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Training center for household employees--Household Service Demonstration Project, W.P.A. / Cleo.

Training center for household employees--Household Service Demonstrati...

Poster showing a maid carrying a tray. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Cabinet member appears before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 17. Called to help the Senate Agricultural Committee Frame a farm bill in a hurry, Sec. of Agriculture Henry Wallace, right, is shown in a huddle today with Senator "Cotton Ed" Smith, D. of South Carolina, Chairman of the Senate Agricultural Committee, left; and Howard R. Tolley, center, of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. 11/17/37

Cabinet member appears before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Nov....

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Congratulations. Washington D.C., March 8. Following his fiery speech before the Convention of the Labor Non-Partisan League today, Senator Robert F. Lafollette, Progressive of Wisconsin, is congratulated by John L. Lewis, United Mine Worker President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the League, and Sidney Hillman (center), Secretary Treasurer. In his speech Senator Lafollette urged the league to campaign aggressively on behalf of President Roosevelt's court reorganization plan. Six hundred labor leaders from all parts of the country are attending the convention, 3/8/1937

Congratulations. Washington D.C., March 8. Following his fiery speech ...

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

Rare old coins on display at numismatic convention. Washington, D.C. Aug. 24. The collection of first coins minted in America, dating back as early as 1652, was envied by coin collectors from all over the country as they attended the American Numismatic Convention here today. The collection is owned by T. James Clarke, (center) President of the American Numismatic Association, who is showing them to F.E. Hodge (Left) and C. Shirley Leachman. The coins are made of silver. 8/24/37

Rare old coins on display at numismatic convention. Washington, D.C. A...

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A group of people standing outside of a theater, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A group of people standing outside of a theater, Great Depression. FSA...

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A couple of people standing in front of a building, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A couple of people standing in front of a building, Great Depression. ...

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Distribution of free medicine outside a P.R.R.A. (Puerto Rico Resettlement Administration) health center. San Juan, Puerto Rico

Distribution of free medicine outside a P.R.R.A. (Puerto Rico Resettle...

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C.G. Michalis, residence at 455 Madison Ave., New York City. Center section I

C.G. Michalis, residence at 455 Madison Ave., New York City. Center se...

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Center of mining town. Osage, West Virginia

Center of mining town. Osage, West Virginia

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Oil painting "Commerce of the East" located at center of Lobby, U.S. Custom House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Oil painting "Commerce of the East" located at center of Lobby, U.S. C...

Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More

Harris Fahnestock, residence at 15 E. 66th St., New York City. Living room, to fireplace with center table

Harris Fahnestock, residence at 15 E. 66th St., New York City. Living ...

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A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm ...

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

An old photo of a church with a truck parked in front of it. Ohio during Great Depression.

An old photo of a church with a truck parked in front of it. Ohio duri...

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Class in maternal welfare. In a P.R.R.A. (Puerto Rico Resettlement Administration) health center. San Juan, Puerto Rico

Class in maternal welfare. In a P.R.R.A. (Puerto Rico Resettlement Adm...

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A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks, West Virgin...

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Before Naval Affairs Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Flatly denying any foreign commitments or understandings, Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, today told to Naval Affairs Committee of the House that the fleet expects "To stand on it's own feet" in national defense, Interested listeners to the Admiral's testimony were Rep. Ralph E. Church of ILL. (center) and Rep. Ralph O. Brewster of Maine (right)

Before Naval Affairs Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Flatly denyi...

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Townspeople of Woodstock, Vermont, discussing the severe winter on the street corner in center of town

Townspeople of Woodstock, Vermont, discussing the severe winter on the...

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Examining child in medical center. Greenbelt, Maryland

Examining child in medical center. Greenbelt, Maryland

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Betsy Head Play Center. Detail of boys' line

Betsy Head Play Center. Detail of boys' line

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World's Fair. General night view of Westinghouse Building, Commerce Circle area and Theme Center

World's Fair. General night view of Westinghouse Building, Commerce Ci...

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Betsy Head Play Center, Hopkinson and Livonia Ave., Brooklyn, New York. Upper deck, from north, to diving pool II

Betsy Head Play Center, Hopkinson and Livonia Ave., Brooklyn, New York...

