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Spare cartridges - Public domain drawing

Spare cartridges - Public domain drawing

A soldier taking cartridge pouch from dead soldier; others shooting in background. (Probably drawn after war-time pencil sketch, for postwar illustrated publication.) Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.6... More

Making cartridges / from a sketch by Theo. R. Davis.

Making cartridges / from a sketch by Theo. R. Davis.

Print shows women and men working in a cartridge factory. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 21, no. 1085 (1877 October 13), p. 797.

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. The president of an Eastern manufacturing company now producing war essentials on prime and subcontracts, checks a contour gauge manufactured for Army arsenals. Gauges for measuring cartridges and other war materials must be accurate to the 2/10,000 of an inch to meet ordnance specifications. Bristol and Martin Company, New York, New York

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. The president of an Eastern ma...

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

The terrible plague of locusts in Palestine, March-June 1915. Cartridges of eggs and young locusts just hatched.

The terrible plague of locusts in Palestine, March-June 1915. Cartridg...

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

Rough Riders filling belts with cartridges

Rough Riders filling belts with cartridges

Stereo copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Bathtub full of cartridges. Girls at a large eastern arsenal inspecting 30 caliber ball catridges for the Army

Bathtub full of cartridges. Girls at a large eastern arsenal inspectin...

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

Manufacturing cartridges in a Mexican munitions factory

Manufacturing cartridges in a Mexican munitions factory

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

Dyna-Empire, 1075 Stewart Ave., Garden City. Cartridges

Dyna-Empire, 1075 Stewart Ave., Garden City. Cartridges

Public domain photograph of the 1940s-1950s New York City interiors, commerce, advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

124 cartridges for 15/6 and your money back with interest / printed by Metchim & Son, London.

124 cartridges for 15/6 and your money back with interest / printed by...

Poster is text only. Published by the National War Savings Committee, 18 & 19, Abingdon Street, Westminster, S.W. Poster no. 18. 20m. Wt. 5213/331. (7940).

Brass for cartridges. Rolling out brass slabs is one of the first processes in manufacturing cartridge cases. The work is being performed at one of eleven Navy arsenals which are working at top speed to furnish ammunition for our two-ocean Navy

Brass for cartridges. Rolling out brass slabs is one of the first proc...

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

Mrs. Smuda's son. The man with the gun. It's Private Edwin Smuda at army camp "somewhere in the South." In addition to being a prize fighting man, one of Private Smuda's claims to fame is his widowed, fifty-five-year-old mother who works six days a week in the Frankford, Pennsylvania arsenal tapering cartridges for 50mm machine gun shells. Mrs. Smuda is one of that great army of American women who work just as hard for victory as their sons on the front lines

Mrs. Smuda's son. The man with the gun. It's Private Edwin Smuda at ar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Steam bath for cartridges. Washing 50 caliber cartridge cases between operations at a large eastern arsenal. This plant is working on full shift for war needs

Steam bath for cartridges. Washing 50 caliber cartridge cases between ...

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

Turning anti-aircraft catridges. One of the last processes in making anti-aircraft cartridges is turning the case. This skilled workman in an eastern Navy yard is one of thousands who are producing ammunition for the expanded Navy war program

Turning anti-aircraft catridges. One of the last processes in making a...

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

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Intelligence officer checking safety equipment issued to the pilot and observer of a patrol plane, including rubber boat and life jacket "Mae West," inflatable by carbon dioxide gas cartridges; repair kit to mend bullet holes in the boat; and dye container to color water for better identification; flash light with red lens for identification by night; smoke bombs; water markers; Very pistols; and rubber watertight flying suit

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Women assembling cartridges, in Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridges Co., Inc., Bridgeport, Conn.]

[Women assembling cartridges, in Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartrid...

U.S. Army. Signal Corps photo. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steam bath for cartridges. Washing 50 caliber cartridge cases between operations at a large eastern arsenal. This plant is working on full shift for war needs

Steam bath for cartridges. Washing 50 caliber cartridge cases between ...

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

Men loading cartridges for big guns, Benicia Arsenal, Calif.

Men loading cartridges for big guns, Benicia Arsenal, Calif.

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

Brass shavings from cartridge cases. One of the last processes in making anti-aircraft cartridges is machining the head of the case. This worker in an eastern Navy yard is one of thousands who are producing ammunition for the expanded Navy war program

Brass shavings from cartridge cases. One of the last processes in maki...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Intelligence officer checking safety equipment issued to the pilot and observer of a patrol plane, including rubber boat and life jacket "Mae West," inflatable by carbon dioxide gas cartridges; repair kit to mend bullet holes in the boat; and dye container to color water for better identification; flash light with red lens for identification by night; smoke bombs; water marker; Very pistols; and rubber watertight flying suit

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Filling cartridges at the United States Arsenal at Watertown, Massachusetts

Filling cartridges at the United States Arsenal at Watertown, Massachu...

Illustration showing women seated around a table filling cartridges and view below of four men inserting powder. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, 1861 July 20, p. 449 (cover).

Brass shavings from cartridge cases. One of the last processes in making anti-aircraft cartridges is machining the head of the case. This worker in an eastern Navy yard is one of thousands who are producing ammunition for the expanded Navy war program

Brass shavings from cartridge cases. One of the last processes in maki...

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

Fingers of destruction. Gauging and weighing 50-caliber ball cartridges in an endless row. Production for war is geared up to top speed at this eastern Army arsenal

Fingers of destruction. Gauging and weighing 50-caliber ball cartridge...

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

Mrs. Smuda's son. The man with the gun. It's Private Edwin Smuda at army camp "somewhere in the South." In addition to being a prize fighting man, one of Private Smuda's claims to fame is his widowed, fifty-five-year-old mother who works six days a week in the Frankford, Pennsylvania arsenal tapering cartridges for 50mm machine gun shells. Mrs. Smuda is one of that great army of American women who work just as hard for victory as their sons on the front lines

Mrs. Smuda's son. The man with the gun. It's Private Edwin Smuda at ar...

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

Filling cartridges at the United States Arsenal at Watertown, Massachusetts

Filling cartridges at the United States Arsenal at Watertown, Massachu...

Illustration showing women seated around a table filling cartridges and view below of four men inserting powder. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, 1861 July 20, p. 449 (cover).

Salvage. New York local story. Keys to Uncle Sam's arsenal for democracy. Ranging in size form a tiny jewelcase opener to a massive half-pound brass device used in a French chateau grilled door, a donor turns over to the salvage drive more than 200 keys weighing five pounds, one ounce to Mrs. Mortimer Hess, vice chairman of the Women's Division of the New York City Salvage Committee at its headquarters in the Channing Building. Soon these keys will be on their way to the smelters to refine into new steel and brass to make America's guns and cartridges

Salvage. New York local story. Keys to Uncle Sam's arsenal for democra...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salvage. New York local story. Keys to Uncle Sam's arsenal for democracy. Ranging in size form a tiny jewelcase opener to a massive half-pound brass device used in a French chateau grilled door, a donor turns over to the salvage drive more than 200 keys weighing five pounds, one ounce to Mrs. Mortimer Hess, vice chairman of the Women's Division of the New York City Salvage Committee at its headquarters in the Channing Building. Soon these keys will be on their way to the smelters to refine into new steel and brass to make America's guns and cartridges

Salvage. New York local story. Keys to Uncle Sam's arsenal for democra...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.