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A black and white photo of a tractor plowing a field, possibly related to: Luke Weldon, small farmer, and his son using ancient Buick (transformed by cutting down the chassis) as improvised tractor. Automobile bought in second hand car lot. Cost fifteen dollars. New Bridgetown, New Jersey

A black and white photo of a tractor plowing a field, possibly related...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Production. Aircraft engines. Using multi-colored pins to mark residences of its employees, a Midwest aircraft factory innovates its car-pooling system. Like hundreds of other U.S. factories, this plant encourages workers to utilize all available car space, thereby sparing tires, saving gasoline, and lessening the load on public transportation vehicles. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Using multi-colored pins to mark residen...

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

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 North Elm Street, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 ...

Significance: The Buick Motor Company and Greensboro Motor Company were built in 1927 and 1929. Their facades with Spanish Revival details, are interesting contributions to a commercial district. Survey numbe... More

Luke Weldon, small farmer, and his son using ancient Buick (transformed by cutting down the chassis) as improvised tractor. Automobile bought in second hand car lot. Cost fifteen dollars. New Bridgeton, New Jersey

Luke Weldon, small farmer, and his son using ancient Buick (transforme...

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

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 North Elm Street, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 ...

Significance: The Buick Motor Company and Greensboro Motor Company were built in 1927 and 1929. Their facades with Spanish Revival details, are interesting contributions to a commercial district. Survey numbe... More

Staff in garage of Am. [i.e., American] Colony Buick Dodge Agency

Staff in garage of Am. [i.e., American] Colony Buick Dodge Agency

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 North Elm Street, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 ...

Significance: The Buick Motor Company and Greensboro Motor Company were built in 1927 and 1929. Their facades with Spanish Revival details, are interesting contributions to a commercial district. Survey numbe... More

Taking gasoline at Middleton. Photo by Bain News Service collection

Taking gasoline at Middleton. Photo by Bain News Service collection

Man putting gasoline in Buick roadster on trip through upstate New York. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Cong... More

[Man fixing tire on a Buick roadster outside of Liberty, on a trip through upstate New York]

[Man fixing tire on a Buick roadster outside of Liberty, on a trip thr...

George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph of a car accident, car crash, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of car crash, acc... More

New Buick and GMC bus outside Buick agency

New Buick and GMC bus outside Buick agency

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Front of A.C. [i.e., American Colony] buick

Front of A.C. [i.e., American Colony] buick

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

[Automobiles parked on roof of Buick Sales and service building]

[Automobiles parked on roof of Buick Sales and service building]

National Photo Company Collection. No. 38648.

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 North Elm Street, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 ...

Significance: The Buick Motor Company and Greensboro Motor Company were built in 1927 and 1929. Their facades with Spanish Revival details, are interesting contributions to a commercial district. Survey numbe... More

Production. Aircraft engines. A skilled mechanic and determined war worker, Zed W. Robinson, proves that skin pigment bears no relation to efficiency of work. He's one of many Negroes employed in a large Midwest aircraft plant in skilled and semi-skilled capacity. Tightening bolts of a cylinder barrel during the final build-up of an airplane engine is one of the jobs which, until fairly recently, was closed to members of his race. But this war demands that no American because of race, creed or color shall be barred from work. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A skilled mechanic and determined war wo...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. A young Negro worker stands ready to wash or "degrease" this airplane motor prior to its shipment. He's an employee of a large Midwest airplane plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A young Negro worker stands ready to was...

Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

2 cyl. Buick, 1911 - A black and white photo of an old car

2 cyl. Buick, 1911 - A black and white photo of an old car

J36867 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by the Grogan Photo Company. Copyright by the Grogan Photo Company, Danville, Ill.

Located in a building that once housed an early Buick dealership in San Angelo, the seat of Tom Green County, Texas, Eggemeyer's General Store sells a variety of vintage goods

Located in a building that once housed an early Buick dealership in Sa...

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

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 North Elm Street, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 ...

Significance: The Buick Motor Company and Greensboro Motor Company were built in 1927 and 1929. Their facades with Spanish Revival details, are interesting contributions to a commercial district. Survey numbe... More

Dashboard of new Dodge or Buick

Dashboard of new Dodge or Buick

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

Buick Motor C - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Buick Motor C - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Leewin Richmond's ‘37 Buick, on Shumate's Branch

Leewin Richmond's ‘37 Buick, on Shumate's Branch

Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes and other traces of community life on Shum... More

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 North Elm Street, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 ...

