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Civilian defense. Much time is saved by the use of the teletype to spread important messages during air raids. Individual telephone calls to the various defense centers are unnecessary, since the teletype will present the information on paper to all centers simultaneously

Civilian defense. Much time is saved by the use of the teletype to spr...

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

Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp. Japanese-Americans who do volunteer farm work and live at the camp signing the payroll. Volunteer work in connection with these people means paid work; they are guaranteed the standard local wage. They volunteered to leave the WCCA reception centers and WRA (War Relocation Authority) projects and come to the farming areas to work

Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp. Japanes...

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

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. One of the headquarters buildings of farmers' cooperatives which distribute TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) power. With comfortable lounges, meeting rooms, and up-to-snuff shops, garages and offices, such buildings become centers of interest in the small towns in which they are located (quoted from previously written caption). Headquarters building of the rural power distribution cooperative at Shelbyville, Tennessee (see general comments under K 2382). In the design of these structures a certain degree of uniformity is observed to express the fact that they are parts of a nationwide system. The symbol REA stands for Rural Electrification Administration which by engineering, financing, and general guidance promotes rural electrical cooperatives throughout the United States and its territories. Each design is individually developed, however, from the special requirements of the organization and with attention to location and site characteristics

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. One of the headquarters buildings of f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Twin Falls, Idaho is one of the main agricultural buying and distributing centers of the Snake River valley, Idaho. Soil in this valley is very fertile and the section is noted for fine crops of grains, fruit, potatoes and sugar beets. Twin Falls itself is sometimes called the magic city because it sprang up so fast after water was made available for irrigation of the farm land. It was settled principally by people from the Middle West

Twin Falls, Idaho is one of the main agricultural buying and distribut...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s, United States, cars, streets, John Kennedy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Numerous hotels, restaurants, and recreation centers for Army camp construction workers have sprung up along the highway

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Numerous hotels, restauran...

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

Washington, D.C. Mrs. James M. Landis, chairman of club centers for war workers, at the Walsh Club, 1523 22nd Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. Mrs. James M. Landis, chairman of club centers for wa...

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

New wartime baseball. Cork-cushioned centers in baseballs--official in major leagues for more than a decade--are war-taboo. Rubber-cushioned centers, "borrowed" from stopped golf ball production, offer temporary relief. Left: cork-type ball; right; new baseball with rubber center

New wartime baseball. Cork-cushioned centers in baseballs--official in...

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

Electrical cooperatives. The wholesale power of the Authority is distributed among rural consumers by cooperatives formed and managed by the farmers. The headquarters buildings of the cooperatives, usually located in small towns or in open country, are for many of the local residents the first contact with modern construction, architecture and interior appointments, as well as with electrical power and modern business methods. The buildings contain reception rooms, which also accommodate the display of appliances; offices; garages; warehouses; and meeting rooms, usually in the second story. They are built within strict cost limitations and perform a much needed service as clubs or minor cultural centers for the rural population. This one is located at Murfreesburo, Tennessee

Electrical cooperatives. The wholesale power of the Authority is distr...

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

War Manpower Commission poster. Farm labor poster distributed to Department of Agriculture. War boards for display in small town post offices, community centers and other public buildings. The original, size 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches, is printed in yellow and black on white and is from a photograph by Carola Gregor who specializes in outdoor photography of children and youth. Copies of the poster may be obtained by writing to the War Manpower Commission, Washington, D.C.

War Manpower Commission poster. Farm labor poster distributed to Depar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Japanese relocation, California. All baggage is inspected before newcomers enter the Santa Anita Park Assembly Center at Arcadia, California, for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees are transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration

Japanese relocation, California. All baggage is inspected before newco...

Officer inspecting Japanese American woman's suitcase. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. General view of part of the plant where scrap iron and steel are converted into many grades of steel alloys. In the foreground are carloads of finished products, while in the middle foreground can be seen piles and cars of scrap coming in to feed the huge furnaces. In the background is the power house which supplies electricity and steam to turn the wheels of this important defense industry, set in the Pennsylvania hills about thirty miles north of Pittsburgh, one of America's most important steel producing centers

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...

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

Main street of Vale, Oregon, on the Fourth of July. Vale is one of the shopping centers for the farmers who live and work on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project

Main street of Vale, Oregon, on the Fourth of July. Vale is one of the...

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

Recreational structures. Another view of concession building near Chickamauga Dam (compare with K 2411). Grading and planting unfinished. Boat harbors are built by TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) on well-sheltered lake arms close to centers of population. Concession buildings serve as supply headquarters and also accommodate large numbers of visitors who come to watch fun

Recreational structures. Another view of concession building near Chic...

