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Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Walter Newman, operator of a high-speed lathe in a large firearms plant, performs an operation on the barrel of a machine gun. Many women workers are also employed in this plant in producing essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Walter Newman, operator ...

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

Ground crews of the Allied air forces dismantle a wrecked Heinkel III on a landing field between Daba and Fuka in Egypt

Ground crews of the Allied air forces dismantle a wrecked Heinkel III ...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a person laying on a bench. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a person laying on a bench. Office of War I...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Safe and lock company. Millimeter guns for America's armed forces are assembled in a factory once devoted to manufacture of safes and locks. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Safe and lock company. Millimeter guns for America's armed...

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

Production. Airplanes. Atop the water tower of a huge Western airplane factory, a fireman surveys the hive of activity that is giving our armed forces some of their finest fighting and bombing planes

Production. Airplanes. Atop the water tower of a huge Western airplane...

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

A direct hit on a 7,000 ton Japanese merchant vessel by India Air task forces near Rangoon, India

A direct hit on a 7,000 ton Japanese merchant vessel by India Air task...

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

Tripoli, Libya. Allied air forces bombs rain down on Castel Benito airdrome during a daylight raid which damaged machine shops and other installations. In the foreground a train of bombs may be seen dropping from the bay of a United States plane

Tripoli, Libya. Allied air forces bombs rain down on Castel Benito air...

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

V-mail. Letters to members of the armed forces overseas are photographed on V-mail microfilm at the Pentagon building, Washington, D.C. V-mail is available to and from the armed forces stationed outside the United States. It is only 1/65th the weight of ordinary mail and saves ninety-eight percent of the cargo space required for ordinary letters. 1,600 letters can be placed on a roll of film little larger than a pack of cigarettes

V-mail. Letters to members of the armed forces overseas are photograph...

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

Somewhere in Iran. Major General Brererton inspecting a newly-arrived diesel engine which will be used to pull supplies to Russia. Major General Brererton is the Commading General of the United States Army forces in the Middle East

Somewhere in Iran. Major General Brererton inspecting a newly-arrived ...

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

Major-General James Doolittle, United States Army Aair Forces, Major-General Bergeret of the Fighting French high command, who accepted 13 P-40 Warhawks form the Americans on behalf of the Fighting French, and Major General Carl Spaatz, United States Air Force commmander in North Africa, who made the presentation. General Spaatz is in command of Allied air forces in the North African theater of operations

Major-General James Doolittle, United States Army Aair Forces, Major-G...

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

Reciprocal aid. Close cooperation exists between members of the British and U.S. air forces in Britain. Two U.S. sergeants are here shown at work in a coding room with a British WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) section officer

Reciprocal aid. Close cooperation exists between members of the Britis...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Mrs. Mary Machado, ninety-seven year old grandmother of eleven men in the armed forces

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Mrs. Mary Machado, ninety-seven year old gr...

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

Medical refrigeration unit. An airborne unit which transports medical supplies. Shown in demonstration of equipment held by United States Army Air Forces

Medical refrigeration unit. An airborne unit which transports medical ...

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

United States Army Air Forces' demonstration of new equipment, Washington, D.C.

United States Army Air Forces' demonstration of new equipment, Washing...

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

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

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

Installation of the United States Office of War Information (OWI) exhibit of original drawings and paintings by artists now in the armed forces. Preview, before shipping to Australia, held at the office of the Overseas Picture Division in the Auditor's Building

Installation of the United States Office of War Information (OWI) exhi...

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

Theatre #23 - Southwest Pacific - It's D-Day in the South Pacific and this photo depicts a momentary junction of American air and sea forces on the move. The B-25's (North American) enroute for Rabaul to blast Jap airdromes while the invasion convoy, several thousand feet below, spreads toward the Green Islands / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Theatre #23 - Southwest Pacific - It's D-Day in the South Pacific and ...

Title transcribed from item. No. 50753 AC. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A Russian officer sitting at a table is about to eat, but a Japanese soldier is taking the meal away, indicating a Japanese victory over Russian forces]

[A Russian officer sitting at a table is about to eat, but a Japanese ...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

A sketch of the action between the British forces and the American provincials, on the heights of the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June 1775.

A sketch of the action between the British forces and the American pro...

