plant, Building No. C-2, 49-53 Grand Str...

Significance: C-2 became the main site of synthetic cleanser production in Jersey City, c1948-86. Although not an individually significant structure, C-2 was significant as a component of the Colgate plant. S... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket, canteen, cartridge and cap boxes in front of painted backdrop showing military camp with American flag]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket, canteen,...

Case: Leather floral motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Fami... More

These all work in Cleveland Hosiery Mills. The very youngest one (with curls) said, "I ravels and pick up." Small boy in another mill said "Over in Cleveland, they work em so little, they have to stand em on boxes to reach." Children here and in the hosiery mills generally seemed better dressed and in better condition than in spinning mills. (See report.)  Location: Cleveland, Tennessee.

These all work in Cleveland Hosiery Mills. The very youngest one (with...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Adrienne Pagnette, an adolescent French illiterate, speaks almost no English. Is probably 14 or 15. Doffs on top floor spinning room in Glenallen Mill. Her brother Francis has a regular job doffing. Said he is 15 but Mr. Hine doubted it. Her sister Anna said she was 12 years old and helped older sister in Glenallen Mill. Been at it all summer. She stands next to Adrienne in Photo 2396, and in 2396A (taller girl). Photo 2396 shows the entire family of 17 members, 8 or 10 of them in the mill. Almost every one of them illiterate. Stooping, reaching and pushing heavy boxes is bad for young girls adolescent.  Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Adrienne Pagnette, an adolescent French illiterate, speaks almost no E...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jaffa orange culture. Nailing up orange boxes

Jaffa orange culture. Nailing up orange boxes

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Decorative items on display including a candleabra, boxes, and a carved animal sculpture]

[Decorative items on display including a candleabra, boxes, and a carv...

Public domain photograph of statue, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Paint shop showing dome casings and sand boxes, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Paint shop showing dome casings and sand boxes, Baldwin Locomotive Wor...

H70655 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7084. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Groups showing a few of the workers stringing beans in the J. S. Farrand Packing Co., Baltimore, Md. Those too small to work are held on laps of workers or stowed away in boxes.  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Groups showing a few of the workers stringing beans in the J. S. Farra...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Some of the workers in a Md. packing company. Plenty of work for even the tiniest hands. Many have to carry heavy boxes full of beans etc.  Location: [Baltimore, Maryland].

Some of the workers in a Md. packing company. Plenty of work for even ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

["Piranhurst," Henry Ernest Bothin house, 371 Cold Spring Road, Montecito, California. View to outdoor theater boxes]

["Piranhurst," Henry Ernest Bothin house, 371 Cold Spring Road, Montec...

Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Site History. House: Italianate villa by F. Garvin Hudson, begun 1914 for Henry Ernest Bothin. Bothin purchased the property in 1910 from Dani... More

New White House sentry. "King Tut," President Hoover's big German police dog, now makes the rounds of the police sentry boxes in the White House grounds through the night. He is shown with W.S. Newton of the White House police

New White House sentry. "King Tut," President Hoover's big German poli...

A man in uniform standing next to a dog. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Box in oval light / Samuel Kravitt.

Box in oval light / Samuel Kravitt.

Photograph shows a Shaker oval box illuminated in oval light, a play of light and shadow, at the Hancock Shaker village near Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Title from inventory. Signed and dated in ink on verso. Ph... More

Mail boxes on wheel near Wallingford, Iowa
Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for first time. Washington, D.C., Oct. Three boxes which Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, and two associates placed in the secret archives of the Smithsonian Institution in 1881 and which have remained [un][?]opened since, were formally opened today in the presence of Bell's two daughters and a group of scientists. The boxes contained among other things the original working model of the first machine ever to record on wax and reproduce the Human voice. In the photograph, left to right: Mrs. David Fairchild, daughter of the inventor; Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, another daughter; Alexander Graham Bell, great-grandson of Bell; T.H. Beard, Director or Research of the Dictaphone Co.; Dr. Charles Abbot, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and H.W. Dorsey, also of the Smithsonian. 10/27/37

Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for f...

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

Mail boxes in Bell County, Texas. Three of these mail boxes are not in use. The tenant farmers have been replaced by tractor farming

Mail boxes in Bell County, Texas. Three of these mail boxes are not in...

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

Boys carrying boxes of cranberries, Burlington County, New Jersey

Boys carrying boxes of cranberries, Burlington County, New Jersey

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

Grading strawberries and packing into boxes. Hammond, Louisiana

Grading strawberries and packing into boxes. Hammond, Louisiana

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

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of Virginia, Franconia, New Hampshire, Maine. Bringing ballot boxes out of storage

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of...

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

Florida migrants at Kings Creek Canning Company making boxes ("lugs") for packing tomatoes. Kings Creek, Maryland

Florida migrants at Kings Creek Canning Company making boxes ("lugs") ...

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

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a truck. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a truck. Office of W...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Jukebox plant. As indigenous to the American scene as the hamburger stand and Mickey Mouse, juke boxes like this, here being tested. From now on, electrical control instruments, based on the principle of the jukebox selection device, will be produced here for use by Uncle Sam's armed forces. Rudolph Wurlitzer, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Jukebox plant. As indigenous to the American scene as the ...

