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Prudential Building, 28 Church Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Prudential Building, 28 Church Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-5487 Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1969 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1970 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More

Ansley Wilcox House, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Ansley Wilcox House, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 317 Leroy Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 317 Leroy Avenue, Buffalo, Erie...

Significance: The church is one of the purest examples of 12th century Lombard-Romanesque architecture in the nation. In the interior, there are over 2,000 symbols and images in terra cotta tiles, paintings and... More

Thomas A. Edison Birthplace, Front Street & Choate Avenue, Milan, Erie County, OH

Thomas A. Edison Birthplace, Front Street & Choate Avenue, Milan, Erie...

Significance: From the Nat'l Register nomination: Thomas Alva Edison, one of America's most illustrious inventors, was born in this house on February 11, 1847. Although he left Milan in 1854, before this struct... More

Oldman Boiler Works, Fabricating Shop, 32 Illinois Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Oldman Boiler Works, Fabricating Shop, 32 Illinois Street, Buffalo, Er...

Significance: The fabricating shop functions as an extension of the original 1907 boiler shop. The two sections represent changes in factory construction techniques over the first half of the 20th century, a p... More

Concrete-Central Elevator, 175 Buffalo River, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Concrete-Central Elevator, 175 Buffalo River, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Picryl description: Public domain image of ruins, historic place, landmark, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Erie Railway, Union City Station, East side of Lincoln Street, 100 feet South of Concord Street, Union City, Erie County, PA

Erie Railway, Union City Station, East side of Lincoln Street, 100 fee...

Survey number: HAER PA-45 Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Waterford Covered Bridge, Spanning Le Boeuf Creek, Waterford, Erie County, PA

Waterford Covered Bridge, Spanning Le Boeuf Creek, Waterford, Erie Cou...

Significance: Example of late nineteenth-century covered bridge construction. The bridge was built for the Commissioners of the Waterford Township. Survey number: HABS PA-535 Building/structure dates: after. ... More

Blair Cabin, Blair Road, Girard, Erie County, PA

Blair Cabin, Blair Road, Girard, Erie County, PA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-40, FN-44 Survey number: HABS PA-510 Building/structure dates: ca. 1818 Initial Construction

Ohio Soldiers' & Sailors' Home, U.S. Route 250 at DeWitt Avenue, Sandusky, Erie County, OH

Ohio Soldiers' & Sailors' Home, U.S. Route 250 at DeWitt Avenue, Sandu...

Significance: The Ohio Veterans' Home was established in 1886 as the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, the result of efforts by the Grand Army of the Republic to ensure state care for sick and destitute Ohio Ci... More

Erie County Savings Bank, 16 Niagara Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Erie County Savings Bank, 16 Niagara Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

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Erie County Savings Bank, 16 Niagara Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Erie County Savings Bank, 16 Niagara Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

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Ohio Soldiers' & Sailors' Home, Cottage L, U.S. Route 250 at DeWitt Avenue, Sandusky, Erie County, OH

Ohio Soldiers' & Sailors' Home, Cottage L, U.S. Route 250 at DeWitt Av...

Significance: The Ohio Veterans' Home was established in 1886 as the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, the result of efforts by the Grand Army of the Republic to ensure state care for sick and destitute Ohio Ci... More

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Written data includes a site plan. Significance: Site was purchased in 1826 by John A. Tracy, who erected a wooden commercial and residential building that was replaced after a fire by a brick commercial struct... More

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Written data includes a site plan. Significance: Site was purchased in 1826 by John A. Tracy, who erected a wooden commercial and residential building that was replaced after a fire by a brick commercial struct... More

Kreiner Malting Grain Elevator, 50 Elk Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Kreiner Malting Grain Elevator, 50 Elk Street, Buffalo, Erie County, N...

