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Defense against aeroplanes with French "155"

Defense against aeroplanes with French "155"

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[Nat. Women's Defense League Camp]

[Nat. Women's Defense League Camp]

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[Nat. Women's Defense League Camp]

[Nat. Women's Defense League Camp]

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War Department besieged by job applicants. Washington, D.C., June 12. Defense preparations have resulted in an unusual rush of applicants for jobs in the War Department. So much so, War Department officials have set aside a special space on the ground floor for interviews and the fillings out of application blanks

War Department besieged by job applicants. Washington, D.C., June 12. ...

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#17 Nat. Women's Defense League, [World War I]

#17 Nat. Women's Defense League, [World War I]

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2me Emprunt de la Defense Nationale

2me Emprunt de la Defense Nationale

People bringing money to the feet of La Marseillaise and Marianne. Translation of title: 2nd National Defense Loan. Signed: A. Robaudi. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1916. Item is no. 70 in a printed checklist avai... More

Debout dans la tranchée que l'aurore éclaire, le soldat réve á la victoire et á son foyer. Souscrivez au 3e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale

Debout dans la tranchée que l'aurore éclaire, le soldat réve á la vict...

A soldier standing in a trench. Translation of title: Standing in the trench illuminated by the first rays of the sun, the soldier dreams of victory and of his home . . . Subscribe to the 3rd National Defense ... More

Our three lines of national defense / R. Peckner.

Our three lines of national defense / R. Peckner.

Poster showing a battleship, an industrial cityscape, and military personnel behind an American flag. Title continues: The smoke of America's factory stacks is a signal of our workers' and employers' loyalty. I... More

Defense Day parade, [9/12/24] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Defense Day parade, [9/12/24] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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

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

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Civilian defense poster. There's a place for every American in the Civilian Defense program as proclaimed in the striking poster above, designed by Charles Tudor, and issued today in two colors by the Office of War Information (OWI). The poster emphasizes the basic emblem of the Office of Civilian Defense. It is printed in red and blue, and is being distributed by state and local defense councils throughout the nation. Poster designed by Charles Tudor, distributed by the Office of Civilian Defense. It is printed in red and blue on white. Copies may be obtained from state and local councils

Civilian defense poster. There's a place for every American in the Civ...

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Shine your sheets, mister! This machine is used to polish the surface of stainless, to make it smooth and bright and clean. This is just one of the many units of special equipment required for the production of high quality steel for our defense needs

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Shine your sheets, mister! This m...

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Back into production go these carloads of scrap metal. The melting of alloy steels for defense work requires that steel mill scrapyards such as this be constantly filled. The overhead magnet deposits the scrap in a loader which carries it to the open hearth furnace. About fifty percent of scrap steel is used in open hearth production

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Back into production go these car...

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Scrap from areas near the steel mill is delivered by motor truck. The melting of alloy steel for defense production necessitates constant delivery of scrap iron and steel to the mills. The overhead magnet will deposit the steel in a loader, which then carries it to an open hearth or electric furnace. In the neighborhood of forty percent of all steel produced comes from scrap metal

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Scrap from areas near the steel m...

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Jane Seaver and Gilbert Harrison, Co-Directors of the Youth Division, Office of Civilian Defense

Jane Seaver and Gilbert Harrison, Co-Directors of the Youth Division, ...

Priorities unemployment. No more money. John Jones, silk worker, is a victim of "priorities unemployment." It might have been James Smith, rubber worker. It might have been anybody. The "priorities unemployment" is part of a process of changing over, of retooling. And it's a temporary part, in most cases. Defense industries are expanding. In the long run, the defense program will make more jobs than it will break. It has already created 4,000,000 new jobs and there will be 2,500,000 more by April 1942. Production skills are needed for defense, John Jones'skills, James Smith's skills. How does "man meet job?"

Priorities unemployment. No more money. John Jones, silk worker, is a ...

