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A group of men working on a wooden bench. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A group of men working on a wooden bench. Great Depression FFSA / OWI ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a butcher. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a butcher. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Nega...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of men working in a factory. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a group of men working in a factory. Great ...

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 working on a pipe. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a man working on a pipe. Great Depression F...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photo of a couple, love, romance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photo of a couple, love, romance, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photo of a couple, engagement, love, romance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A black and white photo of a display case. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a display case. Great Depression FFSA / OWI...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Combination filling station, garage, blacksmith shop, grocery store. Frank Petty, owner of the wagon, has just had his mule shod, his corn ground, purchases some kerosene and is returning home.  R.F.D. Danville, Virginia, Pittsylvania County

Combination filling station, garage, blacksmith shop, grocery store. F...

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

Roustabout in the ditch-digging crew. Notice the sweated shirt. Seminole oil field

Roustabout in the ditch-digging crew. Notice the sweated shirt. Semino...

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

Florida migrants having lunch at camp near Old Trap, North Carolina

Florida migrants having lunch at camp near Old Trap, North Carolina

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

War Production Board poster. Poster produced by the WPB for distribution to war industry plants, especially factories producing tanks or parts of tanks. The original is 28 12 inches by 40 inches and is printed in full color. It was designed by the OWI from a painting by C.C. Beall. Copies may be obtained from Central Distribution Service. Office of Emergency Management, 1516 14th Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C

War Production Board poster. Poster produced by the WPB for distributi...

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

Watching a Sunday afternoon baseball game. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California

Watching a Sunday afternoon baseball game. Tulare migrant camp. Visali...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sharecropper and son. Etowah County, Alabama

Sharecropper and son. Etowah County, Alabama

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Make it right--They'll make it fight. Poster distributed by War Production Board (WPB) to war plants. The original is 22 inches x 28 inches and is printed in red and blue. Copies are obtainable from War Production Drive Headquarters, 1210 Raleigh Hotel, Washinton, D.C.

Make it right--They'll make it fight. Poster distributed by War Produc...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man in uniform - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in uniform - FSA / Office of War Info...

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

FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower with his family. Crawford County, Illinois

FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower with his fa...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Shearing goats on ranch in Kimble County, Texas

Shearing goats on ranch in Kimble County, Texas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A group of men in uniform playing drums - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men in uniform playing drums - FSA / Office of War Informat...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Spare wheels and tires by the hundreds for Army trucks are piled up in the Dodge Company's Lynch Road plant, in Detroit. Approximately 250 sets are required for each day's production. This makes a tremendous stock covering a huge arsenal at the plant

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Spare wheels and tires by the hundreds...

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

Construction workers using tools to settle freshly-poured concrete, Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Construction workers using tools to settle freshly-poured concrete, Sh...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A group of men sitting next to each other on a boat - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men sitting next to each other on a boat - FSA / Office of ...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

A group of people standing around a flag laying on the ground, possibly related to: Mother and relatives weeping at the grave of the deceased at memorial meeting near Jackson, Kentucky, Breathitt County. See general caption no. 1

A group of people standing around a flag laying on the ground, possibl...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk - FSA / Office of W...

Annotation on original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have tit... More

Boy operating tractor, Grundy County, Iowa

Boy operating tractor, Grundy County, Iowa

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a group of people - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people - FSA / Office of War Inf...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat, possibly related to: Migratory laborers like to play baseball. Here is one of them in a catchers uniform at the Agua Fria Migratory Labor Camp, Arizona

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat, possibly related to: M...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a group of people - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people - FSA / Office of War Inf...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man standing next to an airplane. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing next to an airplane. War Pro...

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

A black and white photo of a man laying in a hospital bed. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man laying in a hospital bed. War Product...

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

A group of men standing around a plow, Farm Security Administration (FSA) Images

A group of men standing around a plow, Farm Security Administration (F...

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

A black and white photo of a bridge over a body of water. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a bridge over a body of water. War Producti...

