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Manpower. Handicapped workers. Joseph Witte, twenty-eight years old, is one of Uncle Sam's disabled war workers. With both legs afflicted by infantile paralysis, he's nevertheless an expert lathe operator and assistant foreman in a Baltimore factory. He's shown here turning the inside radius of spacers, which are part of an airplane motor's supercharger. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Joseph Witte, twenty-eight years old, i...

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

Southington, Connecticut. Workers talking to the foreman

Southington, Connecticut. Workers talking to the foreman

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

A black and white photo of a group of men, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men, North Carolina. Farm Securi...

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

Old and sick, mine foreman's wife does washings in front yard. South Charleston, West Virginia

Old and sick, mine foreman's wife does washings in front yard. South C...

Public domain photograph of a village, town, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Home of old and sick mine foreman and WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker and their families, Charleston, West Virginia

Home of old and sick mine foreman and WPA (Works Progress Administrati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bantam, Connecticut. In the basement of the town firehouse is the bowling alley, revenue from which helps to support the town's volunteer fire companies. Each night is alloted to a specific group, and there are several hot rivalries. Among the women shown here is Mrs. Winfield Peterson whose husband is foreman of the Warren McArthur experimental shop

Bantam, Connecticut. In the basement of the town firehouse is the bowl...

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.

Chicago, Illinois. Car going over the hump past the engine foreman's office at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Car going over the hump past the engine foreman's o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman at the SKF roller bearing factory at home

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman at the SKF roller...

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

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman and workers at the SKF roller bearing factory

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman and workers at th...

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

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A foreman at the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A foreman at the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company

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

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman of the SKF roller bearing factory

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman of the SKF roller...

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

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. Foreman calling out orders from the platform, which men are loading onto small trucks

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. F...

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

Eleanor, West Virginia. House of tragedy near Red House farms. The house was formerly occupied by a mine foreman who, while intoxicated, attacked his wife. The son killed his father. This is a typical miner section

Eleanor, West Virginia. House of tragedy near Red House farms. The hou...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a tractor during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a tractor during Great Dep...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman at the SKF roller bearing factory

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman at the SKF roller...

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

Science and research. Studies of non-coking coals. Research workers at the Golden, Colorado field station of the U.S. Bureau of Mines at a fifty-pound coke oven, which is used to determine if an unknown coal has coking properties. Coal is tested at various temperature levels to determine its adaptability to coking. Left to right: Ralph Maugham, labor foreman; William Landers, assistant chemical engineer; V.F. Parry, supervising engineer. Mr. Landers is shown using an instrument which measures temperature by the color of the heated mass. The bureau is carrying on a project to determine the suitability of western coal for coke operations with the view to supplying war needs of the expanding iron and steel industry of the Western states

Science and research. Studies of non-coking coals. Research workers at...

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

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Mine foreman waiting for the afternoon shift

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

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

A black and white photo of a man on a horse drawn wagon, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man on a horse drawn wagon, Great Depress...

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Maryland photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

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

Chicago, Illinois. As each car goes by his window at an Illinois Central Railroad yard, the engine foreman checks it against his switch list

Chicago, Illinois. As each car goes by his window at an Illinois Centr...

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

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman of the SKF roller bearing factory at home

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman of the SKF roller...

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

Washington, D.C. Assistant foreman of produce department at the District grocery store warehouse checking over a load of squash and tomoatoes which has just been unloaded from trucks

Washington, D.C. Assistant foreman of produce department at the Distri...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of street life, food vendor, city market, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman and worker at the SKF roller bearing factory

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman and worker at the...

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

A black and white photo of a man and a woman, Georgia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man and a woman, Georgia. Farm Security A...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. The maritime inspector at a large Eastern shipyard is checking over, with the foreman, the stem assembly for a new member of the "Liberty Fleet." All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. The maritime inspector at a large Easte...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th street S.W. Store owner kidding with the order foreman. There are 200 odd member stores in the District of Columbia

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th street S.W. S...

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

Negroes speed war work for Tennessee Valley Authority. Lincoln C. Johnson, sub-labor foreman at Wilson Dam, is in charge of an expert crew responsible for unloading carbide drums and having them on hand for reloading. Speedy work saves TVA money by avoiding demurrage on railway cars. He is vice-president of the Hot Carriers' local union and in the last few months has been business agent

Negroes speed war work for Tennessee Valley Authority. Lincoln C. John...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Home of old and sick mine foreman and WPA (Works Progress Administration) workers and families, Charleston, West Virginia

Home of old and sick mine foreman and WPA (Works Progress Administrati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man driving a tractor during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man driving a tractor during Great Depres...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A group of men standing around a building. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing around a building. Office of War Information P...

