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Men may come, and men may go; but the work of reform shall go on forever / J. Keppler.

Men may come, and men may go; but the work of reform shall go on forev...

Illustration shows Columbia standing with Puck's figure for the "Independent" party/vote and Puck who is holding a design drawing for a statue labeled "Reform", which is under construction behind them by "D.W. ... More

New York - Preparing the Statue of "liberty" on Bedloe's Island, for the formal unvailing [sic] on October 28th - Present condition of the work / from a sketch by a staff artist.

New York - Preparing the Statue of "liberty" on Bedloe's Island, for t...

Men working on headless Statue of Liberty. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1886 Oct. 9, p. 120.

Laborers at work laying apipe in the Kearney, Nebraska buisness district.

Laborers at work laying apipe in the Kearney, Nebraska buisness distri...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Construction work inside Buzzard Point plant IX

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Construction work insi...

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

Carpenters at work on barracks for Resettlement Administration construction camp. Oneida County, Idaho

Carpenters at work on barracks for Resettlement Administration constru...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a construction site, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a construction site, West Virginia. Farm Se...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Construction work on new community building, Tygart Valley Homesteads, West Virginia

Construction work on new community building, Tygart Valley Homesteads,...

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Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn.

Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn.

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

Drive in sandwich stand which was built at the beginning of construction work at naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

Drive in sandwich stand which was built at the beginning of constructi...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General view of camp of truck drivers and their families. Corpus Christi, Texas. These drivers work at the naval air base now under construction

General view of camp of truck drivers and their families. Corpus Chris...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emergency defense office construction work. Washington, D.C.

Emergency defense office construction work. Washington, D.C.

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

Pipe which will be used in construction work at Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Pipe which will be used in construction work at Shasta Dam. Shasta Cou...

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

Emergency defense office construction work. Washington, D.C.

Emergency defense office construction work. Washington, D.C.

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

Washington, D.C. Construction work to provide emergency defense office space

Washington, D.C. Construction work to provide emergency defense office...

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

Excavating work, construction of sewage lines and sewage disposal plant, a WPA (Work Projects Administration) national defense project sponsored by the city of San Diego. All excavating on this project up to date has been done by hand--but big equipment is now being moved in. San Diego, California

Excavating work, construction of sewage lines and sewage disposal plan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The tower from which cable cars carry materials to construction work at Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

The tower from which cable cars carry materials to construction work a...

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

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Construction work

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bantam, Connecticut. The Bantam airplane observation post is on a hill in the northern part of town, an old shack moved there from the property of Bernard C. Roeberg, real estate man and principal of Bantam School. Insulation of the walls and other work on the interior was not yet completed when this picture was taken. Watcher is Charles D. Kilbourne, a local dairy farmer and construction man. The post is manned twenty-four hours daily, and many of the watchers are workers in Bantam war industries

Bantam, Connecticut. The Bantam airplane observation post is on a hill...

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Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Construction work began in September 1941. Trailer camps, cabins, hotels, liquor stores, cafes, and night clubs stretch along U.S. Highway No. 71 bordering the camp for about ten miles

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Construction work began in...

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De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. Secretaries, housewives, waitresses, women from all over central Florida are getting into vocational schools to learn war work. Typical are those above in the Daytona Beach branch of the Volusia County Vocational School. Left to right are Helen Cook, a former county courthouse clerk with a brother in the army; Ethel Chandler whose husband is an army lieutenant; Martha Adams, former nurse and now a housewife; Fannie Branum, housewife; Mabel McClintock, secretary and daughter of a retired army officer; and Patricia Blair, a housewife with a brother in the Air Corps

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. Secretaries, housewives, wa...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fort Loudon [i.e., Lmoudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Construction work

Fort Loudon [i.e., Lmoudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authorit...

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

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. A De Land, Florida fruit buyer and a carpenter, both over fifty, now doing aircraft welding which is passing army inspectors without a single rejection. Typical of the men of De Land who went into war production are John W. Smith, left, fifty-two, with five children and three granddaughters; and Lape Fridell, right, fifty-six, with three children. They are learning their new trade in the De Land welding school, before going to work in the De Land pool

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. A De Land, Florida fruit bu...

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Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Construction work

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority...

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Training. Brooklyn Aviation Center. At the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Center, a student mechanic and an instructor work side by side using identical tools and performing identical operations on wing sections. The same method is employed in training beginners to work on other jobs in plane construction

Training. Brooklyn Aviation Center. At the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Cen...