Scale ca. 1:13,800. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed for points of military interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-178... More

[Arms of the British forces] - Public domain print

[Arms of the British forces] - Public domain print

Print shows British arms with drum and flag as title page ornament. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783 / John Andrews. London : J. Fi... More

Great Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.--Jany, 2nd 1863: between the Union Forces, under Genl. Rosecrans, and the Rebel Army under General Bragg

Great Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.--Jany, 2nd 1863: between the Union...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chattanooga A chart of the battle between the forces of Gens. Grant and Braxton Bragg, fought Nov. 24-5 1863.

Chattanooga A chart of the battle between the forces of Gens. Grant an...

Detail of a printed map to which Sneden has added color and arrows to highlight the lines of Union advance on Missionary Ridge (Sherman's forces from the north on the Confederate right and Hooker's from the sou... More

Soldat, la patrie compte sur toi; garde lui toutes tes forces. Résiste aux séductions de la rue . . .

Soldat, la patrie compte sur toi; garde lui toutes tes forces. Résiste...

At the left is a soldier embracing a woman 'of the street.' At the right is a man sitting in front of a hospital and at the bottom is a skull and crossbones. Translation of title: Soldier, the country is count... More

FIRST DIVISION, A.E.F. AMERICAN EXPIDITIONARY FORCES. PERSHING AND BAKER AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

FIRST DIVISION, A.E.F. AMERICAN EXPIDITIONARY FORCES. PERSHING AND BAK...

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

FIRST DIVISION, A.E.F. AMERICAN EXPIDITIONARY FORCES. GENERAL PERSHING IN AUTO. A BLURRED PICTURE

FIRST DIVISION, A.E.F. AMERICAN EXPIDITIONARY FORCES. GENERAL PERSHING...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

FIRST DIVISION, A.E.F. AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. MISCELLANEOUS VIEWS OF PARADE

FIRST DIVISION, A.E.F. AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. MISCELLANEOUS VI...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Plaque: "This tablet commemorates the services and sufferings of the 24313 horses and mules employed by the American Expeditionary Forces overseas during the Great World War ...]

[Plaque: "This tablet commemorates the services and sufferings of the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Congressional Investigating Committee on U.S. Air Forces, [8/4/24]

Congressional Investigating Committee on U.S. Air Forces, [8/4/24]

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A young soldier of the armored forces holds and sights his Garand rifle like an old timer, Fort Knox, Ky. He likes the piece for its fine firing qualities and its rugged, dependable mechanism. Infantryman with halftrack

A young soldier of the armored forces holds and sights his Garand rifl...

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

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Eden inspecting A.I.F. [i.e., Australian Imperial Forces] troops

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Eden inspecti...

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

Australian Imperial Forces. The Australian Club Bldg. [i.e., Building] (former Fast Hotel)

Australian Imperial Forces. The Australian Club Bldg. [i.e., Building]...

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

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Gen[eral] view of an A.I.F. [i.e., Australian Imperial Forces] camp with marching troops

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Gen[eral] vie...

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

Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces

Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces

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

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Gen[eral] view of A.I.F. [i.e., Australian Imperial Forces] camp of Qustina

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Gen[eral] vie...

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

Ammunition and food for U.S. forces is landed at South Pacific. Well-loaded barges and small boats are shown landing ammunition and food for American fighters at a U.S. base somewhere in the South Pacific

Ammunition and food for U.S. forces is landed at South Pacific. Well-l...

Last minute check-up. Just before taking off, a bomber crew reviews details of its mission, the target of which is a major German rail center in central Italy. Before "Operation Strangle" went into effect, German forces in Italy were well-supplied since the Italian rail system was one of the best in Europe. Thus, first objectives of Allied bombers were key rail lines.

Last minute check-up. Just before taking off, a bomber crew reviews de...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of men walking down a dirt road - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men walking down a dirt road - FSA / Office of War Informat...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Annotation in or on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overse... More

Washington, D.C. A new mobile canteen, recently received by the District of Columbia Red Cross, serving the armed forces around the district. Mrs. Harold Hoskins and her three assistants are feeding transient pilots and crews at a nearby Army airport

Washington, D.C. A new mobile canteen, recently received by the Distri...

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

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinder heads for R-1340 Wasp planes are inspected in a large Eastern plant now producing a huge number of fine American engines for our fighting air forces. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinder heads for R-1...