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"Open the doors," says Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, to Manager Sloan of the National and Civilian Defense Exposition at New York's Grand Central Palace. In the background is part of the 15 x 30 foot poster Carlu designed for the Office of Emergency Management (OEM). The panel shown represents the Arsenal of Democracy while another of equal size is entitled The Four Freedoms. These panels, designed according to a technique in photomontage used only once before, will be seen in a number of cities from coast to coast

"Open the doors," says Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, to Manager S...

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

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

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Mrs. B.J. Rogan in the bedroom of the Rogan's new defense home at the Franklin Terrace housing project in Erie, Pennsylvania. Her husband is a drill operator at the nearby General Electric Company plant, which is working three shifts on defense contracts

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Mrs. B.J. Rogan in the bedroom of...

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Family of Marine in their living room. They live in one of the units of the Navy defense housing project which is designed for Naval people, Marines and some civilian defense workers. San Diego, California

Family of Marine in their living room. They live in one of the units o...

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"Food for Defense" poster - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

"Food for Defense" poster - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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Army tent manufacture. Schaeffer Tent and Awning Company, Denver, Colorado. Tents for the expanding defense army in the field. Ninety-five pyramidal eight-man tents are turned out everyday in this small plant, under the rigid specifications laid down by the Army Quartermaster Corps. Joining seven widths of cloth to form one side of a tent on a double needle seaming machine

Army tent manufacture. Schaeffer Tent and Awning Company, Denver, Col...

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Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Assembly workers are nearly ready to put the final section of the huge 15 x 30 foot photmontage The Four Freedoms in place. On the other side of the scaffolding was the Arsenal of Democracy panel, equal in size. The two were displayed in Defense Square, Washington for a month beginning November 7, 1941. Designed for the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) by the eminent poster artist Jean Carlu, they were shown first in New York and after the Washington showing went on a tour of many cities throughout the country

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Assembly workers are n...

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Workers from electric boat company plant relaxing in single room of new dormitories for defense workers. Groton, Connecticut. Constructed and managed by FSA (Farm Security Administration)

Workers from electric boat company plant relaxing in single room of ne...

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Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Checking over a dummy of hiArsenal of Democracy panel is the eminent posters artist Jean Carlu. The panel, which measured 15 by 30 feet, is on exhibit now at the National and Civilian Defense Exposition at Grand Central Palace, New York along with another of the same size representing the Four Freedoms. Shown under the auspices of the Office of Emergency Management (OEM), they will shortly be seen in a number of cities from coast to coast

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Checking over a dummy ...

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Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Checking the finished product with a model, these workers are completing the assembly of the two 15 x 30 ft photomontages which are displayed in Defense Square, Washington for a month beginning November 7, 1941. The panels entitled The Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy were designed for the Office of Emergency Management by Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist. They were shown first in New York and after the Washington showing went on a tour of many large cities throughout the country

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Checking the finished ...

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Detroit, Michigan. Ladies toilet in the Daniels trailer park where many defense workers live

Detroit, Michigan. Ladies toilet in the Daniels trailer park where man...

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Defense workers move into homes which they are building themselves before they are completed. Detroit, Michigan

Defense workers move into homes which they are building themselves bef...

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New York, New York. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, designed by the Farm Security Administration Administration to be installed in the Grand Central terminal, in the shop of a contractor. Mounting the agricultural panel on homosote board with flour paste

New York, New York. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, desig...

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Trailer camp where many defense workers live opposite Pratt and Whitney aircraft plant, East Hartford, Connecticut

Trailer camp where many defense workers live opposite Pratt and Whitne...

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Many defense workers live in a trailer camp, opposite Pratt and Whitney aircraft plant, East Hartford, Connecticut

Many defense workers live in a trailer camp, opposite Pratt and Whitne...

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Men's toilet and garbage disposal facilities in Daniels trailer park where many defense workers live. Outskirts of Detroit, Michigan

Men's toilet and garbage disposal facilities in Daniels trailer park w...

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

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

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Showers at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp for defense workers. San Diego, California

Showers at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp for def...

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

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

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Trailer camp where many defense workers live opposite Pratt and Whitney aircraft plant, East Hartford, Connecticut

Trailer camp where many defense workers live opposite Pratt and Whitne...