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Itinerant salesman selling goods from his truck to Negroes in center of town on Saturday afternoon. Belzoni, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Itinerant salesman selling goods from his truck to Negroes in center o...

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A couple of men standing in front of a store, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A couple of men standing in front of a store, Vermont. Farm Security A...

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County courthouse. Grundy Center, Iowa

County courthouse. Grundy Center, Iowa

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A horse drawn carriage driving down a snow covered street, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A horse drawn carriage driving down a snow covered street, Vermont. Fa...

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Autumn leaves on courthouse lawn. Grundy Center, Iowa

Autumn leaves on courthouse lawn. Grundy Center, Iowa

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[Henry A. Wallace, center] - Public domain photograph, glass negative

[Henry A. Wallace, center] - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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A black and white photo of a street sign, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a street sign, Louisiana. Farmers during Gr...

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Boys playing on courthouse lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa

Boys playing on courthouse lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa

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Medical center at Greendale, Wisconsin

Medical center at Greendale, Wisconsin

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Unloading shelled corn at elevator. Grundy Center, Iowa. Farmers' cooperative elevator

Unloading shelled corn at elevator. Grundy Center, Iowa. Farmers' coop...

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Men of the New Zealand Division in the Western Desert take time out for lunch. In center, spoon-to-mouth, is Second Lieutenant Charles Kazlett Upham, awarded the V.C. for his remarkable exploits during the fighting in Crete

Men of the New Zealand Division in the Western Desert take time out fo...

Note on photograph front: The New Zealanders have taken a leading part in the operations in Libya. Title from note on item. British official photograph : E. NZ. 20.

Lifehouse no. 4, Nassau Shores, Massapequa, Long Island. Rear from center

Lifehouse no. 4, Nassau Shores, Massapequa, Long Island. Rear from cen...

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World's Fair. View toward Theme Center (trylon and perisphere)

World's Fair. View toward Theme Center (trylon and perisphere)

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The New York World's Fair was a large international exposition held in New York City, United... More

Air view. Grundy Center, Iowa - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Air view. Grundy Center, Iowa - safety film negatives, Library of Cong...

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A man riding a horse drawn carriage down a street, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A man riding a horse drawn carriage down a street, Kenntucky. Farm Sec...

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

Junction, Texas, center of sheep and goat raising section

Junction, Texas, center of sheep and goat raising section

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Highway leading into Junction, Texas, which is in the center of the goat and sheep raising country of west Texas

Highway leading into Junction, Texas, which is in the center of the go...

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C.J. LaRoche, residence in Fairfield, Connecticut. House, from center

C.J. LaRoche, residence in Fairfield, Connecticut. House, from center

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Main street looking toward center of town. Woodstock, Vermont

Main street looking toward center of town. Woodstock, Vermont

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Barre, Vermont. Marble center - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Barre, Vermont. Marble center - safety film negatives, Library of Cong...

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The "potato pole" is erected in the center of Presque Isle, Maine, for the festivities on day of barrel rolling contest

The "potato pole" is erected in the center of Presque Isle, Maine, for...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tower, historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manila, the Philippine Islands. For extraordinary heroism during attacks on Jap bridgeheads at Vigan, in Northern Luzon, Lieutenant Jack Dale of the U.S. Army Air Corps received a Distinguished Service Cross from General MacArthur (right) before Japanese forces forced American troop retirement from Manila. Other air heroes decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross were Captain Jesus A. Villamor (center rear) of the Philippine Army, and posthumously, Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr., who bombed and sank a Jap battleship off Luzon. This picture, made December 22, 1941, was one of the last to leave the Philippines

Manila, the Philippine Islands. For extraordinary heroism during attac...

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S. Spencer Scott, residence at 5 Quaker Center, Scarsdale, New York. General entrance facade from right

S. Spencer Scott, residence at 5 Quaker Center, Scarsdale, New York. G...

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"Like real home-cooked chicken" say these Craig Field flying cadets, in praise of the tender FSA (Farm Security Administration) "Food for Defense" chickens. Craig Field, Southeastern Air Training Center, Selma, Alabama

"Like real home-cooked chicken" say these Craig Field flying cadets, i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Saint Louis, Missouri. Final phase construction, NYA war training center

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Flight instructors McTaggart and Gumison chart the afternoon flight after fried chicken dinner. Craig Field, Southeastern Air Training Center, Selma, Alabama

Flight instructors McTaggart and Gumison chart the afternoon flight af...