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

Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair, right, commanding general of the U.S. Army ground forces, discussing with an umpire one of the problems being worked out at the recent maneuvers of the Third Army in Louisiana

Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair, right, commanding general of the ...

Public domain photograph related to army, military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On the final assembly line at North American Aviation, men and women work together adjusting the controls of P-51 Mustang fighters for the United States Army Air Forces

On the final assembly line at North American Aviation, men and women w...

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

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Converted from the production of such items as soft drink dispensers and game boards, this Eastern manufacturing firm now produces precision tools for cartridge manufacture, brass quadrants and other essentials for the armed forces. Personnel has jumped from 12 to 76 workers. In this machine shop different types of measuring gauges, bullet tools, dies and punches for use in America's arsenals are produced. Bristol and Martin Company, New York, New York

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Converted from the production ...

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

Aluminum casting. Womens' place in this large Midwest aluminum factory is on the inspection line. She's giving a final checkup on these aluminum pistons which are destined for use by America's armed forces. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret. They'll probably end up as jeep or airplane engine parts. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Womens' place in this large Midwest aluminum factory...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Dorothy Taylor, bench lathe operator at a large Eastern firearms plant, makes oil drills for .50- caliber machine gun barrels. Many women workers are employed in this plant, producing essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Dorothy Taylor, bench la...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Myer, Virginia. Alert and ready for action are these rough-riding, hardboiled members of a jeep crew at Fort Myer, Virginia. Properly equipped with new type helmet and Garand rifles, these soldiers of Uncle Sam's armoured forces typify the ruggedness and determination of the American fighting men

Fort Myer, Virginia. Alert and ready for action are these rough-riding...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Officers inspecting the crew of the transport carrying troops from New Caledonia to the Solomons to reinforce Marines. They are: Captain Charles Paul McFeaters, commander of the transport; Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley, who was then in command of the South Pacific; Major General M.F. Harmon, commander of the Army forces in the South Pacific

Officers inspecting the crew of the transport carrying troops from New...

Public domain photograph of decorated panel, decor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A poster comes to life. The three men tour one of the mill yards. In the background, to the immediate right of the freight car, is a portion of a scrap pile. Immediately behind Sergeant Vineyard is a pile of limestone and slag. In the background, to the sailor's right, are piles of iron heaped high. All of these materials are destined for the steel furnaces, where they are used in varying quantities to make the many varieties of steel needed by our armed forces. Allegheny Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. The three men tour one of the mill yards. In t...

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.

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Converted from the production of such items as soft drink dispensers and game boards, this Eastern manufacturing firm now produces precision tools for cartridge manufacture, brass quadrants and other essentials for the armed forces. Here workmen are inspecting a new internal grinder, a precision machine for the manufacture of precision tools and parts. Bristol and Martin Company, New York, New York

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Converted from the production ...

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

Fort Benning. Tank forces. What the Axis has to face. A medium tank (M-3) and capable American crew make an effective fighting combination. The training course at Fort Benning, Georgia is graduating smart and proficient soldiers for the armored forces

Fort Benning. Tank forces. What the Axis has to face. A medium tank (M...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swelling the ranks of the armed forces, women must step into many new occupations in both urban and rural life. These women harvest hands in Rochelle, Illinois, are helping the national welfare by picking the summer asparagus crop

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swellin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chrysler Corporation. Dodge truck plant. Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). These long rows of Dodge Army trucks await shipment to various branches of the armed forces. Hundreds of army vehicles come off the Chrysler Corporation production lines daily

Chrysler Corporation. Dodge truck plant. Detroit, Michigan (vicinity)....

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Machine gunner, armored forces. Our armored forces have tremendous fire power. These gunners on a halftrac scout car make the .30 caliber Browning one of the most destructive of modern weapons

Fort Benning. Machine gunner, armored forces. Our armored forces have ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Fort Benning. Armored forces personnel. Soldier of the armored forces. After he has completed his training at Fort Benning, Georgia, he'll know a lot of new ways to put the heat on the Axis

Fort Benning. Armored forces personnel. Soldier of the armored forces....

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Gloucester, Massachusetts. The crew of "Old Glory" pulls up a sizeable haul of fish. Almost all of this catch will be filleted and frozen for military and lend-lease shipment. Of the total packs in the United States, 60 percent of the salmon and 80 percent of the sardine and mackerel are consumed by the armed forces here and abroad

Gloucester, Massachusetts. The crew of "Old Glory" pulls up a sizeable...