Significance: The Buick Motor Company and Greensboro Motor Company were built in 1927 and 1929. Their facades with Spanish Revival details, are interesting contributions to a commercial district. Survey numbe... More

[Buick roadster on rocky country road]

[Buick roadster on rocky country road]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Luke Weldon, small farmer, and his son using ancient Buick (transformed by cutting down the chassis) as improvised tractor. Automobile bought in second hand car lot. Cost fifteen dollars. New Bridgeton, New Jersey

Luke Weldon, small farmer, and his son using ancient Buick (transforme...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[View along US 40 in Mount Vernon Canyon, Colorado]

[View along US 40 in Mount Vernon Canyon, Colorado]

Photo shows the highway US 40 and the Mount Vernon Canyon with Shingle Creek below, looking east towards Green Mountain and Denver beyond, with a 1941 Buick convertible in the foreground. (Source: Flickr Common... More

Production. Aircraft engines. That little instrument Verna Lampy is welding looks and sounds a lot like the drill your third bicuspid may be familiar with. It's used in a huge Midwest aircraft plant, however, to etch serial and inspection numbers on airplane motor parts, making a permanent record to facilitate assembly and production count. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. That little instrument Verna Lampy is we...

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

Corduroy road to Oregon - Drawing. Public domain image.

Corduroy road to Oregon - Drawing. Public domain image.

Man seated in Buick roadster on trip through upstate N.Y. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption ... More

Largest group in the world, Buick Employe's [sic]

Largest group in the world, Buick Employe's [sic]

J187394 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; F. E. Fuller; November 19, 1913; DLC/PP-1913:44687. Copyright claimant's address: 5th floor, Eberly Bldg., Col., Ohio. Probably Buick Motor Company.

Buick Motor C. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Buick Motor C. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Production. Aircraft engines. On the other side of that plate glass window, a huge engine roars in response to the young man's hand on the controls. The site of this activity is the control room of the dynamometer department in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. On the other side of that plate glass wi...

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

Cummings Buick, 15th Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, California

Cummings Buick, 15th Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Auto related. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-4). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 North Elm Street, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 ...

Significance: The Buick Motor Company and Greensboro Motor Company were built in 1927 and 1929. Their facades with Spanish Revival details, are interesting contributions to a commercial district. Survey numbe... More

[Small twin girls in front of 1911 Buick roadster]

[Small twin girls in front of 1911 Buick roadster]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

[Buick roadster waits for horse-drawn wagon to pass on narrow country road above Liberty, N.Y.]

[Buick roadster waits for horse-drawn wagon to pass on narrow country ...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Herald, Buick Bldg., 14th & L, [Washington, D.C.]

Herald, Buick Bldg., 14th & L, [Washington, D.C.]

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

Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-two-year-old Anne Weinmen, employee of a large Midwest aircraft factory, inspects pistons to be used in airplane engines. With several years experience in Midwestern plants behind her, Miss Weinmen has developed the patience and dexterity this work requires. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-...

Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal river. John Bowman with his Buick. Southern West Virginia.

Coal river. John Bowman with his Buick. Southern West Virginia.

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

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 North Elm Street, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 ...

Significance: The Buick Motor Company and Greensboro Motor Company were built in 1927 and 1929. Their facades with Spanish Revival details, are interesting contributions to a commercial district. Survey numbe... More

Buick Motor C (before 1920) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Buick Motor C (before 1920) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Production. Aircraft engines. Negro women with no previous industrial experience are reconditioning used spark plugs in a large Midwest airplane plant. Despite their lack of technical knowlege, these women have become expert operators of the small testing machines. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Negro women with no previous industrial ...

Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Aircraft engines. Ready for inspection, this line-up of cylinder barrels for airplane engines makes a formidable display. Engines for America's Victory bombers are manufactured in this enormous Midwest plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Ready for inspection, this line-up of cy...

Public domain photograph of manufacturing, industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 North Elm Street, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 ...

Significance: The Buick Motor Company and Greensboro Motor Company were built in 1927 and 1929. Their facades with Spanish Revival details, are interesting contributions to a commercial district. Survey numbe... More

Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war workers attach cylinder barrels to one of the "green" engines in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war work...

