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Augustus Thomas' new play, Arizona author of "Alabama" and "In Mizzoura" : a superb cast, special scenic effects.

Augustus Thomas' new play, Arizona author of "Alabama" and "In Mizzour...

Created by "Winterburn Show Printing Co., Chicago." Signed: Ray Brown. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Mrs. Moran home at 2320 Bancroft. Dining room with shadows cast by paned windows in Mrs. Moran's home

Mrs. Moran home at 2320 Bancroft. Dining room with shadows cast by pan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Soldering a joint of cast iron sewer pipe at migrant camp under construction at Sinton, Texas

Soldering a joint of cast iron sewer pipe at migrant camp under constr...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Casting a billet from an electric furnace, Chase Brass and Copper Co., Euclid, Ohio. Modern electric furnaces have helped considerably in speeding the production of brass and other copper alloys for national defense. Here the molten metal is poured or cast from the tilted furnace into a mold to form a billet. The billet later is worked into rods, tubes, wires or special shapes for a variety of uses

Casting a billet from an electric furnace, Chase Brass and Copper Co.,...

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

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a heat of iron in the cast house of the blast furnace

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a heat of iron in the...

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

El Paso, Texas, Phelps Dodge refining company. Electrolytic tanks in which sheets of pure copper are formed. The sheets are later melted and cast into ingots

El Paso, Texas, Phelps Dodge refining company. Electrolytic tanks in w...

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

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a heat of iron in the cast house of the blast furnace

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a heat of iron in the...

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

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. The cast house where the aluminum pigs are melted and cast into slabs for rolling

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. The cast house where the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Mrs. Stuart Godfrey, chairman of music for the services, and members of the cast of the Bolling Field show after their performance at the kitchen shower of the Walsh Club for war workers. Left to right: Corporal Virgil Fox, noted organist and pianist; Corporal Don Benjamin, director of the show; Miss Betty Baum, concert singer; Mrs. Marion McGregor, in charge of publicity for music for the services; Sergeant Bob Shortmeyer; Mrs. Stuart Godfrey; Sergeant Jack Knuppel; Corporal

Washington, D.C. Mrs. Stuart Godfrey, chairman of music for the servic...

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

George H. Broadhurst's new American play, The last chapter a comprehensive production and significant cast.

George H. Broadhurst's new American play, The last chapter a comprehen...

"Russell-Morgan Print." Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Pt'g Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3648. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

An all-star cast presenting Shakepeare's sublime tragedy, Romeo & Juliet

An all-star cast presenting Shakepeare's sublime tragedy, Romeo & Juli...

"Kyrle Bellew as Romeo, Miss Eleanor Robson as Juliet ...." Created and "copyright 1903 by The Strobridge Litho Co., Cincinnati & New York." Liebler & Co., managers. N.Y. no. 10342. Forms part of: Theatrical po... More

"Like unto a net cast into the sea"

"Like unto a net cast into the sea"

Federal Theatre [on] Treasure Island "Swing mikado" A cast of 100 : Sensational success : Hot from New York : The big hit of the Golden Gate International Exposition.

Federal Theatre [on] Treasure Island "Swing mikado" A cast of 100 : Se...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Swing Mikado" at the Golden Gate International Exposition, on Treasure Island, San Francisco, Calif., showing a woman dancer. Work Projects Administration Pos... More

[ Danny Kaye and theatre cast in 'Happy Ending' number - scene from "On the Riviera"]

[ Danny Kaye and theatre cast in 'Happy Ending' number - scene from "O...

Production photograph from the film "On the Riviera." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use f... More

Production. Copper. Removing slabs of blister copper from molds in which they were cast at the Garfield, Utah smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company

Production. Copper. Removing slabs of blister copper from molds in whi...

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

Magnesium is used to make light, strong casting for airplane engines. As insurance against possible shortages of this vital metal, Ford has built its own magnesium foundry. The pot in this photo has just been removed from one of the furnace. This pot holds 100 pounds of the magnesium alloy, which is about to be cast into parts for Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Ford River Rouge Foundry

Magnesium is used to make light, strong casting for airplane engines. ...

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

Steel production. More iron for steel production. Hot molten metal flows from the tap hole into a trough at a big Eastern blast furnace is cast. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania

Steel production. More iron for steel production. Hot molten metal flo...

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

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Molten copper being poured from the refinng furnace. It is run through a bed of coke to prevent oxidation before the copper is cast into molds

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Molten copper being po...

