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[John R. Goldsborough, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in naval uniform, right hand in coat, hat in left hand]

[John R. Goldsborough, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in...

Printed on back of card: Published by E. Anthony from a photographic negative from Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Gift; Mrs. Norman P. Mason; 1963 Oct. In album: Cartes-de-visite portraits of U.S. Army off... More

From Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon Ga. Smallest girl--Pampa Barrow, helper 1 yr. in mill. Next, Hellie Dix, helper 3 years in mill. Next, Ola Dix, helper 4 years in mill. Next, Minnie Lane, helper 1 year in mill. Next, Mammie Lane, Regular hand, 6 yrs. in mill. Next, Alma Cross helper, Regular hand, 3 yrs. in mill. Location: Macon, Georgia.

From Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon Ga. Smallest girl--Pampa Barrow, helper 1 ...

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

Farm scenes. Three horses with hand plow and man II

Farm scenes. Three horses with hand plow and man II

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

Questers antique shop. Silver inkstand in hand

Questers antique shop. Silver inkstand in hand

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man holding a child, Iowa. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man holding a child, Iowa. Farm Security ...

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

Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. A hand binder follows the mower. These men had never heard of a combine harvester. "Sure would like to see that." Their father used a reap hook

Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. A hand binder follows the m...

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

Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., Sept. 14. Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau was on hand at the White House today for the special session of the cabinet called by President Roosevelt, 9/14/37

Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., Sept. 14. Secretary of Treasu...

A man in a suit and tie walking down a sidewalk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man kneeling down next to a fire hydrant, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man kneeling down next to a fire hydrant,...

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

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a boat. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a boat. Great Depression F...

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

A black and white photo of a lighthouse on a pier, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a lighthouse on a pier, Louisiana. Farmers ...

Public domain photo of lighthouse, sea shore, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Cameraman lends helping hand to Justice McReynolds on 76th birthday. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. A balkly lock on his auto door brought Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds and cameramen closer today as one of the "boys" assisted the venerable Justice, who is celebrating his 76th birthday today, in opening the lock. Usually Justice McReynolds is camera-shy but after the lock episode today the dean of the Supreme Court Justices was just another "setup" for the photographers, 2/3/38

Cameraman lends helping hand to Justice McReynolds on 76th birthday. W...

An old black and white photo of two people standing next to a car. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An old photo of two men standing outside of a building, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old photo of two men standing outside of a building, West Virginia....

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 holding a bundle of hay. Ohio during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man holding a bundle of hay. Ohio during ...

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

Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Building. Device called Ice Lite in palm of hand

Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Building....

Public domain photograph of commerce and advertising, 1920s-1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Topped sugar beets lying in field. Tossed by hand into truck, then hauled to factory near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon

Topped sugar beets lying in field. Tossed by hand into truck, then hau...

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

An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is ready to leave the hand of an infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia American soldiers make good grenade throwers

An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is r...

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

A black and white photo of a man walking down the street. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm Security Administartion photograph.

A black and white photo of a man walking down the street. Pie Town, Ne...

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. This worker caulks window frames with a pressure gun. Air pressure quickly forces putty into crevices which cannot be reached by hand

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. This worker caulks window frames ...

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

Civilian protection. "Watch this closely, boys, it may come in mighty handy!" An old hand at fighting fires is explaining the use of the stirrup pump to a group of volunteer auxiliary firemen just beginning the training which will make them efficient emergency workers. New improved pumps will later be available to auxiliary firemen

Civilian protection. "Watch this closely, boys, it may come in mighty ...

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. This machine digs several feet of ditch for piping an hour. The job would require many days by hand

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. This machine digs several feet of...

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

Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. The shop is busy, so Anna, oldest of the five Dante girls lends a hand with a drill press. Anna operates the Bantam Beauty Salon, but because she has difficulty with hot water during the winter, she closes the shop from early January through March. Her "boyfriend" (Anna says they are not engaged) works regularly at the American Brass Company in Torrington. If he puts in an eight-hour day there, he works for another four hours at the Dante Electric. Often now, however, he puts in a twelve-hour day in Torrington, and on those days does not work for Dante

Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. The shop is busy, so Anna...

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

Washington, D.C. First aid class of the air raid warden unit in the Southwest area. Three members of the class applying splints, hand, head and arm bandages to a member of the class

Washington, D.C. First aid class of the air raid warden unit in the So...

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

America's youngsters will take a hand in feeding the family this year. A worthwhile project for every member of the family. Victory Gardens, whether planted in the smallest backyard plot or in large acreages, will go a long way toward augmenting supplies of fruits and vegetables severely reduced by war demands

America's youngsters will take a hand in feeding the family this year....