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

Washington, D.C. Assistant foreman of produce department at the District grocery store warehouse checking over a load of squash and tomatoes which has just been unloaded from trucks

Washington, D.C. Assistant foreman of produce department at the Distri...

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

Iden, New Mexico. A.E. Janes, foreman of a section crew working on the track in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard

Iden, New Mexico. A.E. Janes, foreman of a section crew working on the...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man and a woman in front of a house, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man and a woman in front of a house, West...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Transportation foreman

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

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

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman (left) at the SKF roller bearing factory

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman (left) at the SKF...

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

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench, Louisiana. Farmer...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Submarines. Gaining practical experience after months in the classroom, a young naval ensign confers with a foreman on the conning tower of a submarine under construction at Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Production. Submarines. Gaining practical experience after months in t...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Swedish-American foreman at the SKF roller bearing plant reads to his Italian-American wife at home. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Swedish-American foreman at the SKF roller bearing plant reads to his ...

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

Bantam, Connecticut. Sheet metal foreman at the Warren McArthur plant is John Scott, who formerly worked in Bridgeport at United Aircraft's Sikorsky plant. The Scotts are one of the four honeymoon couples in the new defense homes project a few minutes' walk from the factory. He kept company with the present Mrs. Scott, a former office worker in New Haven, for seven years before they were married

Bantam, Connecticut. Sheet metal foreman at the Warren McArthur plant ...

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

Bantam, Connecticut. Tony's spaghetti is a daily treat to many workers at the Warren McArthur plant, some of whom eat both lunch and dinner at Tony's Bantam Inn. In the corner is Foreman Bundock of the upholstery shop, and sitting with him is a young draftsman who just came to Bantam from a job in New York City, his home. At the table in the foreground are four office workers from the plant. Two of these girls are recent college graduates

Bantam, Connecticut. Tony's spaghetti is a daily treat to many workers...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman at the SKF roller bearing factory at home

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman at the SKF roller...

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

Rear view of Work Projects Administration worker's and old mine foreman's shacks and houses. South Charleston, West Virginia

Rear view of Work Projects Administration worker's and old mine forema...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Chicago, Illinois. Mr. J. Ball, roundhouse foreman at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Mr. J. Ball, roundhouse foreman at a Chicago and No...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Iden, New Mexico. Assistant foreman George Zamora of Mountainair, New Mexico, on a section job in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard between Clovis and Vaughn, New Mexico

Iden, New Mexico. Assistant foreman George Zamora of Mountainair, New ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Foreman studying blueprints for prefabricated houses at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) project in Pacolet, South Carolina for farmers moving out of the Camp Croft area

Foreman studying blueprints for prefabricated houses at the FSA (Farm ...

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

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman with the SKF roller bearing factory with his wife at home

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman with the SKF roll...

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

A black and white photo of a man on a horse, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man on a horse, Mississippi. Farmers duri...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Mine foreman waiting for the afternoon shift

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

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

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman at the SKF roller bearing factory listens to his Italian-American wife play the piano

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman at the SKF roller...

Public domain image of musical performance, piano music, keyboard instrument, pianist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of an old western town, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of an old western town, West Virginia. Farm Se...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman of the SKF roller bearing factory

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American foreman of the SKF roller...

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

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. Each store's order is loaded onto a small truck and checked, first by a foreman, again by a checker at the door before being loaded onto a truck. Produce department

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. E...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Section foreman and assistant mine superintendent checking off the days of work

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

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

Production. Subchasers. The foreman of the machine shop of a Southern shipyard gives some pointers on the operation of an electric power-cutter to a machinist helper. This foreman is one of the men who made it possible for the yard to fly the Navy "E" for its excellent performance on the building of a number of subchasers

Production. Subchasers. The foreman of the machine shop of a Southern ...

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

Farmers during Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man on a horse.

Farmers during Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man on a...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. By means of light signals along the track, the engine foreman in his office gives directions to the engineer pushing a train over the hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. By means of light signals along the track, the engi...

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

Daytona Beach, Florida. A foreman watching a Negro workman prepare to lay a sewer pipeline

Daytona Beach, Florida. A foreman watching a Negro workman prepare to ...

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Side view of shacks of Work Projects Administration worker and old mine foreman and families, Charleston, West Virginia

Side view of shacks of Work Projects Administration worker and old min...

Public domain photograph of a village, town, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a horse, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a horse, North Carol...

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

Iden, New Mexico. Section gang raising, surfacing and gauging the track in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard. Assistant foreman is lining the track between Clovis and Vaughn, New Mexico

Iden, New Mexico. Section gang raising, surfacing and gauging the trac...

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

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Workers and their foreman during the lunch hour

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Workers and their ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

A couple of men standing next to each other, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A couple of men standing next to each other, Great Depression. FSA/OWI...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description