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Booker T. Washington believed in industrial education for Negroes. One Negro youth who heeded his advice and attended Tuskegee Institute in Alabama is now a skilled worker in the shipyard, which has named a liberty ship for the noted Negro educator. Ernest Enloe Cotton, who studied sheet-metal work at Tuskegee, is shown in his welding job at the California Shipbuilding Corporation yards

Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Booker T. Was...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Construction work

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority...

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

[Capitol construction work], Washington, D.C.

[Capitol construction work], Washington, D.C.

Photograph showing a yard with barn and building materials; two horses pull a wagon into the barn.

Construction work, Brooklyn Bridge subway station, New York

Construction work, Brooklyn Bridge subway station, New York

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

Construction. Riveters at work II

Construction. Riveters at work II

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

California photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War ...

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

Dispatching men to work at the union headquarters. San Diego, California. Substantially all defense construction and airplane work is unionized in San Diego. Thus, the union headquarters is a key employment spot

Dispatching men to work at the union headquarters. San Diego, Californ...

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Construction workers around stove after work in new craftsmen's barracks. Camp Blanding, Florida

Construction workers around stove after work in new craftsmen's barrac...

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

Construction workers around stove after work in new craftsmen's barracks. Camp Blanding, Florida

Construction workers around stove after work in new craftsmen's barrac...

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

Typical Mexican housing. Corpus Christi, Texas. Many Mexicans as well as whites and Negroes are employed at naval air base construction work

Typical Mexican housing. Corpus Christi, Texas. Many Mexicans as well ...

Public domain photographs related to race relations, African Americans, discrimination, segregation, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Timber-shored tunnel into mine, San Juan County, Colorado. Much timber is required in mine tunnel construction and mill work

Timber-shored tunnel into mine, San Juan County, Colorado. Much timber...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. These inflatable boats are so light that during the process of their construction they may be readily turned over by a single employee as shown in this picture. When work is completed on one side, the boats are turned to permit working on the other. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Red-hot, this steel plate is shaped on the mold to form a stern section for a member of the "Liberty Fleet," under construction at a large Eastern shipyard. The work is being done at a nearby plant formerly used for the building of freight cars. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Red-hot, this steel plate is shaped on ...

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

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This maze of rolling cranes, at a large Eastern shipyard is a typical scene in many large shipyards at work on ships for Uncle Sam's Navy and merchant fleet. Stocks of material are piled up for the cranes to take to vessels under construction so there is no delay in production while waiting for sections or materials. All parts are prefabricated in this Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This maze of rolling cranes, at a large...

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

Training. Brooklyn Aviation Center. At the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Center, a student mechanic and an instructor work side by side using identical tools and performing identical operations on wing sections. The same method is employed in training beginners to work on other jobs in plane construction

Training. Brooklyn Aviation Center. At the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Cen...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eight o'clock whistle, construction gang starting to work on emergency office space, Washington, D.C.

Eight o'clock whistle, construction gang starting to work on emergency...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, works, 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Training. Brooklyn Aviation Center. At the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Center, a student mechanic and an instructor work side by side using identical tools and performing identical operations on wing sections. The same method is employed in training beginners to work on other jobs in plane construction

Training. Brooklyn Aviation Center. At the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Cen...

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

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Construction work

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Farmhouses on land bought by the Army are demolished when construction work moves close to them

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Farmhouses on land bought ...

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

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Construction work began in September 1941. Trailer camps, cabins, hotels, liquor stores, cafes, and night clubs stretch along U.S. Highway No. 71 bordering the camp for about ten miles

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Construction work began in...

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

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Construction work began September 1941. Trailer camps, cabins, hotels, liquor stores, cafes and night clubs stretch along U.S. Highway No. 71 bordering the camp for about ten miles

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Construction work began Se...

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

[Wilson residence, Sarasota, Florida. Construction crew at work. Photograph]

[Wilson residence, Sarasota, Florida. Construction crew at work. Photo...

Photograph showing construction crew assembling prefabricated panels of paper honeycomb. Inscribed on verso: Honeycomb Hs from P. Rudolph. Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Published in: Paul Rudolph: t... More

Yes we have flowers for sale. Dusky gypsy girls make it easier to buy in Buckarest [i.e., Bucharest] Brother and sisters work side by side in Roumania. The gypsies are good masons and builders, the men as well as the women.