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FSA (Farm Security Administration) field man packing the chickens of James F. Drigger prior to their journey to the Craig Field. Southeastern Air Training Center, Selma, Alabama (Food for Defense program)

FSA (Farm Security Administration) field man packing the chickens of J...

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Cadets E.A. Peresich and D.M. Peck chuckle over their hearty meal of fried chicken supplied by FSA (Farm Security Administration) clients through the "Food for Defense" program. Craig Field, Southeastern Air Training Center. Selma, Alabama

Cadets E.A. Peresich and D.M. Peck chuckle over their hearty meal of f...

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Hood River, Oregon, shipping and shopping center for Hood River Valley, where apples and pears are main crops

Hood River, Oregon, shipping and shopping center for Hood River Valley...

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Washington, D.C. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, to be installed in the Grand Central terminal, New York, in the visual unit of the FSA (Farm Security Administration). Edwin Rosskam selecting from the files pictures to be used in the center

Washington, D.C. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, to be in...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man eating a sandwich. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man eating a sandwich. Office of War Info...

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

A panel from an exhibit "In the Image of America," designed by the Farm Security Administration as part of the Science and Industry Exhibit held in Rockefeller Center, New York City, in 1941

A panel from an exhibit "In the Image of America," designed by the Far...

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

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

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

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas worked in oil fields about ten years; cutting tool joints off a drill pipe in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas worked in oil fields about ten...

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

Civilian defense. There's not much that is omitted in the equipment of these special gas and electrical emergency trucks. On the floor in front of the trunk are, left to right, the following items: a fitter's kit for repairing small gas leaks; a rubberized blanket for electrical work; an atmosphere testing machine; an inhalator; a Phister fire extinguisher; an air blower ; a lux fire extinguisher kit; a splicer's kit containing insulated hand tools; a fuse kit; a manhole guard rail and a rubber mat for electrical work. The worker at the left is wearing a special mask with a half-hour suplly of oxygen for use where a fresh air hose is not practical. He is also wearing rubber gloves for repair work. The man standing in the center is holding a hand operated manhole pump. The truck and its equipment were on display at Madison Square Garden, New York, as part of the huge civilian defense show held there in October

Civilian defense. There's not much that is omitted in the equipment of...

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

Hoffman Island, merchant marine training center off Staten Island, New York. Mr. Stone instructing trainee at wheel of the schooner Vema

Hoffman Island, merchant marine training center off Staten Island, New...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Working on a center wing section for a B-24E (Liberator) bomber after it has been placed on one of the assembly lines at Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Working on a cent...

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A poster comes to life. "Never got so close to one of these babies before" says George Woolslayer (right) giving an army jeep the once-over. At the post where Sergeant French L. Vineyard (center) is stationed, Woolslayer learned a great many things about army operations. Aviation-radio Chief John Marshall Evans (left) got a few pointers himself during this tour of the camp which was arranged after the servicemen had visited Woolslayer's steel mill. The three colleagues of the "Men Working Together" poster found that they actually must "work together" for the successful waging of the war. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. "Never got so close to one of these babies bef...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. "Morgue" of the New York Times newspaper. Clippings on every conceivable subject are filed here for a reference. Editors and writers phone in for information. In center background is a photograph of Adolph Ochs, founder of the paper

New York, New York. "Morgue" of the New York Times newspaper. Clipping...

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Hoffman Island, merchant marine training center off Staten Island. First aid class

Hoffman Island, merchant marine training center off Staten Island. Fir...

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Hoffman Island, merchant marine training center off Staten Island, New York. Class in fire extinguishing methods

Hoffman Island, merchant marine training center off Staten Island, New...

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Pepsi-Cola Service Center, 47th St. and Broadway, New York City. Vertical detail stair rail to Broadway entrance

Pepsi-Cola Service Center, 47th St. and Broadway, New York City. Verti...

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Hoffman Island, merchant marine training center off Staten Island, New York. Knot tying class

Hoffman Island, merchant marine training center off Staten Island, New...