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Nurse at left, is receiving post-graduate instruction in orthopedics, one of the special fields of study included in the federal aid program for training nurses for national defense

Nurse at left, is receiving post-graduate instruction in orthopedics, ...

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

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

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Mr. Ralph Secor, moved by the New York defense relocation corporation from the Pine camp expansion area to a farm near Ellisburg, New York

Mr. Ralph Secor, moved by the New York defense relocation corporation ...

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On guard against sabotage, this patrolman at a large defense production plant gives soldierly care to a rifle that may stop a saboteur. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

On guard against sabotage, this patrolman at a large defense productio...

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Work starts on Swanson House, USHA (U.S. Housing Administration)-financed defense housing project, Virginia

Work starts on Swanson House, USHA (U.S. Housing Administration)-finan...

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Tent home of defense worker across the street from Edgewater Park near Ypsilanti, Michigan

Tent home of defense worker across the street from Edgewater Park near...

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

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

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Civilian Defense volunteers receiving instruction in treatment of fractured arm. First aid class. American Red Cross, New York City

Civilian Defense volunteers receiving instruction in treatment of frac...

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Shenandoah Valley. J.C. Myers, because of his intermittent employment, is a potential worker in a defense plant. When business is brisk, he works as an extra in Paul Fletcher's tiny factory in Harrisonburg

Shenandoah Valley. J.C. Myers, because of his intermittent employment,...

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Child of defense worker from Flint living in Edgewater trailer camp near Ypsilanti, Michigan, where his father works at new Ford bomber plant

Child of defense worker from Flint living in Edgewater trailer camp ne...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. George Miller, plumber, is foreman of the central plumbing assembly shop. He and his helpers assemble most of the plumbing for this 300-unit defense housing project

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. George Miller, plumber, is forema...

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Civilian defense uniforms. Winter "parade." This girl is wearing the Motor Corps Insignia

Civilian defense uniforms. Winter "parade." This girl is wearing the M...

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Drive to register all workers for defense program

Drive to register all workers for defense program

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An old black and white photo of a family. Office of War Information Photograph

An old black and white photo of a family. Office of War Information Ph...

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Sewer tile to be used at the Kearney-Mesa defense housing project. San Diego, California

Sewer tile to be used at the Kearney-Mesa defense housing project. San...

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The rear of a multiple family dwelling. Navy defense housing for Marine and Naval enlisted men and a few civilian workers at the Marine and Naval bases. San Diego, California

The rear of a multiple family dwelling. Navy defense housing for Marin...

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Civilian protection. The liaison officer maintains constant touch with forces of defense in a large city

Civilian protection. The liaison officer maintains constant touch with...

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Houses designed to accomodate a single family. FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housing project. Hartford, Connecticut

Houses designed to accomodate a single family. FSA (Farm Security Admi...

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Trailer camp where many defense workers live opposite Pratt and Whitney aircraft plant, East Hartford, Connecticut

Trailer camp where many defense workers live opposite Pratt and Whitne...

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Greenbelt defense housing. Maryland

Greenbelt defense housing. Maryland

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Randolph Clark with calf purchased under the FSA (Farm Security Administration) "Food for Defense" program. Coffee County, Alabama

Randolph Clark with calf purchased under the FSA (Farm Security Admini...

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Rural home built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) for Howard H. Smith from Galax. Defense worker on J.T. Nolley's farm. Riner, Virginia, near Radford

Rural home built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) for Howard H. S...

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Trailer camp for defense workers at Vultee Aircraft Plant. Nashville, Tennessee

Trailer camp for defense workers at Vultee Aircraft Plant. Nashville, ...

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Lumber manufacture. Building stockpiles for national defense. Ponderosa pine boards being stacked at the Emmet, Idaho sawmills of the Boise Payette Lumber Company. Efforts are being made (June 1941) to create a stockpile of lumber to insure a steady monthly output of ammunition cases. Lumber is also supplied from these mills for the construction of barracks and cantonments

Lumber manufacture. Building stockpiles for national defense. Ponderos...