Yes we have flowers for sale. Dusky gypsy girls make it easier to buy ...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including: a Romani woman selling flowers in the street, in Bucharest and Romani men and women digging. Written on page: "Roumania". Negative series code stamped on page: LC... More

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Construction work inside Buzzard Point plant I

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Construction work insi...

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

Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn.

Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Construction work, Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Construction work, Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

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

Some of the construction work immediately below Shasta Dam, on the Sacramento River. Shasta County, California

Some of the construction work immediately below Shasta Dam, on the Sac...

Public domain photograph of a history of California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

House in Mexican section which is now rented by a white man, workman at aval air Base. He came up from Quemado Valley to get work in Corpus Christi Texas. Trailer in backyard belongs to his brother-in-law who is also doing construction work at the naval air base

House in Mexican section which is now rented by a white man, workman a...

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

Finnish construction workers from New York, drinking beer and spending their leisure time in a new cafe near Camp Blanding. They were unable to work because of the heavy rains. Starke, Florida

Finnish construction workers from New York, drinking beer and spending...

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

Construction workers on truck which will carry them to work on Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Construction workers on truck which will carry them to work on Shasta ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Construction work on Pit River Bridge, Shasta County, California. This bridge will be necessary after the Shasta Dam is completed. The backed up water will cover the lower lands

Construction work on Pit River Bridge, Shasta County, California. This...

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Los Angeles County, California. Construction work on accommodations for Japanese at the Santa Anita reception center

Los Angeles County, California. Construction work on accommodations fo...

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

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Farmhouses on land bought by the Army are demolished when construction work moves close to them

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Farmhouses on land bought ...

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, 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. Construction work on accommodations for 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.

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The complicated mechanism of an airplane engine will be no mystery to these District of Columbia students when they finish their WPA vocational training course in airplane mechanics. Upon completion of training, they will be qualified for jobs in some phase of the construction or maintenance of the United Nation's air armada

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The co...

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

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

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Ameri...

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

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. Instructor Gil Angell of the Daytona Beach, Florida Vocational School is explaining the intricate job of balancing an airplane propeller to Randolph Thompson and Wilson Flippo, Daytona Beach high school students who'll soon be doing this work on army aircraft

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. Instructor Gil Angell of th...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Loading out rock for crushing into aggregate for concrete work at the TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the Tennessee Valley Authority system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Loading out r...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Farm couple from neighboring county. He came to this area for construction work

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Farm couple from neighbori...

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

Richmond, California. Permanente Metals Corporation, shipbuilding division, yard number two. Pietro Cressano worked at the yard for seven months, and was in building construction work before that. He was born in America but both parents were born in Italy

Richmond, California. Permanente Metals Corporation, shipbuilding divi...

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

Construction work on the restored Reading Terminal and Market, part of which became the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Construction work on the restored Reading Terminal and Market, part of...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken in the early 1990s. Title, date, subje... More

Construction work on the restored Reading Terminal and Market, part of which became the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Construction work on the restored Reading Terminal and Market, part of...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken in the early 1990s. Title, date, subje... More

Track near the Potomac River, in Alexandria. Lumber; part of construction force at work, &c

Track near the Potomac River, in Alexandria. Lumber; part of construct...

No. 9 (handwritten) and 2510 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Library... More

Laborers at work laying apipe in the Kearney, Nebraska buisness district.

Laborers at work laying apipe in the Kearney, Nebraska buisness distri...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction of the Haifa harbour. Haifa harbour. Diver at work

Construction of the Haifa harbour. Haifa harbour. Diver at work

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction of the Haifa harbour. Haifa harbour. Machinery at work showing Haifa and Carmel point

Construction of the Haifa harbour. Haifa harbour. Machinery at work sh...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction of Jaffa pier. Cranes at work on the Jaffa docks. Unusual back lighting effect

Construction of Jaffa pier. Cranes at work on the Jaffa docks. Unusual...

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Rammed earth construction near Birmingham, Alabama. After each three-inch layer has been tamped, another layer is spread in the form and work resumed

Rammed earth construction near Birmingham, Alabama. After each three-i...

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Log cabin barn under construction. "Four room" barn near ready for chinking. Negro tenants living nearby say it takes about two weeks to build such a barn. No work was being done on barn when photograph was taken as it was the Fourth of July. Near Concord, Person County, North Carolina

Log cabin barn under construction. "Four room" barn near ready for chi...

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

California photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War ...

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

Finnish construction worker from New York drinking beer while spending his leisure time in a cafe near Camp Blanding. He was unable to work because of heavy rains. Starke, Florida

Finnish construction worker from New York drinking beer while spending...