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

DeLand pool. Improvised foundry, Daytona Beach. City fireman J.L. Clayton of Daytona Beach, Florida, turned curiosity into war production. Several years ago he became interested in molding metals, particularly brass and aluminum in his spare time and put up a one-man foundry in back of the fire station as a hobby. Now he's making cast parts for the DeLand industrial pool and turning out aluminum air raid sirens of his own invention. Clayton is pulling a newly-cast siren section out of the mold. With him is R.G. Campbell, Jr., foreman of his expanded hobby shop

DeLand pool. Improvised foundry, Daytona Beach. City fireman J.L. Clay...

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

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Numbering cast plates with page numbers for identification

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Numberi...

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

Interlochen, Michigan. National music camp where 300 or more young musicians study symphonic music for eight weeks each summer. Night shot taken from side of stage showing footlights, orchestra, cast and conductor

Interlochen, Michigan. National music camp where 300 or more young mus...

Public domain photograph of musical performance, musicians, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Casting a billet from an electric furnace. Modern electric furnaces have helped considerably in speeding the production of brass and other copper alloys for national defense. Here the molten metal is poured or cast from the tilted furnace into a cylindrical mold to form a billet. The billet later is worked into rods, tubes, wires or special shapes for a variety of defense uses. Chase Brass and Copper Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Casting a billet from an elec...

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

A poster comes to life. Like liquid fire, molten steel is poured from an electric furnace into a ladle. When drawn, forged, treated and cast, this red river will be a tank, a ship's hull, or a hundred guns for men like Sergeant Vineyard and Chief Evans to use against the enemy. George Woolslayer, welder at Allegheny-Ludlum, explains this process in steel-making to the servicemen during their visit to the mill

A poster comes to life. Like liquid fire, molten steel is poured from ...

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

Poughkeepsie New Yorker Building, Poughkeepsie, New York. Flat cast

Poughkeepsie New Yorker Building, Poughkeepsie, New York. Flat cast

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

Set and cast for the first production of Appalachian Spring. Left to right: Martha Graham, May O' Donnell, the four followers, Merce Cunningham (back to camera), Erick Hawkins, 1944

Set and cast for the first production of Appalachian Spring. Left to r...

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Large cast from Watson foundry. Paterson New Jersey

Large cast from Watson foundry. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

George H. Broadhurst's new American play, The last chapter a comprehensive production and significant cast.

George H. Broadhurst's new American play, The last chapter a comprehen...

7579 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co, Cin., U.S.A." No. 3635. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Miscellaneous subjects. Bench and shadows cast on floor of porch or similar structure

Miscellaneous subjects. Bench and shadows cast on floor of porch or si...

[Young man in bed with leg in cast]

[Young man in bed with leg in cast]

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

Production. Copper (refining). Casting machine in a large copper refining operation. Here sheets of pure copper formed by electrolysis are melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Casting machine in a large copper refin...

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

Great Falls, Montana. Furnace refinery of Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Every cast wire bar is stamped with an identification code which gives the date, shift, and the batch from which it was cast

Great Falls, Montana. Furnace refinery of Anaconda Copper Mining Compa...

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

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Metal Company. Aluminum pigs in the yard outside the cast house

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Metal Company. Aluminum pigs in the yard ...

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

Jefferson Memorial. Within the Jefferson Memorial rotunda in Washington, D.C., stands this nineteen-foot statue of America's third president. A Marine Honor Guard stands watch at its base where the original Declaration of Independence has been placed to commemorate Jefferson's bi-centennial anniversary, April 12, 1943. The The plaster of paris statue, made by a sculptor Rudolph Evans, will be cast in bronze after the war

Jefferson Memorial. Within the Jefferson Memorial rotunda in Washingto...

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

Hilltop outtake: Helicopter view of cast in square formation.

Hilltop outtake: Helicopter view of cast in square formation.

Passaic Falls Bridge, a cast iron bridge manufactured by Watson.

Passaic Falls Bridge, a cast iron bridge manufactured by Watson.

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Christ Church, Boston - erected A.D. 1723 - this church contains the first ring of bells cast for North America

Christ Church, Boston - erected A.D. 1723 - this church contains the f...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford (John H.) & Company.

Will he cast his sword into the balance? / Gillam.

Will he cast his sword into the balance? / Gillam.

Cartoon showing Chester Arthur, dressed as a Roman, by "Republican scales," holding sword "patronage," with Mitchell "indepencent reps.," also dressed as a Roman, on one end of the scales, and James Donald Came... More

George H. Broadhurst's new American play, The last chapter a comprehensive production and significant cast.