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Priorities unemployment. No more work. Defense priorities on silk meant that silk mills, hosiery mills, and ribbon mills had to curtail or shut off production. Thousands of silk workers were thrown out of work

Priorities unemployment. No more work. Defense priorities on silk mean...

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The four freedoms. Fall flowing, with no prospect of "scorching" the earth. W.B. Patterson of Stony Lake, Pennsylvania, is one of the millions producing the food so vitally needed for the defense of America

The four freedoms. Fall flowing, with no prospect of "scorching" the e...

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Dormitories for workers in defense industries. Near electric boat works plant, Groton, Connecticut. Constructed and managed by FSA (Farm Security Administration)

Dormitories for workers in defense industries. Near electric boat work...

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These girls work at the Aberdeen proving grounds and live in dormitory built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) for defense workers. Aberdeen, Maryland

These girls work at the Aberdeen proving grounds and live in dormitory...

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Family outside their trailer home at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp for defense workers. San Diego, California

Family outside their trailer home at the FSA (Farm Security Administra...

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Aluminum collection. A store window display in New York, New York, promoting the National Defense Aluminum Collection (July 21-29, 1941). This collection was conducted by the Office of Civilian Defense and some of the aluminum obtained will be for use in industries producing for national defense. Much of the lower grade aluminum collected which cannot be used directly for this purpose will be used to replace new aluminum in the manufacture of consumer goods, and hence release this new aluminum for use in defense production

Aluminum collection. A store window display in New York, New York, pro...

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Defense workers in front of rooming houses. Norfolk, Virginia

Defense workers in front of rooming houses. Norfolk, Virginia

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Palace mobile home. Expansion trailer for emergency defense housing demonstrated in Washington tourist camp. Washington, D.C.

Palace mobile home. Expansion trailer for emergency defense housing de...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electricians wiring defense homes at Franklin Terrace housing project. Defense homes are provided with electricity, sewage, police and fire protection. In many cases, a lump sum for all services is paid to the city in lieu of taxes

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electricians wiring defense homes...

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Rural home built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense workers on property leased from farmers near Radford, Virginia

Rural home built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense workers...

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

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

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Civilian defense. Prompt and efficient telephone handling is an important part of civilian defense work. This operator at air raid warden headquarters receives calls telling her of trouble in various areas, notes the messages and passes them on for immediate action. The demonstration was at the civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden, New York, October 1941

Civilian defense. Prompt and efficient telephone handling is an import...

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Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in the latter's office in Washington on the occasion of Mrs. Roosevelt's being sworn in as Mayor La Guardia's assistant in the Office of Civilian Defense. Mrs. Roosevelt's title is Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense. The ceremony took place on the morning of September 29

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in the latter'...

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Bantam, Connecticut. A native of London, England, Malcolm Stewart is an expert upholstery worker. He once ran his own furniture shop in Pittsburgh, and before coming to Bantam in June of 1941, supervised an upholstery shop in Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Stewart, a Buffalo girl whom he married in 1936, is also working in the Warren McArthur upholstery shop. They left their furnished room in a Bantam farmhouse in January, 1942, to occupy a four-room flat in the new eighty-unit defense homes project a few minutes from the plant

Bantam, Connecticut. A native of London, England, Malcolm Stewart is a...

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Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)). Kenneth C. Hall with his wife, Helen Louise, and daughter Peggy. Mr. Hall is a foreman in the hot rolling mill at the Reynolds Metals Company, an aluminum plant using TVA electricity. He lives in a TVA defense house at Sheffield, Alabama

Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)). Kenneth C. Hall ...

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FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housing dormitories at Vallejo, California

FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housing dormitories at Vall...

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Vallejo, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housing project. Single-family demountable houses

Vallejo, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housin...

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Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

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Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

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Aluminum casting. Uncle Sam's soldiers on the production lines of defense pour a large magnesium casting. The molten alloy enters the runner box first. Magnesium is one of the most valuable metals for war production. Exact purpose of this casting is kept secret. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Uncle Sam's soldiers on the production lines of defe...

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Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

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Fort Story coast defense. It's his job to fight; ours to give him the weapons--unceasing supplies of tanks, guns, ammunition...