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

Ravalli County, Montana. Old Russian-born sheepherder and lambing hand

Ravalli County, Montana. Old Russian-born sheepherder and lambing hand

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

Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Julien H. Case and his hired hand fix flat tractor tire

Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Julien H...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ravalli County, Montana. Old Russian-born sheepherder and lambing hand

Ravalli County, Montana. Old Russian-born sheepherder and lambing hand

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Times daily index to the news is set partly by hand. This man has been doing it for fifteen years

New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Ti...

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

Kern County, California. Mill of the Tungsten Chief Mine. Pulverized tungsten ore is mixed with water and then run over a vibratory table where the ore is further concentrated; in this picture the final concentrates appear in the two pans in the lower left hand corner

Kern County, California. Mill of the Tungsten Chief Mine. Pulverized t...

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

New River, North Carolina. Marine amphibian tractor. "The Marines have landed, and have the situation well in hand." A special leatherneck unit, training with new amphibian tractors at New River, North Carolina, is ready for any shore opposition as its land-and-water troop carrier brings them ashore in full battle gear to establish a beachhead

New River, North Carolina. Marine amphibian tractor. "The Marines have...

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

Agriculture. Women on farms. There's a feminine hand at the controls of many of America's activities these days. Like many other farm wives whose husbands are engaged in war work, Mrs. William Wood manages a 120 acre farm in Colona, Michigan, with little male assistance. With a crop of corn, tomatoes and rasberries to harvest, she still finds time to care for her own Victory garden and to attend a first-aid class. And for the scrap drive Mrs. Wood salvaged 1,600 pounds of outworn metal and rubber articles from the farm, and contributed them to her local collection agency

Agriculture. Women on farms. There's a feminine hand at the controls o...

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.

Ravalli County, Montana. Sheepherder and lambing hand

Ravalli County, Montana. Sheepherder and lambing hand

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

Gloucester, Massachusetts. The Portugeese church of Our Lady of Good Voyage is notes for its carillion of thirty-two bells. Above the doors is a Madonna holding a schooner in one hand while the other is raised in blessing the waves

Gloucester, Massachusetts. The Portugeese church of Our Lady of Good V...

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

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. Part of the train inspection consists of releasing the hand brakes

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

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

Emporia, Kansas. Sheep in the stockyards. There are ninety sheep pens at the yards and 40,000 sheep were on hand

Emporia, Kansas. Sheep in the stockyards. There are ninety sheep pens ...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Coral Castle, the creation of reclusive Edward Leedskalnin, who, using only hand tools, moved more than 1,100 tons of coral several miles, then sculpted them into a series of stone tributes to his wife

Coral Castle, the creation of reclusive Edward Leedskalnin, who, using...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

An accident case of a 13-year-old doffer. Had been working since he was nine. "I got my hand caught in the cogs of the spinning machine, and lost part of my finger. It stopped the machine and I tell you it hurt. It pains me a lot now. Don't you think they orter pay me wages while I'm out with this bad hand? No, I can't read or write, but I think my mammy knows how to spell my name." Location: Weldon, North Carolina

An accident case of a 13-year-old doffer. Had been working since he wa...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3891. Two caption cards. One says "Same as 3883." The other gives no location or date, but provides the caption r... More

Colossal hand and torch "Liberty", Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Colossal hand and torch "Liberty", Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosc...

Photograph shows the torch and part of the arm of the Statue of Liberty, on display at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Information booth at base of arm and two persons seen at railing below flam... More

Mrs. L. Bosher, living in a rundown cotton mill village Matoaca, Virginia Her husband has been a mill hand here for a long time but recently got work up town, as many of their neighbors have done during the slack times, most of them going way into the city to the trunk and cigarette factories. Location: Matoaca, Virginia.

Mrs. L. Bosher, living in a rundown cotton mill village Matoaca, Virgi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

To the public. Whereas a number of hand bills have of late been thrown about our streets at sight, by an invisible post, people in general have supposed that this must have been done by the greatest of villains, with an intention to injure Mr. S

To the public. Whereas a number of hand bills have of late been thrown...

Political campaign.; Imprint 2.; Southwicj Samuel. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio... More

[Framed photographs of General Ambrose Everett Burnside and Abraham Lincoln with a manuscript signed note in Lincoln's hand.]

[Framed photographs of General Ambrose Everett Burnside and Abraham Li...