George H. Broadhurst's new American play, The last chapter a comprehen...

"Russell-Morgan Print." Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3647. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Mark E. Swan's latest farcical success, the effervescent ecstasy, Whose baby are you? a splendid cast present this fantastic farce.

Mark E. Swan's latest farcical success, the effervescent ecstasy, Whos...

D12997 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co, Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." Direction, Fitzgerald Murphy. No. 4644. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collect... More

PLASTER CAST OF FACE OF BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS. REP. FROM NEBRASKA, 1891-1895; SECRETARY OF STATE, 1913-1915

PLASTER CAST OF FACE OF BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS. REP. FROM NEBRASKA, 1...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bust, head, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

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

Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. Due to blackout regulations, flood lights, switch lights, locomotive headlights and lights on the bridge in background have been shaded to cast light downward. Broad streaks of light are caused by paths of locomotive headlights, thin wavy lines by lamps of switchmen working in the yard. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. Due to blackou...

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

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. In this pile of scrap cast iron there are old machine tool beds, foundry flasks, pipe, boilers, automobile engine blocks -- almost anything that a magnet will pick up. Location: large Midwest machine tool foundry

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. In this pile of scr...

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

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. Shavings and scrap are remelted here and cast into pigs

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. Shavings and scrap are re...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolysis at a large refining operation. These will be melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolys...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolysis at a large refining operation. These will be melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolys...

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

El Paso, Texas, Phelps Dodge refining company. Electrolytic tanks in which sheets of pure copper are formed. The sheets are later melted and cast into ingots

El Paso, Texas, Phelps Dodge refining company. Electrolytic tanks in w...

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.

New York, New York. Class in the use of precision instruments, part of the government-sponsored industrial training program at New York University. Most of the students are women. Checking the outside diameter of a cast iron face cam to the nearest thousandth of an inch with a five to six inch micrometer caliper

New York, New York. Class in the use of precision instruments, part of...

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

Hot stuff! An invitational exhibition of sculpture in cast metal...

Hot stuff! An invitational exhibition of sculpture in cast metal...

Poster shows large typography of "Hot Stuff!" Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. K6. K92. 1985 Gift; 1987.

Mardi Gras displays and details in store windows and cast iron during the Mardi Gras season in Mobile, Alabama

Mardi Gras displays and details in store windows and cast iron during ...

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

Christ Church, Boston - erected A.D. 1723 - this church contains the first ring of bells cast for North America

Christ Church, Boston - erected A.D. 1723 - this church contains the f...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford (John H.) & Company.

A look into the future Coming events cast their shadows before.

A look into the future Coming events cast their shadows before.

Halftone photomechanical reproduction of a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and two African men beside a dead rhinoceros.

Coming under canvas, George the magician and a full supporting cast of wonder workers and funmakers presenting a spectacle rich in scenic and electrical effects surpassing in splendor and magnitude all that has before it.

Coming under canvas, George the magician and a full supporting cast of...

"All Europe marvelled at George, the show which you will never forget ...." "Magician of the kings and the king of magicians." Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress)

Photograph of Vera Nemchinova as the Girl in Blue and cast, Les Biches, 1924, no photographer

Photograph of Vera Nemchinova as the Girl in Blue and cast, Les Biches...

Public domain photograph of theatrical performance, theater, play, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington Votes; first time since 1874. Washington, D.C., April 30. It was a long time between votes, 1874 to 1938, but the Capitol bridged a gap today when its residents cast a city-wide ballot on the question of whether suffrage shall be voted to the voteless community. Mr and Mrs Paul R. Henry are shown depositing their ballots while Miss Magdalena Gale registers them, 4/30/38

Washington Votes; first time since 1874. Washington, D.C., April 30. I...

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

Child afflicted with tuberculosis of the spine in cast on porch of his home near Warner, Oklahoma. Tenant farm family

Child afflicted with tuberculosis of the spine in cast on porch of his...

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

Speaker elected for 'Little Congress.' Washington, D.C., Mar. 7. The 'Little Congress' composed of secretaries and office workers of members of Congress, after two elections, selected Nathaniel Turnball, assistant secretary to Senator Charles Andrews of Florida, as its speaker for the next 12 consecutive weeks. The first election was thrown out last week when somebody pointed out that more ballots were cast than there were voters. This preicipitated a first fight. The election, won by turnball, was hald again last night, and was guaranteed 'free from ballot-stuffing,' 3-7-40

Speaker elected for 'Little Congress.' Washington, D.C., Mar. 7. The '...

