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Meeting of the Mothers' Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. The discussion this evening centers on the possibility of buying kerosene oil in large quantities and distributing it cooperatively in camp, to cut costs. Kerosene is used both for cooking and for lighting purposes

Meeting of the Mothers' Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm...

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

Fourth of July, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rural filling stations become community centers and general loafing grounds. The men in the baseball suits are on a local team which will play a game nearby. They are called the Cedargrove Team

Fourth of July, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rural filling statio...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Two men standing next to each other in front of a window. Office of War Information Photograph

Two men standing next to each other in front of a window. Office of Wa...

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

Richie Takach boring the centers in a flywheel.

Richie Takach boring the centers in a flywheel.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 14, 1994.

United Christian Centers, Locke Unit located in Locke, an unincorporated community in the Sacramento/San Joaqin River Delta in California

United Christian Centers, Locke Unit located in Locke, an unincorporat...

Also known as the Locke Historic District, it was established after a fire broke out in the Chinese section of nearby Walnut Grove. Chinese merchants approached landowner George Locke and inquired if they could... More

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942--Residents, of Japanese ancestry, appearing at the Civil control station for registration in response to the Army's exclusion order No. 20--The evacuees will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942--Residents, of Japanese ancestry, app...

No. A-515. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, 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.

One of the community centers on Roanoke Farms, a U.S. Resettlement Administration project, near Enfield, North Carolina

One of the community centers on Roanoke Farms, a U.S. Resettlement Adm...

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

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad Avenue near Eighteenth Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad ...

Significance: Buildings 734 & 736, built in 1941, are considered significant for their association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west co... More

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

East High, West Junior, North Junior, Woodrow Wilson Recreation Centers Arts & crafts, archery, dancing, music, drama, gym classes, shop hobbies / / poster by Iowa Art Program WPA.

East High, West Junior, North Junior, Woodrow Wilson Recreation Center...

Poster announcing activities, sponsored by the Sioux City Department of Public Recreation, that were open to the public at various local recreation centers. Date stamped on verso: Oct 29 1940. Work Projects Adm... More

East High, West Junior, North Junior, Woodrow Wilson Recreation Centers Arts & crafts, archery, dancing, music, drama, gym classes, shop hobbies / / poster by Iowa Art Program WPA.

East High, West Junior, North Junior, Woodrow Wilson Recreation Center...

Poster announcing activities, sponsored by the Sioux City Department of Public Recreation, that were open to the public at various local recreation centers. Date stamped on verso: Oct 29 1940. Work Projects Adm... More

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.

Mountain View, Calif., April 1942 - a grandmother and the youngest of 13 grandchildren photographed on a ranch in Santa Clara county before evacuees of Japanese ancestry were transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war

Mountain View, Calif., April 1942 - a grandmother and the youngest of ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-532. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). ... More

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

Transfer of the evacuees from the Assembly Centers to War Relocation Centers was conducted by the Army / Signal Corps U.S. Army.

Transfer of the evacuees from the Assembly Centers to War Relocation C...

Caption continues: Train lists were made up so that families would not be separated and in most instances groups associated by residence in pre-evacuation days were kept together. Here is a busy scene of famil... More

Washington, D.C. Preparing an advisory forecast at the U.S. Weather Bureau. Transmission of weather data by teletype to military and civilian war centers

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.

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad Avenue near Eighteenth Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad ...

Significance: Buildings 734 & 736, built in 1941, are considered significant for their association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west co... More

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.

Learn more live more Free Federal adult classes in many subjects : 225 teachers - 170 centers.

Learn more live more Free Federal adult classes in many subjects : 225...

Poster announcing free adult education classes. Date stamped on verso: Oct 14 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Opening October 24th Leeds recreation centers

Opening October 24th Leeds recreation centers

Poster announcing opening of recreation centers by the Sioux City Dept. of Public Recreation with a program list featuring men's gym, social recreation, table tennis, basketball, arts ,crafts, badminton, dramat... More

Oakland, Calif. Apr. 1942. Members of the Japanese Independent congregational church attending Easter services prior to evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry from certain West Coast areas, and housing in War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

Oakland, Calif. Apr. 1942. Members of the Japanese Independent congreg...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-71. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

Meeting of the Mothers' Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. The discussion this evening centers on the possibility of buying kerosene oil in large quantities and distributing it cooperatively in camp, to cut costs. Kerosene is used both for cooking and for lighting purposes

Meeting of the Mothers' Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm...

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Sign erected before Oklahoma City citizens were to decide at the polls upon the nature of their future water source and supply. The question of water supply is of paramount importance to these industrial centers. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Sign erected before Oklahoma City citizens were to decide at the polls...

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Other evacuees were transported from their residence areas to assembly centers by train / Signal Corps U.S. Army.

Other evacuees were transported from their residence areas to assembly...