Meserve 38. The first photograph of Lincoln as President, by M. B. Brady, Washington, early 1861. Three pieces in a frame.

[William H. Lambert, Union officer, full-length portrait, standing, with right hand in coat, facing slightly left]

[William H. Lambert, Union officer, full-length portrait, standing, wi...

Identification provided by Amy Jones in April 2011, based on carte de visite in her collection. From Civil War database: Lambert enlisted in 1863 as a First Lieutenant, served in the New Jersey 27th Infantry a... More

Boy on right hand is George Dagnais, 32 Forest St., a doffer in Mill No. 1, Cocheco Mfg. Co., Dover, N.H. Been there about half a year. 6 A.M. Location: Dover, New Hampshire.

Boy on right hand is George Dagnais, 32 Forest St., a doffer in Mill N...

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

Noon hour. Herman Rette (right hand), Arsene Lussier. Both been working in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. for over a year. (See #730.) Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Noon hour. Herman Rette (right hand), Arsene Lussier. Both been workin...

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

[Rhea Quintin - 14 years old. Hand drawing in on Webb frame. Been at it about 3 months. Requires great deal of mental application and accuracy and good oversight. Takes over a year to learn. Seemed very young in certificate office. Miss Smith thought she was a little school girl coming for some other purpose.] Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

[Rhea Quintin - 14 years old. Hand drawing in on Webb frame. Been at i...

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

[Pilot shaking hand with unidentified man from airplane]

[Pilot shaking hand with unidentified man from airplane]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of men on a boat, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men on a boat, Great Depression....

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

First sit down strike in U.S. traced to Reds. Washington, D.C., Oct. 19. Clyde Morrow, an employee of the Ford Motor Co. in Detroit, told the House Committee on Un-American Activities that Communists engineered the first sit-down strike in Michigan--at the Midland Steel Co. Plant in 1936. Morrow, who had joined the Communist Party for the purpose of getting information, asserted he was on hand when the strike began, 10/19/38

First sit down strike in U.S. traced to Reds. Washington, D.C., Oct. 1...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Why open the door, coal miner's child uses the "cat hole." Bertha Hill, West Virginia (Note pipe in one hand, gun in other)

Why open the door, coal miner's child uses the "cat hole." Bertha Hill...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farmers during Great Depression: A man sitting on a tractor in a field.

Farmers during Great Depression: A man sitting on a tractor in a field...

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

A motorcycle unit. Officer has his hand on the volume control which he has to attend, 10/38

A motorcycle unit. Officer has his hand on the volume control which he...

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

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Ven...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Loading bale of cotton onto hand truck at platform. Cotton compress, Houston, Texas

Loading bale of cotton onto hand truck at platform. Cotton compress, H...

Public domain photograph of car crash, accident, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Home economics and home management class for adults under supervision of Evelyn M. Driver. Everything they make, including the hand looms, utilizes materials of local origin such as bamboo, cane, cornshucks, flour and meal and feed sacks, etc. Flint River Farms, Georgia

Home economics and home management class for adults under supervision ...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Operating a hand drill at North American Aviation, Inc., [a] woman is working in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane, Inglewood, Calif.

Operating a hand drill at North American Aviation, Inc., [a] woman is ...

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

A black and white photo of a man holding a piece of bread. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a man holding a piece of bread. Great Depre...

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

Stable hand and trainer eating picnic lunch before the Shelby County Horse Show and Fair, Shelbyville, Kentucky

Stable hand and trainer eating picnic lunch before the Shelby County H...

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

Hand shearing of newly-born kid so that identification mark can be painted on bare spot, ranch of rehabilitation borrower in Kimble County, Texas

Hand shearing of newly-born kid so that identification mark can be pai...

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

Wife and child of defense worker from North Carolina. They are living at Helping Hand Mission. Portsmouth, Virginia

Wife and child of defense worker from North Carolina. They are living ...

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

Pianist and visiting minister. Helping Hand Mission. Portsmouth, Virginia

Pianist and visiting minister. Helping Hand Mission. Portsmouth, Virgi...

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

A couple of men standing next to each other in a field. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of men standing next to each other in a field. Office of War ...

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 Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Workmen checking the temperature of magnesium alloy and "salting" the mixture (i.e., adding chemical necessary to the particular alloy combination at hand) before pouring it into the moulds. Ford River Rouge Foundry

Workmen checking the temperature of magnesium alloy and "salting" the ...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Formerly a beauty shop operator, blonde Marjorie Karwaske finds that the dear dead days of bobby pins and curler clamps have left her with skillful, speedy fingers and a natural tendency to eliminate wasteful hand movement. These are invaluable aids to her job at a Midwest vacuum cleaner plant which has been converted to the production of gas masks. Those skillful fingers fasten eye pieces to the bodies of gas masks. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Formerly a beauty shop operato...