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

A black and white photo of a tank. World War Two Era FSA/OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a tank. World War Two Era FSA/OWI Photograp...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). To identify this image it may help to search online for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There wa... More

A man and a woman standing next to a tent, possibly related to: Father and sons who pick fruit in Berrien County, Michigan. They are from Arkansas

A man and a woman standing next to a tent, possibly related to: Father...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a group of people - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people - FSA / Office of War Inf...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

A black and white photo of a man in overalls, possibly related to: County agent and farmer looking at electric meter on farm, Grundy County, Iowa

A black and white photo of a man in overalls, possibly related to: Cou...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of men shoveling snow, possibly related to: Clearing the snow off the streets of Chillicothe, Ohio

A black and white photo of men shoveling snow, possibly related to: Cl...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A drawing of a group of people in a street. World War Two Era FSA/OWI Photograph.

A drawing of a group of people in a street. World War Two Era FSA/OWI ...

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. Defense workers employed at the Naval base

Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. Defense workers...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A couple of women sitting next to each other. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A couple of women sitting next to each other. War Poduction. Office of...

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

Dutch Gross, ex world war veteran, trapeze artist, airplane stunt man, friend of "Spike" Conner, the famous blood donner, and the only man to fall out of an airplane at 2000 feet and live (he fell on high tension wire) Better known as "the Flying Dutchman," he has made a profession of operating businesses in one defense "boom" area after another. Now runs a small lunch room and grocery store at Kymulga, near Childersburg, Alabama

Dutch Gross, ex world war veteran, trapeze artist, airplane stunt man,...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

New Army helmet. Corporal French L. Vineyard, Company M, 12th Infantry. Wearing combat pack, uniform, and old "basin type" helmet. Arlington Cantonment, Arlington, Virginia

New Army helmet. Corporal French L. Vineyard, Company M, 12th Infantry...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Civilian protection. This volunteer civilian defense worker, an auxiliary fireman, is preparing to extinguish an incendiary bomb. He carries the sandbag before his face to protect him from the molten magnesium sizzling forth like fat from a frying pan. He will drop the whole bag on the bomb, and the heat of the bomb will burn through the burlap, releasing the sand. The sand will then run onto and around the bomb

Civilian protection. This volunteer civilian defense worker, an auxili...

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

A black and white photo of a man in front of an airplane. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a man in front of an airplane. 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

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Renninger with sons, Winfield and Richard, members of Two River Non-Stock Cooperative, FSA (Farm Security Administration) co-op. Waterloo, Nebraska

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Renninger with sons, Winfield and Richard, members...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

This is the Herbster shoe supply. A new pair of shoes a month is needed by the family. Mrs. Herbster finds that shoe prices have not increased

This is the Herbster shoe supply. A new pair of shoes a month is neede...

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

A black and white photo of a man on a horse. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man on a horse. Office of War Information...

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

Service on the home front There's a job for every Pennsylvanian in these civilian defense efforts.

Service on the home front There's a job for every Pennsylvanian in the...

Poster encouraging participation in civil defense efforts, showing family prepared for work.

Worker. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Worker. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Electronic surrogate made from item with the same number in the LC-USF34 series. Transfer; United States... More

A black and white photo of a group of men kneeling on the ground. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A black and white photo of a group of men kneeling on the ground. 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 Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Civilian defense. Communications vital to civilian defense. The New York City Emergency Services truck displayed at the ivilian defense show at Madison Square Garden, New York, in October, is equipped with a dispatcher's desk and telephone facilities for workers sent out from the truck. It is also equipped for two-way communication with a central office

Civilian defense. Communications vital to civilian defense. The New Yo...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oiling the combine. Walla Walla County, Washington

Oiling the combine. Walla Walla County, Washington

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.

Civilian defense uniforms. Summer "parade." This girl is wearing a messenger's insignia

Civilian defense uniforms. Summer "parade." This girl is wearing a mes...

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

A group of people walking down a street. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people walking down a street. Office of War Information Pho...

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

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. These are prefabricated inner bottom tank sections, ready to be set in place and welded into a unit. Fabricated in an old freight car plant, they will be used in ships of the "Liberty Fleet" being built in a large Eastern shipyard. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. These are prefabricated inner bottom ta...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Real estate signs near Detroit, Michigan

Real estate signs near Detroit, Michigan

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Loading sacked potatoes into railroad car. Klamath County, Oregon

Loading sacked potatoes into railroad car. Klamath County, Oregon

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Live-at-home farming. Wilkinson's exhibit

Live-at-home farming. Wilkinson's exhibit

Title and other information from caption card. Negative has no corresponding print in a lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More inform... More

A black and white photo of a sailor looking through binoculars. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a sailor looking through binoculars. Office...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man working on a tractor. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a tractor. Office of War I...