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

State Lunatic Asylum, 400 Forest Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

State Lunatic Asylum, 400 Forest Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The Buffalo State Hospital is a monumental structure which was designed for strictly utilitarian or institutional purposes. The exterior presentation of the Administration Building has strength of... More

Buffalo, New York. Procession and high mass at the Corpus Christi church in the Polish community

Buffalo, New York. Procession and high mass at the Corpus Christi chur...

Picryl description: Public domain image of liturgy, ceremony, church, Christianity religion, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

St. Louis Roman Catholic Church, Main & Edward Streets, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

St. Louis Roman Catholic Church, Main & Edward Streets, Buffalo, Erie ...

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St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Shelton Square, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Shelton Square, Buffalo, Erie County, ...

Significance: St. Paul's Cathedral a key architectural landmark in downtown Buffalo serves as visual anchor for the south Main Street area. It is flanked on the west by Sullivan's Prudential Building of 189... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Shelton Square, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Shelton Square, Buffalo, Erie County, ...

Significance: St. Paul's Cathedral a key architectural landmark in downtown Buffalo serves as visual anchor for the south Main Street area. It is flanked on the west by Sullivan's Prudential Building of 189... More

H-O Oats Elevator, 54 Fulton Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

H-O Oats Elevator, 54 Fulton Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

H-O Oats Elevator, 54 Fulton Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

H-O Oats Elevator, 54 Fulton Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Hatch School, Corry, Erie County, PA

Hatch School, Corry, Erie County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-515 Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction

Hatch School, Corry, Erie County, PA

Hatch School, Corry, Erie County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-515 Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction

New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Elk Creek Trestle, Spanning Elk Creek, south of Elk Park Road, Lake City, Erie County, PA

New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Elk Creek Trestle, Spanning El...

Significance: The crossing is an excellent example of the long trestles required to cross northwestern Pennsylvania's irregular topography. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N607 Surv... More

Hutchinson House, 155 East Main Street, Girard, Erie County, PA

Hutchinson House, 155 East Main Street, Girard, Erie County, PA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38, FN-41 Survey number: HABS PA-59 Building/structure dates: 1830 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1830 Initial Construction

Cyclorama Building, 369 Franklin Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Cyclorama Building, 369 Franklin Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: Cyclorama is a 16-sided regular polygon originally constructed to house "cycloramas," or panoramic art displays popular in the United States in the late 1800s. The building is one of the few survi... More

Cyclorama Building, 369 Franklin Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Cyclorama Building, 369 Franklin Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: Cyclorama is a 16-sided regular polygon originally constructed to house "cycloramas," or panoramic art displays popular in the United States in the late 1800s. The building is one of the few survi... More

Cyclorama Building, 369 Franklin Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Cyclorama Building, 369 Franklin Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: Cyclorama is a 16-sided regular polygon originally constructed to house "cycloramas," or panoramic art displays popular in the United States in the late 1800s. The building is one of the few survi... More

Standard Elevator, 1 Saint Clair Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Standard Elevator, 1 Saint Clair Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Standard Elevator, 1 Saint Clair Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Standard Elevator, 1 Saint Clair Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Standard Elevator, 1 Saint Clair Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Standard Elevator, 1 Saint Clair Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER, Moored on the Buffalo River at 155 Ohio Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER, Moored on the Buffalo River at 155 Ohio Str...

Significance: According to the National Historic Landmark nomination, Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER has the distinction of being not only the oldest operating fireboat in the Great Lakes, but also in the United Sta... More

Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER, Moored on the Buffalo River at 155 Ohio Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER, Moored on the Buffalo River at 155 Ohio Str...

Significance: According to the National Historic Landmark nomination, Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER has the distinction of being not only the oldest operating fireboat in the Great Lakes, but also in the United Sta... More

Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER, Moored on the Buffalo River at 155 Ohio Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER, Moored on the Buffalo River at 155 Ohio Str...

Significance: According to the National Historic Landmark nomination, Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER has the distinction of being not only the oldest operating fireboat in the Great Lakes, but also in the United Sta... More

Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER, Moored on the Buffalo River at 155 Ohio Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER, Moored on the Buffalo River at 155 Ohio Str...