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

Midland Army Flying School, Texas. Major General L.H. Van Oyen (right), commanding the Royal Netherlands military forces in the United States, exchanges salutes with Brigadier General Isaiah Davies (left), commanding Midland Army Flying School, as the Netherlands general arrived to attend graduation of another large class of Dutch and American bombardiers at the world's largest bombardier college

Midland Army Flying School, Texas. Major General L.H. Van Oyen (right)...

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

Officers inspecting a transport crew carrying troops from New Caledonia to the Solomons to reinforce the Marines. Front to rear are: Vice Admiral Robert Ghormley, who was then in command of the South Pacific area; Captain Charles Paul McFeaters, commander of the transport (wearing helmet); Major General M.F. Harmon, commander of the Army forces in the South Pacific area (wearing service cap)

Officers inspecting a transport crew carrying troops from New Caledoni...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conductor Ray Tutle, veteran conductor, instructing women trainmen, a group of the first women employed by the Long Island Railroad to replace trainmen now serving in the nation's armed forces

Conductor Ray Tutle, veteran conductor, instructing women trainmen, a ...

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

Australia in the war. American tanks, furnished under lend-lease, contribute to building up of Australia's armored forces. These are medium tanks lined up on the range ready for practice

Australia in the war. American tanks, furnished under lend-lease, cont...

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

Enemy air equipment and installations took a heavy pounding from bombers of the United States Army Air forces as they pursued Marshal Erwin Rommel's retreating Afrika Korps through Libya and Tripoli to the Tunisian coast. Trucks rolling along the road to Tripoli after the Allied victory there. In the foreground is an American Jeep passing an area still containing mines which the engineers passed up during Marshal Rommel's swift retreat

Enemy air equipment and installations took a heavy pounding from bombe...

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

Enemy air equipment and installations took a heavy pounding from bombers of the United States Army air forces as they pursued Marshal Erwin Rommel's retreating Afrika Korps through Libya and Tripoli to the Tunisian coast. Wrecked Axis aircraft, victims of bombing and strafing lie piled up on Castel Nenito Airdrome, awaiting arrival of expert salvage crews to denude the wreckage of any usable parts, the remainder to be turned into scrap.

Enemy air equipment and installations took a heavy pounding from bombe...

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

Lieutenant Hoyt A. Eason, Meridian, Mississippi, a member of the United States Army Air forces fighter squadron which brought down 72 Janpaese planes in combat over New Guinea in 1943

Lieutenant Hoyt A. Eason, Meridian, Mississippi, a member of the Unite...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Major General George S. Patton, Jr., Commander of U.S. Forces in French Morocco, compares notes at Camp Anfa, near Casablanca, with Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten of Great Britain, Chief of Combined Operations. Photo was taken on the field the day President Roosevelt reviewed American troops at the camp]

[Major General George S. Patton, Jr., Commander of U.S. Forces in Fren...

Army Air Forces photo from OWI. Office of War Information Collection. No. D-8327.

New York, New York. Many of the Fulton fish market men are in the armed forces

New York, New York. Many of the Fulton fish market men are in the arme...

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

Large truck being driven off the Army Air Forces' new C-82 which was shown for first time at demonstration of equipment held by United States Army Air Forces. The special function of this plane is to land heavy military loads safely on rough fields near battle points. Its range exceeds 3,500 miles

Large truck being driven off the Army Air Forces' new C-82 which was s...

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

Installation of the United States Office of War Information (OWI) exhibit of original drawings and paintings by artists now in the armed forces. Preview, before shipping to Australia, held at the office of the Overseas Picture Division in the Auditor's Building

Installation of the United States Office of War Information (OWI) exhi...

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

"General Taylor never surrenders": Santa Anna's messengers requesting Genl. Taylor to surrender his forces at discretion, previous to the battle of Buena Vista

"General Taylor never surrenders": Santa Anna's messengers requesting ...

No. 453. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2461

"General Taylor never surrenders": Santa Anna's messengers requesting Genl. Taylor to surrender his forces at discretion, previous to the battle of Buena Vista

"General Taylor never surrenders": Santa Anna's messengers requesting ...