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

Roy Repp - Buick - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Roy Repp - Buick - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Buick Motor C. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Buick Motor C. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

View along US 40 in Mount Vernon Canyon, Colorado

View along US 40 in Mount Vernon Canyon, Colorado

Photo shows the highway US 40 and the Mount Vernon Canyon with Shingle Creek below, looking east towards Green Mountain and Denver beyond, with a 1941 Buick convertible in the foreground. (Source: Flickr Common... More

Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-two-year-old Anne Weinmen, employee of a large Midwest aircraft factory, inspects pistons to be used in airplane engines. With several years experience in Midwestern plants behind her, Miss Weinmen has developed the patience and dexterity this work requires. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-...

Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Aircraft engines. Using multi-colored pins to mark residences of its employees, a Midwest aircraft factory innovates its car-pooling system. Like hundreds of other U.S. factories, this plant encourages workers to utilize all available car space, thereby sparing tires, saving gasoline, and lessening the load on public transportation vehicles. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Using multi-colored pins to mark residen...

Public domain scan of vintage 18th-century map, old atlas, navigation, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 North Elm Street, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 ...

Significance: The Buick Motor Company and Greensboro Motor Company were built in 1927 and 1929. Their facades with Spanish Revival details, are interesting contributions to a commercial district. Survey numbe... More

Buick Motor C. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Buick Motor C. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Early automobiles - [1907 Buick]

Early automobiles - [1907 Buick]

Photograph shows woman sitting behind the wheel of a Buick automobile on a dirt road.

[1922 Buick convertible - full view] - stereocsopic card

[1922 Buick convertible - full view] - stereocsopic card

Stereo by Keystone. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Automobiles.

Production. Aircraft engines. That little instrument Verna Lampy is welding looks and sounds a lot like the drill your third bicuspid may be familiar with. It's used in a huge Midwest aircraft plant, however, to etch serial and inspection numbers on airplane motor parts, making a permanent record to facilitate assembly and production count. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. That little instrument Verna Lampy is we...

Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Aircraft engines. Hundreds of gears pass through the expert hands of Dorothy Miller and Sylvia Dreiser during their eight-hour working day in a large Midwest aircraft plant. Inspection of these vital cogs in America's war machine is a delicate task and one which requires infinite patience and precision. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Hundreds of gears pass through the exper...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. She used to be a librarian, now she inspects aircraft parts. Prior to Alma Jean Vincent's employment in a large Midwestern aircraft plant, she managed the junior book section of a suburban library. She had also been an assistant buyer of sportswear, but this lack of industrial experience seems to have been no handicap for her present job of visual gauge operator, inspecting airplane motor parts. With only six months of war work behind her, she's more than meeting plant requirements for speed and precision. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. She used to be a librarian, now she insp...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. Woman's place is on the inspection line in this Midwest aircraft plant where increasing numbers of young girls are being employed for this exacting work. Frances Busch and Lorraine Onobato put in five full days a week inspecting and gauging oil pipes for airplane engines. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Woman's place is on the inspection line ...

Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank Hawkins Buick Opel, Bell & 9th Avenue, Seattle, Washington

Frank Hawkins Buick Opel, Bell & 9th Avenue, Seattle, Washington

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Auto related. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-4). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Buick sign, North East, Pennsylvania

Buick sign, North East, Pennsylvania

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Gas stations, pumps and signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Road... More

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 North Elm Street, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC

Buick Motor Company & Greensboro Motor Company Dealerships, 309 & 315 ...

Significance: The Buick Motor Company and Greensboro Motor Company were built in 1927 and 1929. Their facades with Spanish Revival details, are interesting contributions to a commercial district. Survey numbe... More

Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war workers attach cylinder barrels to one of the "green" engines in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war work...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Aircraft engines. A skilled mechanic and determined war worker, Zed W. Robinson, proves that skin pigment bears no relation to efficiency of work. He's one of many Negroes employed in a large Midwest aircraft plant in skilled and semi-skilled capacity. Tightening bolts of a cylinder barrel during the final build-up of an airplane engine is one of the jobs which, until fairly recently, was closed to members of his race. But this war demands that no American because of race, creed or color shall be barred from work. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A skilled mechanic and determined war wo...