Photograph shows a group of evacuees assembled at a Los Angeles railroad station waiting to board train for Santa Anita Assembly Center. Title and caption from item. Blind stamped: Signal Corps U.S. Army. Signa... More

One of the community centers on Roanoke Farms, a U.S. Resettlement Administration project, near Enfield, North Carolina

One of the community centers on Roanoke Farms, a U.S. Resettlement Adm...

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

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad Avenue near Eighteenth Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad ...

Significance: Buildings 734 & 736, built in 1941, are considered significant for their association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west co... More

Windsors American guide. Washington, D.C., Oct. 4. Charles E. Cedaux, of New York, will act as guide for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor on their tour of American Industrial Centers this month. He is shown his first press conference at the Mayflower Hotel at which he resisted the efforts of more than 40 reporters to learn the details of the tour being planned for the former King and his wife. 10/4/37

Windsors American guide. Washington, D.C., Oct. 4. Charles E. Cedaux, ...

A black and white photo of two men in suits. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baltimore, Md. Applications for social security account numbers transmitted to the Boards Office of the Social Security Board, in the Candler(?) Building, Baltimore, Md., in bundles of 500 from each of the typing centers located throughout the country

Baltimore, Md. Applications for social security account numbers transm...

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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.

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels for the U.S. Army are machined and finished in a former automobile plant. First they are cut to size and then their centers located. After that, they go down long machining lines where they are finished by mass production methods. Never before has any manufacturer attempted to make gun barrels of this size on a mass production basis. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. 40 mm. anti-airc...

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

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. A lunch hour scene at the Weill public school in the so-called international section. Many children of Japanese ancestry like the boy shown here with his Caucasian chum, were evacuated with their parents from this neighborhood, to go to the War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. A lunch hour scene at the Weill pub...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Title transcribed from photo mount. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-72. Farm Security Administration an... More

Moreno Valley, Colfax County, New Mexico. Winters are very cold in the Rocky Mountain region of New Mexico, and life centers around the kitchen stove on George Mutz's ranch

Moreno Valley, Colfax County, New Mexico. Winters are very cold in the...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Preparing an advisory forecast at the U.S. Weather Bureau. Weather forecasts data are put on coding tape to transmission to various centers for dissemination and use in war activities

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.

U.S. Army Reserve centers, Washington D.C. and vicinity /

U.S. Army Reserve centers, Washington D.C. and vicinity /

Base map "Prepared under the direction of the District of Columbia Department of Highways and Traffic, Office of Planning and Programming ... by Air Survey Corporation, 1964." Includes text, street address dire... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad Avenue near Eighteenth Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad ...

Significance: Buildings 734 & 736, built in 1941, are considered significant for their association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west co... More

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.

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - residents of Japanese ancestry, in response to the US Army's Exclusion order No. 20, appearing at the Civil control station and being registered for housing in War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - residents of Japanese ancestry, in ...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and photo mount. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-517. Farm Security Administration and Office o... More

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - residents of Japanese ancestry registering for evacuation and housing, later, in War relocation authority centers for duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - residents of Japanese ancestry regi...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and photo mount. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-572. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Librar... More

Oakland, Calif., Mar. 1942. A large sign reading "I am an American" placed in the window of a store, at 13th and Franklin streets, on December 8, the day after Pearl Harbor. The store was closed following orders to persons of Japanese descent to evacuate from certain West Coast areas. The owner, a University of California graduate, will be housed with hundreds of evacuees in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war

Oakland, Calif., Mar. 1942. A large sign reading "I am an American" pl...

Photograph shows the Wanto Co. store located at 401 - 403 Eighth and Franklin Streets in Oakland, California. The business was owned by the Matsuda family. Tatsuro Matsuda, a University of California graduate, ... More

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

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad Avenue near Eighteenth Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad ...

Significance: Buildings 734 & 736, built in 1941, are considered significant for their association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west co... More

C.A. MacDonald, Pres. of MacDonald-Cook Advertising Co. before Senate Civil Liberties Comm. His firm prepared the Nat'l Assoc. of Manufacturers' 'Harmony Campaign,' designed to combat 'labor agitation' & strikes in industrial centers

C.A. MacDonald, Pres. of MacDonald-Cook Advertising Co. before Senate ...

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

Lower Douglas Street, Omaha, is one of the hobo centers of the West

Lower Douglas Street, Omaha, is one of the hobo centers of the West

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

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

Four months after R.E. Centers was telling about how he was going to clear one hundred and seventy-five dollars a week from his rooming house, he had a sign posted in front of the "R.E. Claf" hotel reading "Private Room and Board." Childersburg, Alabama. Centers is superintendent of carpenters

Four months after R.E. Centers was telling about how he was going to c...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - evacuees of Japanese descent being inoculated as they registered for evacuation, and assignment, later, to war relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - evacuees of Japanese descent being ...