No. 455. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2460

A north view of Fort Royal in the island of Guadaloupe, when in Possession of his majestys forces in 1759

A north view of Fort Royal in the island of Guadaloupe, when in Posses...

Title also in French. Library has two impressions, one with 1907 stamp and another with 1914 stamp. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Grignion.

Perspective view of his majesty's land forces going in flat boats to take possession of the north gate of the city and Punto Castle...

Perspective view of his majesty's land forces going in flat boats to t...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Mason.

Great Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn. - Jany, 2nd 1863: between the Union Forces, under Genl. Rosecrans, and the Rebel Army under General Bragg

Great Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn. - Jany, 2nd 1863: between the Unio...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2796

State of the British and French colonies in North America : with respect to number of peoples, forces, forts, Indians, trade and other advantages ... in two letters to a friend

State of the British and French colonies in North America : with respe...

Picryl description: Public domain book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862: By the federal forces, under Command of Genl. Ambrose E. Burnside, and gunboats under Commodore L.M. Goldsborough

Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862: By the federal forces, unde...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0903

Robert [i.e., Esek] Hopkins, Esqr., commodore of the American sea forces

Robert [i.e., Esek] Hopkins, Esqr., commodore of the American sea forc...

Print shows Esek Hopkins, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, holding sword at left side, two pistols in his belt. He is standing on shore, pointing to his left, with ships in the background. Illus... More

Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga., by the U.S. forces under command of Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, from the passage of Peach Tree Creek, July 19th 1864, to the commencement of the movement upon the enemy's lines of communication south of Atlanta, August 26, 1864 /

Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga., by the U.S. forces under c...

Partial cadastral map showing selected buildings and householders' names beyond city limits. Covers area extending from Mt. Gilead Church in west to Decatur in east and from Buckhead in north to East Point in s... More

Map of battles on Bull Run near Manassas, 21st of July 1861 on the line of Fairfax & Prince William Co[unti]es in Virginia, fought between the forces of the Confederate States and of the United States of America /

Map of battles on Bull Run near Manassas, 21st of July 1861 on the lin...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Lord Kitchner's trumpeter in 1915, Pvt. Frank Inman of Australian Imp. [i.e., Imperial] Forces. Mr. Frank Inman photographed on April 27, '40

Lord Kitchner's trumpeter in 1915, Pvt. Frank Inman of Australian Imp....

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

FIRST DIVISION, A.E.F. AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. MISCELLANEOUS VIEWS OF PARADE

FIRST DIVISION, A.E.F. AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. MISCELLANEOUS VI...

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

Drilling horizontal stabilizers: operating a hand drill, this woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown working on the horizontal stabilizer for a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the R.A.F. and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Drilling horizontal stabilizers: operating a hand drill, this woman wo...

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

Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces. Arrival of the G.O.C. Lt. General A.J. Giffard

Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces

Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces

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The men in our armed forces deserve the best food we can give them. Farmers will "keep 'em fed and keep 'em fighting!" Are you growing your share of food for fighting men?

The men in our armed forces deserve the best food we can give them. Fa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Malaya - Britain pursues "scorched earth" policy ... British forces in Malaya have burnt thousands of bales of rubber, destroyed rubber factories and smashed machinery. Towering clouds of pungent smoke rise hundreds of feet in the air as a rubber factory is destroyed by the British forces.

Malaya - Britain pursues "scorched earth" policy ... British forces in...

Photograph shows black smoke from a fire set by British forces in Malaya.

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men whose hands are fashioning powerful new additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding naval forces. A few miles away at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, other thousands are also coming off their shifts. This scene is typical of dozens of shipyards throughout the nation. Shipyard workers have a lot to smile about, for invariably they have done their work so well and efficiently that production is ahead of schedule

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men who...

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Hartford, Connecticut (vicinity). Polish farmer's wife reading a letter from her son in the armed forces

Hartford, Connecticut (vicinity). Polish farmer's wife reading a lette...

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Posting ceiling prices in foreign languages. Sergeant Frank Hoffman is on a busman's holiday from his job as cook at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, buying sausage to cook for his girl friend before he goes back to camp. Sergeant Hoffman is shopping in Anthony Weber's store in the German section of New York. Both Hoffman and Weber are glad to be in the liberty-loving United States instead of Germany, and each is doing his part to protect our democratic system of government from the Nazi forces which threaten to destroy it. Hoffman, of course, is in the Army; Weber is cooperating with other patriotic American storekeepers in the battle against inflation by displaying a price ceiling sign in German

Posting ceiling prices in foreign languages. Sergeant Frank Hoffman is...