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Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Top of one of the multiple-hearth roasting furnaces. The concentrates move by gravity from one hearth to another; in one hearth the material is moved from circumference to center and on the next hearth vice versa

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Top of one ...

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Production. C-47 transport planes. Girl inspectors at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company make a careful check of center wings for C-47 transport planes. The versatile C-47 performs many important tasks for the Army. It ferries men and cargo across oceans and mountains, tows gliders and brings paratroopers and their equipment to scenes of action

Production. C-47 transport planes. Girl inspectors at the Long Beach, ...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A complete center section for a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane in an assembly jig at a large Western aircraft plant. On the final line, the entire center section will be joined to other plane sections, and noses, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A complete center section fo...

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

Baker, Florida. Former bank of Baker, now a barbershop. Baker was a big center in the lumbering days; it was on the Falco Lumber Company rail line, but they tore up the tracks in 1923 and Baker's population began to dwindle

Baker, Florida. Former bank of Baker, now a barbershop. Baker was a bi...

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

Production. Lead. Reopened mine workings near Creede, Colorado. Creede, for many years a "ghost town," has resumed the activities that made it an important lead-producing center years ago, and is now producing much metal vitally needed for the war effort

Production. Lead. Reopened mine workings near Creede, Colorado. Creede...

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Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, Indiana. Auditorium from stage, center curtains open

Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, Indiana. Auditorium from s...

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Brooklyn, New York. Red Hook housing development. Children on a slide in the kindergarten playground of the community center

Brooklyn, New York. Red Hook housing development. Children on a slide ...

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New York, New York. Draftees on their way to a train to the induction center at the Pennsylvania railroad station

New York, New York. Draftees on their way to a train to the induction ...

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Dillon, Montana. Street corner. Dillon is the trading center for a prosperous cattle and sheep country

Dillon, Montana. Street corner. Dillon is the trading center for a pro...

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Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Children approaching drinking fountain in the shopping center

Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Children approaching dri...

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NYA (National Youth Administration) Center, Brooklyn, New York. A Negro who is receiving training in machine shop practice shown in his welder's outfit

NYA (National Youth Administration) Center, Brooklyn, New York. A Negr...

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Hoffman Island, merchant marine training center off Staten Island, New York. General muster of trainees at 8:45 a.m.

Hoffman Island, merchant marine training center off Staten Island, New...

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War Production Board Sugar Policy Committee. This shows the first meeting of the newly formed War Production Board Sugar Policy Committee. The committee consists of representatives of light government agencies concerned with the sugar problem. The committee was formed to exchange information and to recommend and formulate programs for the correlation of the activities of the various agencies concerned with the sugar problem. A. E. Bowman, Chief of the War Production Board Sugar Section is Committee Chairman. He is seated in the center. Other members are from left to right: Philip Nichols, War Production Board attorney, who is secretary of the Committee; J. E. Brunner, War Shipping Administration; F. H. Rawls, U.S. Department of Commerce; J. H. Westing, Office of Price Administration (OPA); S. H. Sabin, Defense Supplies Corp.; Guy J. Swope, Department of the Interior; L. Duggan, State Department; and Dr. Joshua Bernhardt, Department of Agriculture

War Production Board Sugar Policy Committee. This shows the first meet...

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

Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Early morning sun gives little warmth to these men of Battery C, 26th Battalion, in the Field Artillery Replacement Training Center. A mule-pack outfit, they carry on, rain or shine, hot or cold, complete with their canine mascots

Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Early morning sun gives little warmth to these me...

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Puyallup (Wash.) Assembly Center

Puyallup (Wash.) Assembly Center

Photograph shows three interned Japanese men sitting by a wooden building with the words "The Waldorf Astoria" written over the doorway. U.S. Signal Corps Photo 9CA-42-2573-PSF. S 202.

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. R.W. (Elizabeth) Almoney, forty-seven (center rear), has had eleven children. She works as a gauge inspector at the Animal Trap Company and on Sunday does the washing. Her husband (left) works in the local chocolate factory. Daughter Arline, twenty (right), who also works at the Animal Trap Company, is cooking Sunday dinner. There are three brothers in the service, and one Boy Scout, age thirteen, in the family

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. R.W. (Elizabeth) Almoney, forty-seven (cent...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brooklyn, New York. Red Hook housing project. Wading pool at the city play center

Brooklyn, New York. Red Hook housing project. Wading pool at the city ...