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

Hoffman, N.C. Boxes of dried blood plasma stored in a cabinet inside the operating tent which was set up during the Carolina maneuvers

Hoffman, N.C. Boxes of dried blood plasma stored in a cabinet inside t...

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

Arlington, Virginia. Interior of the firehouse with firemen's trophies in the background. Citizens' names are checked to see that each has paid his poll tax and registered. Ballots for the national presidental election are presented to each for secret voting in the "Douglas Collapsible" booths, and the ballots are dropped in boxes

Arlington, Virginia. Interior of the firehouse with firemen's trophies...

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

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sw...

Significance: Structure CC is a valve box. The valve box is located on the top of a broad flat west to east trending ridge which serves as the south edge of Horse Thief Draw. The valve box is located approxim... More

Norman, the maintenance director, breaking down boxes, emptying trash and moving traffic cones.

Norman, the maintenance director, breaking down boxes, emptying trash ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting employees and a mother from the Memorial Day Care Center which is located at 397 Grand Street.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket, revolver, cap and cartridge boxes, and bayonet in scabbard]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket, revolver...

Case: Leather geometric. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Cowan's Fall Historic Americana, Terrace Park, Ohio, 2001. Exhibited: ... More

[Decorative items on display including a candleabra, boxes, and a carved animal sculpture]

[Decorative items on display including a candleabra, boxes, and a carv...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union shell jackets and forage caps with cartridge pouches, cap boxes, and bayonet scabbards; one soldier in Company C 85th regiment cap; other soldier has holstered pepperbox revolver]

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union shell jackets and forage caps with...

Case: Leather quatrefoil gem design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljunion

Group, showing a few of the workers stringing beans in the J. S. Farrand Packing Co. Baltimore, Md. Those too small to work are held on laps of workers or stowed away in boxes.  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Group, showing a few of the workers stringing beans in the J. S. Farra...

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Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Box Factory, Between Fyffe & Davis Avenues & Daly & Maas Drives, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Box Factory, Between Fyffe & Davis Avenue...

Significance: Building 617 is a contributing element of the Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District. The historic district was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places ... More

Adrienne Pagnette, an adolescent French illiterate, speaks almost no English. Is probably 14 or 15. Doffs on top floor spinning room in Glenallen Mill. Her brother Francis has a regular job doffing. Said he is 15 but Mr. Hine doubted it. Her sister Anna said she was 12 years old and helped older sister in Glenallen Mill. Been at it all summer. She stands next to Adrienne in Photo 2396, and in 2396A (taller girl). Photo 2396 shows the entire family of 17 members, 8 or 10 of them in the mill. Almost every one of them illiterate. Stooping, reaching and pushing heavy boxes is bad for young girls adolescent.  Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Adrienne Pagnette, an adolescent French illiterate, speaks almost no E...

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Warehouse, M. Ogi, manager; S. Sugimoto, manager of Co-op; Bunkichi Hayashi, Manzanar Relocation Center / photograph by Ansel Adams.

Warehouse, M. Ogi, manager; S. Sugimoto, manager of Co-op; Bunkichi Ha...

M. Ogi, S. Sugimoto, and Bunkichi Hayashi standing among shelves with boxes in warehouse. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A351-3-M-21. Gift; Ansel Adams; 196... More

[Detroit, Michigan, Temple Theatre, stairway to boxes]

[Detroit, Michigan, Temple Theatre, stairway to boxes]

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Every one of these children works in Hosiery Mills. The smallest girl in the middle said, "I ravels and picks up." Small boy in another mill said, " Over in Mill they work em so little they have to stand em up on boxes to reach." These children were well dressed for workers.  Location: Cleveland, Tennessee.

Every one of these children works in Hosiery Mills. The smallest girl ...

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Making flower boxes in carpenter-shop. Pauls Valley Training School. See 4833-4842.  Location: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Making flower boxes in carpenter-shop. Pauls Valley Training School. S...

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Are American prisoners in Germany well fed by the ARC in Switzerland? Oh, boy! Look at these piles of pork and beans, jam, those barrels of corned beef, salt pork, those boxes of salmon, dried beans, tomatoes, corn, peas, hard bread, butter, those bags of sugar, those boxes of prunes, soap, cocoa, chocolate, rice, evaporated milk, coffee, raisins, figs, salt, tea and candy

Are American prisoners in Germany well fed by the ARC in Switzerland? ...

Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Prisoners Relief. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American... More

In the spotlight at first Whippet races In National Capital. Washington society folk and government officials turned out enmasse for the introduction of Whippet racing in the National Capital today. Snapped in one of the boxes were, left to right: [...] Washington publisher and noted sportsman; [...] Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts

In the spotlight at first Whippet races In National Capital. Washingto...

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Tel Aviv harbour. A busy scene, loading lighters with orange boxes

Tel Aviv harbour. A busy scene, loading lighters with orange boxes

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White House shrubbery transplanted. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. Workmen are busy these days transplanting shrubbery from one section to another of the White House grounds. Here we see a crew pulling one of the huge boxes to west roof garden of the Executive Mansion. 10/20/37

White House shrubbery transplanted. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. Workmen...

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A black and white photo of a man holding a pole, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man holding a pole, Texas, during Great D...

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