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

The Hardwick Victory Store is back in operation and scenes like this are again being witnessed daily. This picture shows a typical transaction of business: Raymond Duby, in buggy, buying a commode. George Slayton and Guy Larabee lend a hand loading the furniture

The Hardwick Victory Store is back in operation and scenes like this a...

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

Substitute materials containers. These new types of fiber shell containers with metal rims on the ends are being experimented with for shell, howitzers and hand grenades

Substitute materials containers. These new types of fiber shell contai...

Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. A keen eye and a steady hand guide Olie R. Cawethon in hobbing gears for ships of the United Nations. Cawethon, a former diesel engineer, answered the Navy's call for skilled workers, and is today operating a milling machine in a Southern Navy yard

Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. A keen eye and a steady hand guid...

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

I'll carry mine. Waiting for a street car during "off" hours, a soldier gives a helping hand to one of America's patriotic shoppers, who has pledged to help merchants conserve tires and gasoline by carrying her own packages

I'll carry mine. Waiting for a street car during "off" hours, a soldie...

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

Vernon County, Wisconsin. Alton Lee, hired hand, with shock of wheat

Vernon County, Wisconsin. Alton Lee, hired hand, with shock of wheat

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

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Youthful Paderewskis, take note! Her finger made superbly flexible by years of piano practice, this young employee of a Midwest aircraft motor plant finds her musical training of great assistance in her war job. The operation of this drill press demands constant, rapid hand and wrist movement--and that's where those hours of do-re-mi are paying dividends. She's countersinking six holes in a bolt, an operation requiring great precision, speed and skill

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Youthful Paderewskis, take ...

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.

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 photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. A soldier behind a bank throwing a hand grenade. Two photographers, watching the demonstration, appear in the picture

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. A soldier behind a bank throwing a hand grenad...

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

WAAFS -- England's women auxiliaries are assigned to assist United States task forces over there. Here they are shown preparing dinner for American troops at a mess hall somewhere in England. Private First Class Rocco Pagliano of Providence, Rhode Island, lending a hand

WAAFS -- England's women auxiliaries are assigned to assist United Sta...

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

Daniel Senise releasing hand brakes on a car while at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard

Daniel Senise releasing hand brakes on a car while at work in an India...

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

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Workmen in India make thermometers from glass tubing supplied under lend-lease. These thermometers are used in making TNT and are too fragile to be shipped from this shop. They are delived by hand to nearby explosive manufacturers

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Workmen in India ...

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

[Alice Paul, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, raising glass with right hand]

[Alice Paul, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, raising glas...

J243092 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[General Robert E. Lee, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with left hand at waist, on sword, wearing military uniform]

[General Robert E. Lee, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, ...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, right hand raised above table]

[George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, right...

Reproduction of painting by Gilbert Stuart. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sec. Hull talks to president about Far East situation. Washington, D.C., Aug. 16. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, arriving at the White House today to give the president a first hand report on the Far East situation

Sec. Hull talks to president about Far East situation. Washington, D.C...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Family of J. J. Moore. All but mother and two smallest children on steps work in Washington Cotton Mills, Fries Virginia Smallest spinner (right hand end of front row) said she was 14, but she surely is not. The family came from a Carolina farm three years ago. Location: Fries, Virginia.

Family of J. J. Moore. All but mother and two smallest children on ste...

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

Girl Scouts present guest towels to Princess Martha of Norway. Washington, D.C., June 30. While visiting the National Girl Scouts Little House today, Princess Martha of Norway was presented with a pair of hand woven guest towels by Dorothy Kramer of troop 22, who did the weaving of them. In the picture can be seen, left to right: Grete Galbe, Dorothy Kramer, Princess Martha, and Kari Galbe. The Galbe girls are the daughters of the Counselor of the Norwegian Legation and Madame Galbe

Girl Scouts present guest towels to Princess Martha of Norway. Washing...

A group of women standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Department of Justice. Statue representing Fire at Department of Justice, close up of hand

Department of Justice. Statue representing Fire at Department of Justi...