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

Miners monument in Bisbee, Arizona. This monument is cast in cement, sprayed with molten copper and mounted on a block of Colorado granite used for miners' drilling contests in the nineties. The monument was erected in 1935

Miners monument in Bisbee, Arizona. This monument is cast in cement, s...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast iron and steel materials that can be converted into steel for the national defense production program (U.S., Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast...

Public domain photograph of construction site, excavation works, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Copper (refining). Casting house in a large copper refining operation. Here sheets of pure copper, formed by electrolysis, are melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Casting house in a large copper refinin...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a heat of iron in the cast house of the blast furnace

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a heat of iron in the...

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

Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolysis at a large refining operation. These will be melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolys...

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 Red Cross hospital recreation worker in an Army hospital in Great Britain, assisting a soldier whose right arm is in a cast , in writing to his relatives back home

A Red Cross hospital recreation worker in an Army hospital in Great Br...

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

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Weighing brass scrap. The war program calls for the use of such vast amounts of brass and copper among other metals, that all available scrap must be utilized. Here a truckload of brass trimmings from a sheet mill is being weighed. From here it will go to the casting shop, where it will be remelted and cast again into billets. Chase Brass and Copper Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Weighing brass scrap. The war...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceramic fireplace grate. This new type ceramic fireplace grate may be used in a million homes this winter. It may replace the cast iron fireplace grates, production of which has been discontinued by a War Production Board (WPB) order

Ceramic fireplace grate. This new type ceramic fireplace grate may be ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., Bronx. Opera "Solomon" cast

Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., Bronx. Opera "Solomon" ...

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

Barnesville, Maryland. This citizen at the community hall going into one of the booths where he will cast his vote in the general election on one of the recently installed voting machines

Barnesville, Maryland. This citizen at the community hall going into o...

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

Abraham's dream!--"Coming events cast their shadows before"

Abraham's dream!--"Coming events cast their shadows before"

The artist portrays a President tormented by nightmares of defeat in the election of 1864. The print probably appeared late in the campaign. (The Library's copy was deposited for copyright on September 22.) Lin... More

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). The push for the navy is supplied by huge propellers such as these. This four-bladed monster, cast in one place, is being inspected before it is installed on a warship

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). The push for the navy is supplied by...

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

Newport News, Virginia. Worker attaching wire cable preparatory to lifting a cast propellor for a C-3. Formerly propeller blades were bolted on to the shaft, but today the propeller is cast in one piece

Newport News, Virginia. Worker attaching wire cable preparatory to lif...

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

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. When "slabs" (brass or copper castings in the form of long flat cakes) are cast, the upper end of the casting, the last part poured, is apt to be slightly blown and drossy. This end is cut off by large shears before the casting is sent to the mill to be fabricated into sheet metal. Chase Copper and Brass Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. When "slabs" (brass or copper...

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

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Casting a billet from an electric furnace. Modern electric furnaces have helped considerably in speeding the production of brass and other copper alloys for national defense. Here the molten metal is poured or cast from the tilted furnace into a cylindrical mold to form a billet. The billet later is worked into rods, tubes, wires or special shapes for a variety of defense uses. Chase Brass and Copper Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Casting a billet from an elec...

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

Great Falls, Montana. Anaconda Wire and Cable Company. Trainload of copper cathodes, practically 100% pure copper; these cathodes are moved to the furnace refinery where they are melted down and cast into shapes suitable for the rolling mills and other uses

Great Falls, Montana. Anaconda Wire and Cable Company. Trainload of co...

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

Aluminum casting. When the aluminum solidifies, it is knocked out by hammer from the ingot molds. Soon to be cast into essentials for the war effort, this metal is one of America's most vital essentials for victory. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret--but they'll probably end up as jeeps or airplane engines parts. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. When the aluminum solidifies, it is knocked out by h...

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

Great Falls, Montana. Furnace refinery of Anaconda Copper Mining Company. The cast wire bars proceed on a conveyor where they are inspected several times while cooling

Great Falls, Montana. Furnace refinery of Anaconda Copper Mining Compa...

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

Ledkote. Plaster cast department

Ledkote. Plaster cast department

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.