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

Employee housing. To accommodate construction personnel at projects, most of which are at some distance from population centers, the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) built permanent housing where there were reasons to expect such communities to be permanent. Being the single owner of land and of structures, the Authority used such housing projects to demonstrate modern principles of town planning of which other federal housing programs and private enterprise made use subsequently. The photograph shows a scene in the town of Norris, Tennessee, adjacent to Norris Dam

Employee housing. To accommodate construction personnel at projects, m...

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

Wives and children of farm workers in the trailer-clinic at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho. Main activity of the clinic centers around first aid treatment and preventative serums. In this particular clinic, serum for prevention of wood tick fever was being administered

Wives and children of farm workers in the trailer-clinic at the FSA (F...

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

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. This home-made War Emergency Radio Service transmitter-receiver was constructed by Civilian Defense radio volunteers from parts of old home radio sets. It is used to keep protection units in the field in constant touch with each other and with their control centers

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. This home-made War Emer...

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

Production. B-25 bomber. Terminals are attached to the panel of an electrical junction box for a B-25 bomber. Part of the complicated electrical wiring system centers in this box. The Western plant in which this warship of the air is built employs many women at jobs that once were considered exclusively the work of men. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bomber. Terminals are attached to the panel of an ele...

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

Aircraft warning service. One of the thousands of volunteer spotters who relay information from a secret telephone and radio network to the filters and operations centers

Aircraft warning service. One of the thousands of volunteer spotters w...

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

New wartime baseball. Cork-cushioned centers in baseballs--official in major leagues for more than a decade--are war-taboo. Rubber-cushioned centers, "borrowed" from stopped golf ball production, offer temporary relief. Left: cork-type ball; right; new baseball with rubber center

New wartime baseball. Cork-cushioned centers in baseballs--official in...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by Albert Freeman, William Perlitch or Roger Smith. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War ... More

Washington, D.C. Miss Dorothea Erenreich, chairman of publicity for the Walsh Club for war workers, chatting with Mrs. James M. Landis, chairman of club centers for war workers, at a kitchen shower at the Walsh Club

Washington, D.C. Miss Dorothea Erenreich, chairman of publicity for th...

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

Recreational structures. Another view of concession building near Chickamauga Dam (compare with K 2411). Grading and planting unfinished. Boat harbors are built by TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) on well-sheltered lake arms close to centers of population. Concession buildings serve as supply headquarters and also accommodate large numbers of visitors who come to watch fun

Recreational structures. Another view of concession building near Chic...

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

Shopping centers are springing up at the small towns near Shasta Dam site. This one was at Central Valley, California

Shopping centers are springing up at the small towns near Shasta Dam s...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s, United States, cars, streets, John Kennedy, 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. Race tracks, fairgrounds and rodeo grounds have been utilized throughout the state for reception centers for these Japanese

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

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

Washington, D.C. Preparing an advisory forecast at the U.S. Weather Bureau. Completed weather information is sent by pneumatic tubes to a communication center for transmittal to various military and civilian centers for war activity use

Washington, D.C. Preparing an advisory forecast at the U.S. Weather Bu...

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

Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp. Japanese-American boy who lives at the camp. These people volunteered to leave the reception centers to do farm work. When it was apparent that they would not be satisfied to stay unless they had electricity in individual camps, the sugar beet companies and the town of Nyssa arranged for electrical connections

Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp. Japanes...

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

Main street of Brigham, Utah. In the small shopping centers in the Mormon communities the business establishments are likely to be many small ones rather than one large company dominating

Main street of Brigham, Utah. In the small shopping centers in the Mor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Preparing an advisory forecast at the U.S. Weather Bureau. Weather forecasts and advices are coded for transmission to military and civilian centers for war activity

Washington, D.C. Preparing an advisory forecast at the U.S. Weather Bu...

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

Civilian defense. Much time is saved by the use of the teletype to spread important messages during air raids. Individual telephone calls to the various defense centers are unnecessary, since the teletype will present the information on paper to all centers simultaneously

Civilian defense. Much time is saved by the use of the teletype to spr...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Photographed by Afred T. Palmer or Howard Hollem. Title and other information from caption ca... More

Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp. Japanese-Americans who do volunteer farm work and live at the camp signing the payroll. Volunteer work in connection with these people means paid work; they are guaranteed the standard local wage. They volunteered to leave the WCCA reception centers and WRA (War Relocation Authority) projects and come to the farming areas to work

Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp. Japanes...

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

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. This home-made War Emergency Radio Service transmitter-receiver was constructed by Civilian Defense radio volunteers from parts of old home radio sets. It is used to keep protection units in the field in constant touch with each other and with their control centers

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. This home-made War Emer...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War nursery schools. Scranton, Pennsylvania.These youngsters may not be able to sing an aria but they are having a good time in a war nursery school in Scranton, which is one of four in this community. Child care centers meet a critical need for supervised care of children of mothers employed in war work

War nursery schools. Scranton, Pennsylvania.These youngsters may not b...

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