Significance: According to the National Historic Landmark nomination, Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER has the distinction of being not only the oldest operating fireboat in the Great Lakes, but also in the United Sta... More

Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER, Moored on the Buffalo River at 155 Ohio Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER, Moored on the Buffalo River at 155 Ohio Str...

Significance: According to the National Historic Landmark nomination, Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER has the distinction of being not only the oldest operating fireboat in the Great Lakes, but also in the United Sta... More

Buffalo Grain Elevators, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Buffalo Grain Elevators, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Great Northern Elevator, 250 Ganson Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Darwin D. Martin House, 125 Jewett Parkway, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Darwin D. Martin House, 125 Jewett Parkway, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

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Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna Plant, Route 5 on Lake Erie, B...

Survey number: HAER NY-198 Building/structure dates: 1899-1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Buffalo, New York. Willert Park housing project. U.S. Housing Authority

Buffalo, New York. Willert Park housing project. U.S. Housing Authorit...

Public domain photograph of a historic place in New York, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Each group of ten trailers in the FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp at Erie has a "trailer service unit," water faucet, slop sink, and garbage pail

Each group of ten trailers in the FSA (Farm Security Administration) c...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including sections for doors and windows, is fabricated horizontally. The crew working here will later move to another site and repeat the procedure. This circulation of crews who are experienced in one type of construction adds to the speed with which defense homes are being built. Two crews of forty men each are used to raise the stud frames of a four-unit defense home. On the project shown here, one crew started the framework at 8:30am, fabricating it horizontally, and finished it at noon. The other crew moved in shortly after, erected the stud frame, ends, and floor joists, and finished the entire framework by 4:30pm the same day

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The entire framework, including s...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Stud spacings are filled in as recommended by Fire Underwriters Board to eliminate the chimney-like fire path that would otherwise be created

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Stud spacings are filled in as re...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. A good filling bed of rock-like material is laid on the graded street surface

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. A good filling bed of rock-like m...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Milton Ackerman, manager of the Defense Trailer Project at Erie Pennsylvania, receives an application from Mrs. George Cole. Her husband is employed in the General Electric plant, which holds large defense contracts. Seated at the desk is Ackerman's assistant, who handles mail, and telephone inquires for tenants

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Milton Ackerman, manager of the D...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. A built-up flat roofing is applied to the individual unit. Here workmen are laying the last covering before the finished coat

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. A built-up flat roofing is applie...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. A member of the Visiting Nurse Association pays a call to one of many young tenants of the defense trailer camp. High standards of sanitation are maintained, and every precaution is taken to guard against epidemic and disease

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. A member of the Visiting Nurse As...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Window and door frames are pre-fabricated at the site by specialized crews. They are given a primer coating of paint before being assembled into the structure

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Window and door frames are pre-fa...

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

Evening visitors at the trailer of Milton B. Ackerman, FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp manager. Erie, Pennsylvania

Evening visitors at the trailer of Milton B. Ackerman, FSA (Farm Secur...

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

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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Milton B. Ackerman, manager of FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp for defense workers at Erie, Pennsylvania

Milton B. Ackerman, manager of FSA (Farm Security Administration) trai...

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

FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp near General Electric Plant, Erie, Pennsylvania. These are 200 trailers here, occupied by childless couples and by families of one and two children

FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp near General Electric ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. B.J. Rogan and a fellow worker enjoy a quiet evening of cards in his defense trailer home. The seats pull out, pullman fashion, to form a bed by night. Notice the gasoline pressure stove and heater at left

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. B.J. Rogan and a fellow worker en...

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FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp for defense workers, situated a quarter mile from General Electric plant in Erie, Pennsylvania. There are 200 trailers here, occupied by childless couples and by families of one or two children

FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp for defense workers, s...