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

Buick & Gellespie, G.U., '28 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Buick & Gellespie, G.U., '28 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. Ready for inspection, this line-up of cylinder barrels for airplane engines makes a formidable display. Engines for America's Victory bombers are manufactured in this enormous Midwest plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Ready for inspection, this line-up of cy...

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

Front of A.C. i.e., American Colony buick

Front of A.C. i.e., American Colony buick

Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The community was founded ... More

Production. Aircraft engines. Foreman F.I. Bowman shows Marietta Morgan how to operate this bomb-test machine used to test reconditioned spark plugs. A young Negro girl, Marietta, had formerly been a clerk in a meat market. Her lack of industrial experience, however, has been no handicap for her present war job in a large Midwest airplane plant. She's rapidly becoming a skilled and efficient machine operator. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Foreman F.I. Bowman shows Marietta Morga...

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

Dashboard of new Dodge or Buick

Dashboard of new Dodge or Buick

Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The community was founded ... More

Buick & Gellespie, G.U., '28 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Buick & Gellespie, G.U., '28 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

[Picture story in 4 stereoscopic frames: boy & girl driving in country in 1914 Buick roadster]

[Picture story in 4 stereoscopic frames: boy & girl driving in country...

Stereo by Keystone View Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Automobiles.

Production. Aircraft engines. Hundreds of gears pass through the expert hands of Dorothy Miller and Sylvia Dreiser during their eight-hour working day in a large Midwest aircraft plant. Inspection of these vital cogs in America's war machine is a delicate task and one which requires infinite patience and precision. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Hundreds of gears pass through the exper...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-two-year-old Anne Weinmen, employee of a large Midwest aircraft factory, inspects pistons to be used in airplane engines. With several years experience in Midwestern plants behind her, Miss Weinmen has developed the patience and dexterity this work requires. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-...

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

This single-engine plane and the adjacent 1948 Buick automobile, displayed in Yuma, Arizona's, city hall, have a history together

This single-engine plane and the adjacent 1948 Buick automobile, displ...

In 1949, two pilots, Woody Jongeward and Bob Woodhouse flying in four-hour shifts kept the City of Yuma airplane aloft for a world-record 46 days in 1949 to help raise funds to reopen a local military airfield.... More

Staff in garage of Am. i.e., American Colony Buick Dodge Agency

Staff in garage of Am. i.e., American Colony Buick Dodge Agency

Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The community was founded ... More

Production. Aircraft engines. Woman's place is on the inspection line in this Midwest aircraft plant where increasing numbers of young girls are being employed for this exacting work. Frances Busch and Lorraine Onobato put in five full days a week inspecting and gauging oil pipes for airplane engines. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Woman's place is on the inspection line ...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. Foreman F.I. Bowman shows Marietta Morgan how to operate this bomb-test machine used to test reconditioned spark plugs. A young Negro girl, Marietta, had formerly been a clerk in a meat market. Her lack of industrial experience, however, has been no handicap for her present war job in a large Midwest airplane plant. She's rapidly becoming a skilled and efficient machine operator. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Foreman F.I. Bowman shows Marietta Morga...

Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war workers attach cylinder barrels to one of the "green" engines in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war work...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Aircraft engines. Negro women with no previous industrial experience are reconditioning used spark plugs in a large Midwest airplane plant. Despite their lack of technical knowlege, these women have become expert operators of the small testing machines. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Negro women with no previous industrial ...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. A young Negro worker stands ready to wash or "degrease" this airplane motor prior to its shipment. He's an employee of a large Midwest airplane plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A young Negro worker stands ready to was...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. Reconditioning used spark plugs for reuse in testing airplane motors, Mighnon Gunn operates this small testing machine with speed and precision although she was new to the job two months ago. A former domestic worker, this young woman is now a willing and efficient war worker, one of many women who are relieving labor shortages in war industries throughout the country. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Reconditioning used spark plugs for reus...

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

Staff in garage of Am. [i.e., American Colony] Colony Buick Dodge Agency

Staff in garage of Am. [i.e., American Colony] Colony Buick Dodge Agen...