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

House in Mexican section which is now rented by a white man, workman at aval air Base. He came up from Quemado Valley to get work in Corpus Christi Texas. Trailer in backyard belongs to his brother-in-law who is also doing construction work at the naval air base

House in Mexican section which is now rented by a white man, workman a...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Red-hot, this steel plate is shaped on the mold to form a stern section for a member of the "Liberty Fleet," under construction at a large Eastern shipyard. The work is being done at a nearby plant formerly used for the building of freight cars. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Red-hot, this steel plate is shaped on ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Construction work on one of the igloos at the Umatilla ordnance depot. Hermiston, Oregon

Construction work on one of the igloos at the Umatilla ordnance depot....

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Excavating work, construction of sewage lines and sewage disposal plant, a WPA (Work Projects Administration) national defense project sponsored by the city of San Diego. All excavating on this project up to date has been done by hand--but big equipment is now being moved in. San Diego, California

Excavating work, construction of sewage lines and sewage disposal plan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Emergency defense office construction work. Washington, D.C.

Emergency defense office construction work. Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Construction work

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Construction work

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

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Construction work at the dam

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Construction work at the dam

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. Bridge construction trucks. Engineer units of the armored forces use special trucks like this for transporting and placing treadway bridges. Equipped with winches and crane members, these vehicles make quick work of laying bridge sections on pontoons. This particular truck is in use at Fort Knox, Kentucky, where soldiers are being trained in the use of armored equipment

Fort Knox. Bridge construction trucks. Engineer units of the armored f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The complicated mechanism of an airplane engine will be no mystery to these District of Columbia students when they finish their WPA vocational training course in airplane mechanics. Upon completion of training, they will be qualified for jobs in some phase of the construction or maintenance of the United Nation's air armada

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Rapid transit construction work at Union Square, New York City, June 8, 1901

Rapid transit construction work at Union Square, New York City, June 8...

Photo copyrighted by Underhill, N.Y.C. cf. America's Yesterdays, p, 73. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Subways NY NYC 1901; NY NYC Union Sq.; NY NYC Views 19... More

[Construction work, grade separation, Fourteenth Avenue, Detroit, Mich.]

[Construction work, grade separation, Fourteenth Avenue, Detroit, Mich...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sunday work at Cucuracha slide--Culebra in the distance, October 1909

Sunday work at Cucuracha slide--Culebra in the distance, October 1909

J140591 U.S. Copyright Office. Panama Canal Scenes. Copyright by J.A. Bruce, New York. No. 33-d.

Extreme north end of lower lock showing immense steel monolith forms on tracks, used in construction work; Gatun, Panama Canal

Extreme north end of lower lock showing immense steel monolith forms o...

J169601 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 21718.

[Construction work at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia]

[Construction work at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia...

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

Construction. Riveters at work I

Construction. Riveters at work I

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Construction work inside Buzzard Point plant V

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Construction work insi...

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

Device for testing testers. Washington, D.C., May 25. Herbert L. Whittemore, Chief Justice of the Engineering Mechanics Sections, U.S. Bureau of Standards, has been awarded the Edward Longstreth medal for his work in developing this device for testing the machines which in turn test construction materials. The medal is awarded annually by the Franklin Institute, 5/25/37

Device for testing testers. Washington, D.C., May 25. Herbert L. Whitt...

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Construction work on housing for two hundred forty-nine married enlisted men and civilian employees at the naval air training base. Corpus Christi, Texas. This is a U.S.H.A. project

Construction work on housing for two hundred forty-nine married enlist...

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Family group of workman from Northwest Texas who is now employed in construction work at naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

Family group of workman from Northwest Texas who is now employed in co...

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Emergency defense office construction work. Washington, D.C.

Emergency defense office construction work. Washington, D.C.

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Construction work on face of Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Construction work on face of Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

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Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Construction work

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority...

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Production. Subchasers. This adzeman, adept at an ancient trade, hones a razor-edge on a tool that is indispensable in shaping ship timbers. His work is to fashion keels and other heavy members for subchasers under construction at an Eastern shipyard

Production. Subchasers. This adzeman, adept at an ancient trade, hones...

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Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. View of construction work

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. View of construction work

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Training. Brooklyn Aviation Center. At the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Center, a student mechanic and an instructor work side by side using identical tools and performing identical operations on wing sections. The same method is employed in training beginners to work on other jobs in plane construction

Training. Brooklyn Aviation Center. At the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Cen...

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