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

FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp of 200 family units for defense workers. Erie, Pennslyvania

FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp of 200 family units fo...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Painters finished up window frames on defense homes in Erie, Pennsylvania. No painting is required on the cement-asbestos shingles, since their natural finish is light, durable and attractive

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Painters finished up window frame...

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Buffalo, New York. Inside the nearly-emptied hatch of a Duluth grain boat unloading wheat in a grain elevator on the Erie Canal. Men who work here are called scoopers. Here they are guiding the ropes of a shovel which scoops grain into range of the "leg" which drives grain into the tower of an endless belt of buckets

Buffalo, New York. Inside the nearly-emptied hatch of a Duluth grain b...

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

Buffalo, New York. At the wedding of Cecelia Wrazen and Bronislaus Nowak, who are of Polish descent. They are employed at Ross Heater, makers of condensers for the Navy. Guests and orchestra at the wedding feast

Buffalo, New York. At the wedding of Cecelia Wrazen and Bronislaus Now...

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Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store after making the family purchases from a list left that morning by her twenty-six year old widowed mother who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store after ...

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at the tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Teacher examining child's throat

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mot...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sandusky, Ohio. A freighter loaded with coal leaving the port at the Pennsylvania Railroad number three dock

Sandusky, Ohio. A freighter loaded with coal leaving the port at the P...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s bridge, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buffalo, New York. Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi church in the Polish community

Buffalo, New York. Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi church in th...

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Buffalo, New York. Mabel Goodwin, forty-five, poses for an identification photograph at the Bell Aircraft plant. She worked in a factory in the last war; has since been a housewife and has two children over fourteen

Buffalo, New York. Mabel Goodwin, forty-five, poses for an identificat...

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

Sandusky, Ohio. Loading coal from the Pennsylvania Railroad docks into a lake freighter. In the distance, a boat that has just been loaded is leaving port

Sandusky, Ohio. Loading coal from the Pennsylvania Railroad docks into...

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Buffalo, New York. Children of the Polish community leaving church with baskets of food on the day before Easter. The food has been blessed by the priest to celebrate the breaking of Lenten fasting, and is eaten Easter day

Buffalo, New York. Children of the Polish community leaving church wit...

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Mother, who has come to pick up her child after work plays with other children

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mot...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Women have entirely replaced men as chainmen or "hookers" in the finishing department of Republic Steel. "Hookers" place slings and chains around material to be hoisted by cranes so that it can be moved to another section of the plant or loaded onto freight trains

Buffalo, New York. Women have entirely replaced men as chainmen or "ho...

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Buffalo, New York. Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi church in the Polish community

Buffalo, New York. Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi church in th...

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Buffalo, New York. Silent tribute to the war dead at the "I am an American" day rally in Memorial Auditorium

Buffalo, New York. Silent tribute to the war dead at the "I am an Amer...

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

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, purchasing meat and other groceries from a list left that morning by her twenty-six year old widowed mother who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, purchasing meat and othe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Peter Grimm, age ten, waiting with his wagon outside Loblaw's grocery store for customers to ask him to deliver their groceries. This was a rainy day with few customers. Sometimes Peter makes as much as three dollars on a Saturday. He pays for all his school supplies and much of his clothing. His mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Peter Grimm, age ten, waiting with his wagon outsid...

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Buffalo, New York. Grain boats and grain elevators on the Erie Canal

Buffalo, New York. Grain boats and grain elevators on the Erie Canal

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A group of children sitting around a table eating. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of children sitting around a table eating. Office of War Infor...

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

Buffalo, New York. A scooper unloading a grain boat from Duluth at a grain elevator on the Erie Canal. Scoopers are hired at each port to aid the crew in loading and unloading. They guide the ropes of the shovel which scoops the grain into range of the "leg" which draws grain into elevator by means of an endless belt of buckets. They sweep and shovel grain from corners and ledges of the hatch after the unloading is practically finished

Buffalo, New York. A scooper unloading a grain boat from Duluth at a g...

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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