The 2,000-pound cast bronze chandelier beneath the mosaic dome in the downtown Central Library in Los Angeles, California

The 2,000-pound cast bronze chandelier beneath the mosaic dome in the ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

[Detroit, Mich., sinking cast section of Michigan Central Railroad Company tunnel]

[Detroit, Mich., sinking cast section of Michigan Central Railroad Com...

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

Fly-casting -- A false cast - Public domain photograph

Fly-casting -- A false cast - Public domain photograph

An old photo of a woman holding a fishing pole. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Helen Hayes and cast buy bonds to outfit fighting men. Helen Hayes and members of the cast of "Harriet" lined up in New York to buy bonds in the second War Loan Drive to help Uncle Sam furnish clothing and personal equipment for his fighting men. Private John Patrick Cooper holds part of a soldier's outfit--shirt and trousers--while Miss Hayes, Mildred Taswell (center), Edmund Abel (right) and Jacqueline Paige (far right) buy bonds from a War Savings Staff volunteer

Helen Hayes and cast buy bonds to outfit fighting men. Helen Hayes and...

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

Steel. Ford plant. A blast furnace being cast. Here the iron ore starts on its way to becoming an automobile part. The metal travels down sanded trenches; the trench to the left is conveying molten metal to giant ladles; trench on the right carries the slag off. Blast furnaces are cast in this manner about every six hours. Ford River Rouge plant, May 1941

Steel. Ford plant. A blast furnace being cast. Here the iron ore start...

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

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. The cast house

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. The cast house

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. Shavings and scrap are remelted here and cast into pigs

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. Shavings and scrap are re...

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

Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolysis at a large refining operation. These will be melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolys...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arlington, Virginia. Two voters leaving Wilson High School while others wait in line to enter to cast their ballots in the national presidental election

Arlington, Virginia. Two voters leaving Wilson High School while other...

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

Making a cast in the foundry at Watson, 1970s.

Making a cast in the foundry at Watson, 1970s.

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Votes for first time at 79. Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 15. This is Mrs. O'Leary (not the Mrs. O'Leary who kissed the cow who kicked over the lantern to start the Chicago fire) but Mrs. Lucy O'Leary of this town who will cast her first vote on November 3 at age 79, for Gov. Landon. She now lives on small government pension with the aid of a small garden

Votes for first time at 79. Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 15. This is Mrs....

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The penthouse studio for radio broadcasts on the roof of the Interior Building consists of reception room, office, script writers' room, small and large studios, and sound control room. These actors are members of the cast for My Dear Mr. President, a play based upon the President's budget message [i.e Interior Secretary's annual report] presented in January 1939 through the channels of the national hookups

The penthouse studio for radio broadcasts on the roof of the Interior ...

Photo shows production of the U.S. Department of Interior's radio play "My Dear Mr. President," broadcast on January 8, 1939, the subject of which was the Interior Secretary's annual report to the President (So... More

A black and white photo of a man digging a hole, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man digging a hole, Texas, during Great D...

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Conservation of used material bears heavily on the progress of the defense program. From Western Electric's distributing houses used wire and cable is shipped to the Nassau Smelting and Refining Company, where its components are preserved and cast into ingots and billets that find their way back to industry again. At the Atlanta distributing house, a new battery-driven lift and dumptruck speeds the local conservation program

Conservation of used material bears heavily on the progress of the def...

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Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. The cast house

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. The cast house

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Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a blast furnace for an iron cast

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a blast furnace for a...

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Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Sheets of pure copper, which had been formed by electrolysis in huge tanks, being melted now and cast into ingots

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Sheets of pure copper, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a heat of iron in the cast house of the blast furnace

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a heat of iron in the...

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

A man and a woman standing next to a microphone. Office of War Information Photograph

A man and a woman standing next to a microphone. Office of War Informa...

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Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Metal Company. Getting ready to pour liquid aluminum onto pigs in the cast house

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Metal Company. Getting ready to pour liqu...

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Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a blast furnace for an iron cast

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a blast furnace for a...

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Set and cast for the first production of Appalachian Spring, 1944

Set and cast for the first production of Appalachian Spring, 1944

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Offering of bells to be cast into cannon

Offering of bells to be cast into cannon

A southern pastor and his congregation present Confederate officer with church bells to be cast. Initialed "F.B.M." and "A.J.V." Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London... More

Abraham's dream!--"Coming events cast their shadows before"

Abraham's dream!--"Coming events cast their shadows before"

The artist portrays a President tormented by nightmares of defeat in the election of 1864. The print probably appeared late in the campaign. (The Library's copy was deposited for copyright on September 22.) Lin... More

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