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[John Bray, half-length portrait, standing with hand on shoulder, Amelia, Louisiana]

[John Bray, half-length portrait, standing with hand on shoulder, Amel...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "John Bray." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the south... More

[John Bray, half-length portrait, standing with hand on shoulder, Amelia, Louisiana]

[John Bray, half-length portrait, standing with hand on shoulder, Amel...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Typed on back: "3. John Bray (Big Nig), Amelia, La., October, 1934. See A8, 92, 93."; Handwritten on back: "Big Nig." Forms part... More

A black and white photo of a trailer in the snow, Iowa. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a trailer in the snow, Iowa. Farm Security ...

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

Brazilian Ambassador tries hand at cranking "Lizzie." Washington, D.C., Oct. 29. After hearing the experiences and hardships of the three Brazilian engineers, who finally arrived in the Capital today after a nine-year motor journey from Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian Ambassador Oswaldo Aranha tried his hand at cranking one of the original "flivvers" which survived the arduous trip. Traveling 15,000 miles through 14 countries, the expedition was made in the interest of an international highway between North and South America. In the photograph, left to right: Dr. Leo S. Rowe, Director General of the Pan American Union; Ambassador Aranha Francisco de La Cruz, observer; Leonidas Burges de Oliveira, commander; and Mario Fava, mechanic. 10/29/37

Brazilian Ambassador tries hand at cranking "Lizzie." Washington, D.C....

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

A black and white photo of people sitting at a table, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of people sitting at a table, West Virginia. F...

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

A black and white photo of a pier and buildings, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a pier and buildings, Louisiana. Farmers du...

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

Farmers during Great Depression: A couple of men standing next to each other.

Farmers during Great Depression: A couple of men standing next to each...

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

Tying bundles of wheat by hand, central Ohio

Tying bundles of wheat by hand, central Ohio

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Home economics and home management class for adults under supervision of Evelyn M. Driver. Everything they make, including the hand looms, utilizes materials of local origin such as bamboo, cane, cornshucks, flour and meal and feed sacks, etc. Flint River Farms, Georgia

Home economics and home management class for adults under supervision ...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A man sitting on top of a pile of hay, Minnesota. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A man sitting on top of a pile of hay, Minnesota. Farm Security Admini...

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

A man sitting in front of a pile of hay, Minnesota. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A man sitting in front of a pile of hay, Minnesota. Farm Security Admi...

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

Harvest hand in the wheat fields, Walla Walla County, Washington

Harvest hand in the wheat fields, Walla Walla County, Washington

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. In tight corners the old hand saw still finds a spot. Pre-fabricating is not carried to time-wasting extremes, and there are a few places where hand cutting on the spot can do the job faster

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. In tight corners the old hand saw...

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

Hooked rugs and hand weaving are for sale at many stands along the Mohawk Trail, Massachusetts

Hooked rugs and hand weaving are for sale at many stands along the Moh...

Public domain photograph of quilt, needlework, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Visiting Baptist minister leading hymn singing at Helping Hand Mission. Portsmouth, Virginia

Visiting Baptist minister leading hymn singing at Helping Hand Mission...

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

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Colonel Lemuel Bolles, District of Columbia director of civilian defense, addressed the throng on hand to witness the unveiling in the nation's capitol of 15 x 20 foot photomontages entitled "The Four Freedoms" and "Arsenal of Democracy." These were designed for the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) by the eminent poster artist Jean Carlu and were first seen in New York. From there they came to Washington where they were displayed for a month beginning November 7, 1941. Then they were sent out for display in various other cities throughout the country

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Colonel Lemuel Bolles,...

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

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. In the lower left hand corner, copper from the reverberatory furnace is being poured onto a ladle from which it will be carried to the converter in the upper background; first pourings of slag from the converter are being poured back into the reverberatory furnace for further refining; in this way little copper is lost

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. In the lowe...

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

Little Rock, Arkansas to Missouri-Arkansas state line. War emergency pipeline from Longview, Texas to Norris City, Illinois. Priming pipe with hot asphalt paint. Crew follows machine and touches up by hand the space where pipe is welded together

Little Rock, Arkansas to Missouri-Arkansas state line. War emergency p...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salvage. Requisitioning auto graveyard. U.S. marshals, accompanied by county police, raid the Colmar Manor, Maryland auto graveyard of the Lenox Motor Company. Donovan, the owner, has refused to sell scrap metal and rubber at established prices and the U.S. government requisitioned all the material on hand

Salvage. Requisitioning auto graveyard. U.S. marshals, accompanied by ...

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

Oswego, New York. A Greek sailor whose right arm has been disabled in the war writing his autograph with his left hand for a boy scout on Flag Day during United Nations week

Oswego, New York. A Greek sailor whose right arm has been disabled in ...

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