Fort Story coast defense. It's his job to fight; ours to give him the ...

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Childersburg, Alabama. Cousa Court defense housing project. Dupont powder plant defense worker, Albert Forest Smith, JR., and his wife, Fay Saunders Smith, look forward to using their car for the duration of the war, by slow driving and constant care

Childersburg, Alabama. Cousa Court defense housing project. Dupont pow...

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FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housing dormitory at Vallejo, California

FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housing dormitory at Vallej...

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Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

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Science and research. Mineral prospecting. Speed in metallurgical analysis, to match the rapidity with which the nation arms itself, is possible through use of the spectrograph, a marvelous new machine used for study of materials through measurements of the arc of light they emit when heated. The aluminum and magnesium industries, steel companies and foundries use it for quick study of metals. Mines use it for exploration. The spectrograph will yield an analysis of seven elements in fifteen minutes determination, which would require up to four hours by old chemical methods. Three students in defense training courses at a famous mining-engineering school listen as an instructor shows them how the machine operates. Golden, Colorado

Science and research. Mineral prospecting. Speed in metallurgical anal...

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New oversize trailer for war workers. Here's an answer to the problem of transporting defense workers to outlying defense plants. It's the new, oversize bus trailer made almost entirely of non-critical materials which held its Washington premiere on April 13. Hauled by an ordinary one-and-a-half-ton truck tractor, it holds 141 persons and was designed and built by Office of Defense Transportation and War Production Board (WPB) officials with the cooperation of private companies. Weight of the trailer is 12,000 pounds as compared with 17,000 pounds for a standard type 40-passenger city bus. The complete unit is fifty-five feet long

New oversize trailer for war workers. Here's an answer to the problem ...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. No more floor polishers will be produced by this small Eastern manufacturing company, whose entire resources are being converted to defense Production. Bench workers will henceforth be women, if the owner's plans are realized, so that his male operators can be released for heavy-duty machine work. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. No more floor polishers will be produce...

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Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Gas demonstration. Working on reconditioned gas masks for civilian defense use at the gas mask factory

Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Gas demonstration. Working on reconditione...

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Childersburg, Alabama. Cousa Court defense housing project. Mr. Smith and his wife, both defense workers in the Dupont powder plant, follow the course of the war through the local paper

Childersburg, Alabama. Cousa Court defense housing project. Mr. Smith ...

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Epping, North Dakota. Meeting in the high school to promote the sale of defense stamps and bonds. High school girls are at the back of the room

Epping, North Dakota. Meeting in the high school to promote the sale o...

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Agriculture. Guayule cultivation. Mechanical seedling digger working in a guayule bed. The digger is a four foot long blade which is drawn through the ground under the plants, cutting the roots loose and uprooting the plants. Guayule plantings will produce an estimated 600 tons of rubber in early 1943, provide a crop in 1944 which should yield 33,000 tons and a harvest in 1945 to yield 47,000 tons. An annual production of 70,000 tons to 80,000 tons will materialize if full capacity of nurseries now being built is utilized. Addition: This program is part of the Department of Agriculture's Emergency Rubber Project, administered by the Forest Service under congressional authorization "to make available a source of crude rubber for emergency and defense uses"

Agriculture. Guayule cultivation. Mechanical seedling digger working i...

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Childersburg. Alabama. Shack village built to accomodate defense workers who each pay thirty to forty dollars a month rental

Childersburg. Alabama. Shack village built to accomodate defense worke...

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Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

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

Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

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Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

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Vallejo, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housing project. Administration building

Vallejo, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housin...

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U.S. Office of Defense Transportation system of port control and its traffic channel control

U.S. Office of Defense Transportation system of port control and its t...

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United States Office of Civilian Defense workers helping soldiers and firemen to move people driven from their homes by flood water. Washington, D.C

United States Office of Civilian Defense workers helping soldiers and ...

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Mr. De Lavallade, office manager of civilian defense at his office at the Ida B. Wells Housing Project, Chicago, Illinois. The project office is the center for civilian defense for the entire Douglas community

Mr. De Lavallade, office manager of civilian defense at his office at ...

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

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