Photograph shows mechanics and others in the garage of the American Colony's Dodge Brothers automobile and Graham truck dealership. The man standing in the back, wearing a vest and watch chain is Lars E. Lind w... More

Production. Aircraft engines. On the other side of that plate glass window, a huge engine roars in response to the young man's hand on the controls. The site of this activity is the control room of the dynamometer department in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. On the other side of that plate glass wi...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. A skilled mechanic and determined war worker, Zed W. Robinson, proves that skin pigment bears no relation to efficiency of work. He's one of many Negroes employed in a large Midwest aircraft plant in skilled and semi-skilled capacity. Tightening bolts of a cylinder barrel during the final build-up of an airplane engine is one of the jobs which, until fairly recently, was closed to members of his race. But this war demands that no American because of race, creed or color shall be barred from work. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A skilled mechanic and determined war wo...

Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Aircraft engines. A skilled mechanic and determined war worker, Zed W. Robinson, proves that skin pigment bears no relation to efficiency of work. He's one of many Negroes employed in a large Midwest aircraft plant in skilled and semi-skilled capacity. Tightening bolts of a cylinder barrel during the final build-up of an airplane engine is one of the jobs which, until fairly recently, was closed to members of his race. But this war demands that no American because of race, creed or color shall be barred from work. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A skilled mechanic and determined war wo...

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

Buick Motor C (before 1920) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Buick Motor C (before 1920) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Roy Repp - Buick, George Grantham Bain Collection

Roy Repp - Buick, George Grantham Bain Collection

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

Staff in garage of Am. i.e., American Colony Colony Buick Dodge Agency

Staff in garage of Am. i.e., American Colony Colony Buick Dodge Agency

Photograph shows mechanics and others in the garage of the American Colony's Dodge Brothers automobile and Graham truck dealership. The man standing in the back, wearing a vest and watch chain is Lars E. Lind w... More

Production. Aircraft engines. Reconditioning used spark plugs for reuse in testing airplane motors, Mighnon Gunn operates this small testing machine with speed and precision although she was new to the job two months ago. A former domestic worker, this young woman is now a willing and efficient war worker, one of many women who are relieving labor shortages in war industries throughout the country. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Reconditioning used spark plugs for reus...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. Typifying American democracy at work, four soldiers of the production front assemble an airplane engine for Uncle Sam's soldiers of the battlefront. In this, as in other war factories throughout the U.S., prejudice pertaining to differences of race, creed or color have been scrapped by those who recognize that victory must have priority over intolerance. These four men are assembling cylinder barrels to an engine in a giant Midwest aviation plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Typifying American democracy at work, fo...

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

Herald, Buick Bldg., 14th & L, Washington, D.C.

Herald, Buick Bldg., 14th & L, Washington, D.C.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

New Buick and GMC bus outside Buick agency

New Buick and GMC bus outside Buick agency

Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The community was founded ... More

Two men working on a tractor in a field, possibly related to: Luke Weldon, small farmer, and his son using ancient Buick (transformed by cutting down the chassis) as improvised tractor. Automobile bought in second hand car lot. Cost fifteen dollars. New Bridgetown, New Jersey

Two men working on a tractor in a field, possibly related to: Luke Wel...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Production. Aircraft engines. Typifying American democracy at work, four soldiers of the production front assemble an airplane engine for Uncle Sam's soldiers of the battlefront. In this, as in other war factories throughout the U.S., prejudice pertaining to differences of race, creed or color have been scrapped by those who recognize that victory must have priority over intolerance. These four men are assembling cylinder barrels to an engine in a giant Midwest aviation plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Typifying American democracy at work, fo...

Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Aircraft engines. She used to be a librarian, now she inspects aircraft parts. Prior to Alma Jean Vincent's employment in a large Midwestern aircraft plant, she managed the junior book section of a suburban library. She had also been an assistant buyer of sportswear, but this lack of industrial experience seems to have been no handicap for her present job of visual gauge operator, inspecting airplane motor parts. With only six months of war work behind her, she's more than meeting plant requirements for speed and precision. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. She used to be a librarian, now she insp...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. Negro women with no previous industrial experience are reconditioning used spark plugs in a large Midwest airplane plant. Despite their lack of technical knowlege, these women have become expert operators of the small testing machines. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Negro women with no previous industrial ...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-two-year-old Anne Weinmen, employee of a large Midwest aircraft factory, inspects pistons to be used in airplane engines. With several years experience in Midwestern plants behind her, Miss Weinmen has developed the patience and dexterity this work requires. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-...

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