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Los Angeles, California. Japanese-American evacuation from West Coast areas under U.S. Army war emergency order. Soldiers supervising the loading of the baggage of Japanese-Americans en route to Owens Valley reception center

Los Angeles, California. Japanese-American evacuation from West Coast ...

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

Washington, D.C. Customers in the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue

Washington, D.C. Customers in the Giant Food shopping center on Wiscon...

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

Southington, Connecticut. Southington's public Health Center, which has a staff of nurses and doctors and the most modern medical equipment. It is a gift to the town by a public-spirited citizen, Mrs. Julia Arnold Bradley

Southington, Connecticut. Southington's public Health Center, which ha...

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New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Make-up men pick up linotype slugs from center table

New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Ma...

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Production. Lead. An Akins type classifier in a lead concentrator near Creede, Colorado where old mines have been reopened. The classifier sends back to the ball mill all ore not crushed to pass a screen of specified mesh. Creede, for many years a "ghost town," has resumed the activities that made it an important lead-producing center years ago and is now producing much metal vitally needed for the war effort

Production. Lead. An Akins type classifier in a lead concentrator near...

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Pinedale (Calif.) Assembly Center - the attention of a dentist was part of the medical care afforded evacuees, licensed dentists amoung the evacuees performing this service / U.S. Army Signal Corps.

Pinedale (Calif.) Assembly Center - the attention of a dentist was par...

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Production. Lead. Types of miners who work the lead mines near Creede, Colorado. Creede, for many years a "ghost town," has resumed the activities that made it an important lead-producing center years ago, and is now producing much metal vitally needed for the war effort

Production. Lead. Types of miners who work the lead mines near Creede,...

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

Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. Japanese register on arrival at the Santa Anita reception center

Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanes...

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Washington, D.C. International youth assembly. Delegate from Sweden, right, and delegate from Russia, center

Washington, D.C. International youth assembly. Delegate from Sweden, r...

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The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas under U.S. Army war emergency order Japanese waiting for registration at the Santa Anita reception center.

The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas under U.S. ...

Photograph shows Japanese Americans in lines next to horse stalls as armed guards observe. Corresponding negative no. LC-USF34-72325-D. Forms part of: Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

Washington, D.C. Soldiers waiting between trains enjoy a card game at the United Nations service center

Washington, D.C. Soldiers waiting between trains enjoy a card game at ...

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Washington, D.C. Servicemen who sleep in the lounge at the United Nations service center between trains can have an attendant wake them at a specified time

Washington, D.C. Servicemen who sleep in the lounge at the United Nati...

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New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center, opened September 15, 1942, for thirty children, age two to five, of mothers engaged in war industry. The hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., six days per week. Miss Jane Elizabeth Machmer, twenty-six year-old director

New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center, opened September 15, 19...

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New York, New York. Mourners at the funeral of Carlo Tresca, the Italian anarchist publisher of Il Martello, who was murdered on Fifth Avenue. The funeral was held in Manhattan Center and was attended by over 5000 anti-facists

New York, New York. Mourners at the funeral of Carlo Tresca, the Itali...

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New York, New York. Prominent anti-fascist Italo-Americans made speeches, and sat on the stage in Manhattan Center at the funeral of Carlo Tresca, the Italian anarchist publisher of Il Martello, who was murdered on Fifth Avenue

New York, New York. Prominent anti-fascist Italo-Americans made speech...

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Washington, D.C. A child being taken care of in the United Nations service center nursery

Washington, D.C. A child being taken care of in the United Nations ser...

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Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the Teletype room of the Office of War Information. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Emma Brown is shown operating an ASR teletype machine in the News Bureau, OWI

Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of emp...

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Washington, D.C. Attendant at the United Nations service center who furnishes soap, towels, and razors to boys who wish to clean up between trains or when they arrive in town

Washington, D.C. Attendant at the United Nations service center who fu...

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New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center opened September 15, 1942, for thirty children, ages two through five of mothers engaged in war industry. The hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. six days per week. The dietician baking cookies

New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center opened September 15, 194...

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