Men and women in line being inoculated by nurse. Photograph attributed to Dorothea Lange. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. J7647. No. A-503. Forms part of: Farm Security Administration and Office... More

The ARC by dint of sheer persistence, succeeded in establishing feeding, medical and sanitary centers in the heart of the mountains, where many refugees had wondered [i.e. wandered] Even the Greek government itself had not reached these people for months after the R.C. had catalogued and was feeding them. The above picture shows the baby milk feeding station at the village of Thimiana, on the Isle of Chios, which is the center of that section of the island.

The ARC by dint of sheer persistence, succeeded in establishing feedin...

Filed in: Greece Refugees. No. RC 33878. On mount: Fires, Smyrna, 1922; Clinics, Chios. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

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...

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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...

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San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. First-graders, some of Japanese ancestry, at the Weill public school pledging allegience to the United States flag. The evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. First-graders, some of Japanese anc...

Relocation of Japanese-Americans. Calif. Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Title transcribed from photo mount. Photograph ... More

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...

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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

San Pedro, Calif. Apr. 1942--Residents of Japanese ancestry being moved from Los Angeles harbor before their eventual resettlement in war relocation authority centers

San Pedro, Calif. Apr. 1942--Residents of Japanese ancestry being move...

Women and children in back of truck. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). US War Relocation Authority. No. B-28.

San Francisco, Calif., June 1942 - An early comer, part of the first contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry to be evacuated from San Francisco, later to be housed in war relocation authority centers for the duration

San Francisco, Calif., June 1942 - An early comer, part of the first c...

Japanese American boy seated, full-length, on duffel bag, facing right. U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-84. Forms part of: Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress).

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad Avenue near Eighteenth Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad ...

Significance: Buildings 734 & 736, built in 1941, are considered significant for their association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west co... More

National Defense Power Committee meets. Washington, D.C., Oct. 28. The National Defense Power Committee, created by the president on Sept. 3 to study the problems of electrical power as related to national defense, met at the War Department today. The Committee announced definite commitments on the part of leading utility companies in the nation's strategic war materials centers to place immediate orders for turbo-generators, boilers, and auxiliary equipment totalling 1,000,000 kilowatts of generating capacity. Reading from right to left around the table are - Elbert K. Burlew, C.E.E. Grossbeck, William Douglas, Floyd L. Carlisle, Basil Manley, Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Navy Charles Edison, Fred. A. Delano, Benjamin V. Cohen, James F. Fogarty

National Defense Power Committee meets. Washington, D.C., Oct. 28. The...

A large group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, 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.

Pennsylvania, one of the largest coal producing centers in the world, is hard hit by the strike and Gov. Sproul with his Atty. General spent several hours in conference July 17, with Pres. Harding and Atty. General Daugherty. Left to rt.: Sen. George W. Pepper, Gov. Sproul, Atty. General Daugherty, and George E. Alter, Atty. General of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, one of the largest coal producing centers in the world, ...

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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.

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.

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad Avenue near Eighteenth Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Electrical Distribution Centers, Railroad ...

Significance: Buildings 734 & 736, built in 1941, are considered significant for their association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west co... More

A black and white photo of a man kneeling in front of a sign. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man kneeling in front of a sign. Office o...

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

Calif., San Pedro, Apr. 1942 - Evacuation of Japanese-Americans to relocation authority centers - part of fleet of fishing boats tied up at Terminal Island, owned by Japanese-Americans

Calif., San Pedro, Apr. 1942 - Evacuation of Japanese-Americans to rel...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. B-79. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress).

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. Children at the Weill public school for the so-called international settlement and including many Japanese-Americans, saluting the flag. They include evacuees of Japanese descent who will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. Children at the Weill public school...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Title transcribed from photo mount. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. Farm Security Administration and Office o... More

China, principal cotton producing areas, marketing and manufacturing centers /

China, principal cotton producing areas, marketing and manufacturing c...

Administrative divisions, index, and part of legend printed in light blue. "U.S. Government Printing Office--S." "October 1947." Includes statistics and notes. "10816." Available also through the Library of Con... More

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.

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

San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Early comers, part of the first contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry to be evacuated from San Francisco, who will later be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Early comers, part of the first conti...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-83. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... 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.

Richie Takach boring the centers in a flywheel.

Richie Takach boring the centers in a flywheel.

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

United Christian Centers, Locke Unit located in Locke, an unincorporated community in the Sacramento/San Joaqin River Delta in California

United Christian Centers, Locke Unit located in Locke, an unincorporat...

Also known as the Locke Historic District, it was established after a fire broke out in the Chinese section of nearby Walnut Grove. Chinese merchants approached landowner George Locke and inquired if they could... More

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.

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

San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Part of the contingent [of] 664 residents of Japanese ancestry, first to be evacuated from San Francisco, under the US Army exclusion order No. 20, who will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Part of the contingent [of] 664 resid...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-85. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More