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Fort Benning. Tank forces. A medium tank (M-3) bristles with cannon, anti-aircraft guns, Tommy guns and pistols as soldiers of the armored forces in training ar Fort Benning, Georgia prepare for a sally

Fort Benning. Tank forces. A medium tank (M-3) bristles with cannon, a...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Fort Benning. Tank forces. A sergeant of the armored forces directs student soldiers from an old type, light tank used for training purposes at Fort Benning, Georgia. All trainees finish their courses in up to the minute equipment

Fort Benning. Tank forces. A sergeant of the armored forces directs st...

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. They'll soon be adding to the power of our mighty American air forces. Rough forgings for the master piston rods of Pratt and Whitney motors are ready for the fine machining that will transform them into the precision-made engine parts that account largely for the excellences of American fighting aircraft. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. They'll soon be adding...

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Women in war. Machine gun production operators. A woman's place is on the production line in this Midwest plant which has been converted from the manufacture of spark plugs to machine guns. Elsie M. Terry, one of 2,000 women employed here, is a skilled milling-machine operator who is making an important contribution to the war effort. She's making guns for America's armed forces. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. A woman's place is on ...

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Production. 45-caliberautomatic pistols. William Watson gauges and inspects barrel drilling holes on .45-caliber automatic pistols in the plant of a large manufacturer of firearms. Many men and women are employed here in producing pistols, machine guns and other essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. 45-caliberautomatic pistols. William Watson gauges and ins...

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Conversion. Safe and lock company. Millimeter guns for America's armed forces are assembled in a factory once devoted to manufacture of safes and locks. These are breech ring mounts for the guns. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Safe and lock company. Millimeter guns for America's armed...

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Fort Benning. Armored forces personnel. Soldier of the armored forces. After he has completed his training at Fort Benning, Georgia, he'll know a lot of new ways to put the heat on the Axis

Fort Benning. Armored forces personnel. Soldier of the armored forces....

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Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. The light tanks used at Fort Knox, Kentucky, for training and hardening crews for our armored forces, are graduating tough, competent "tankers" who will soon be giving the Axis some pointers on modern warfare

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. The light tanks used at Fort Knox, K...

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Fort Story coast defense. Men and guns to blow the face off the Axis. America's fighting forces require increased ammunition producton to achieve maximum stregnth

Fort Story coast defense. Men and guns to blow the face off the Axis. ...

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Dehydrated food luncheon at Senate. Chef Denissen hands out plates filled with dehydrated foods to be served in the dining room of the United State Senate. These new foods will contribute largely to feeding the fighting forces and refuges abroad

Dehydrated food luncheon at Senate. Chef Denissen hands out plates fil...

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Production. Electric power. Huge transformers feed power to thousands of machines and hand power tools at Vega Aircraft Plant. By reducing electrical current to the voltages proper for plant use, these transformers play an important part in the production of planes for our armed forces. Vega Aircraft Corporation

Production. Electric power. Huge transformers feed power to thousands ...

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Fort Story coast defense. Men and guns to blow the face off the Axis. America's fighting forces require increased ammunition production to achieve maximum strength

Fort Story coast defense. Men and guns to blow the face off the Axis. ...

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Conversion. Pianos to airplane motors. A pretty girl surrounded by melody! Employed by a Chicago piano factory which has recently been converted to war production, Bernice Strutz uses a drill press to set capstan screws in keyboards. Today, however, she's assembling trainer-plane motors to be used by America's armed forces. Gulbransen Company

Conversion. Pianos to airplane motors. A pretty girl surrounded by mel...

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Manpower. Young farm workers. With the nation's manpower rapidly being recruited into the armed forces, youngsters like this future farmer of Ohio will take an increasingly important part in America's agricultural activities

Manpower. Young farm workers. With the nation's manpower rapidly being...

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Manpower. Americans all. Men of the melting pot work to maintain the freedom that drew them to America. Born in Sweden, Gunnar Svenson operates a layout cupola in a large Midwest factory, helping to build medium tanks for America's fighting forces. Pressed Steel Can Company, Chicago, Illinois

Manpower. Americans all. Men of the melting pot work to maintain the f...

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