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

A black and white photo of a man in uniform holding a rifle. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in uniform holding a rifle. Office of...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man and a woman. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man and a woman. Office of War Informatio...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This worker is in the plate-bender's shop, where steel plates are bent to fit the sidings of warcraft under construction. This is an operation requiring a high degree of skill

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This worker is in the plate-bender's...

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

A black and white photo of a woman and a child. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman and a child. Office of War Informat...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A poster comes to life. "I've been waitin' for this moment," said George Woolslayer as he shook hands with his poster-model colleagues, Sergeant Vineyard and Chief Evans, "and I'm mighty proud." Although Woolslayer was somewhat more voluble than his service friends, all of the men admitted to being thrilled at the meeting. None had met before. It was the soldier's and sailor's first visit to a steel mill and they watched the operations with interest and laid down a continuous barrage of questions. Working on a rush order, Woolslayer was not able to leave his job to meet the other two at the station, as had been originally planned. Introducing the men is Robert Foster, (second from left) Woolslayer's boss. Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. "I've been waitin' for this moment," said Geor...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pearl Harbor bombing. Stricken from the air. Testifying to the extent of the Japanese sneak attacks are these three stricken U.S. battleships. Left to right: USS West Virginia, severely damaged; USS Tennessee, damaged; and USS Arizona, sunk

Pearl Harbor bombing. Stricken from the air. Testifying to the extent ...

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

Fort Story coast defense. Men at Fort Story, Virginia operate an azimuth instrument to measure the angle of splash in sea-target practice

Fort Story coast defense. Men at Fort Story, Virginia operate an azimu...

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

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Another stopper for the Axis. Sections of a marine balloon barrage over Paris Island, South Carolina. The swaying balloons with their trailing cables and steel winch lines make dive bombing and ground strafing of important locations too costly in planes and crews

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Another stopper for the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He's one of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia, but the way he's getting his chute under contol would do credit to an old timer. A few minutes ago this man bailed out of a high-speed plane at a point calculated to bring him to the spot where he is landing. Good work, soldier

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He'...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Story coast defense. Tracking the target on one of Fort Story's giant guns

Fort Story coast defense. Tracking the target on one of Fort Story's g...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, cannon, weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Tankers," the tough, durable lads who man our traveling forts. These men, members of the crews of M-4 tanks, are about ready to graduate from the Fort Knox, Kentucky school for soldiers of the armored forces

"Tankers," the tough, durable lads who man our traveling forts. These ...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Float in the Labor Day parade showing Uncle Sam as a huge blacksmith

Detroit, Michigan. Float in the Labor Day parade showing Uncle Sam as ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sunray, Texas. Worker at carbon black plant

Sunray, Texas. Worker at carbon black plant

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs are shown answering call to assembly. Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 1942

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs are shown answering call to assemb...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Additional number on caption card: SC-144857. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overse... More

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. A tail fuselage for a consolidated B-24 bomber is being lowered to place in a fuselage meting fixture at a Western aircraft plant. Here, tail fuselage, wing center section and nose section are joined. This bomber carries a heavy bomb load and is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges for high-accuracy boming missions. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. A tail fuselage for a co...

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

Fort Benning. Aerial machine gunners. Four aces. This crack aerial machine gunner is part of an unbeatable combination. He has a fast, accurate gun -- and the world's best in the way of plane and pilot

Fort Benning. Aerial machine gunners. Four aces. This crack aerial mac...

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

A black and white photo of a group of men sitting at a table, American flying squadron in India

A black and white photo of a group of men sitting at a table, American...

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

Butte, Montana. Trucks full of scrap during the salvage campaign

Butte, Montana. Trucks full of scrap during the salvage campaign

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Fort Story coast defense. These Fort Story, Virginia, soldiers stand ready to defend America from enemy attack: it's America's job to keep these boys supplied with the weapons they need for defense--and offense

Fort Story coast defense. These Fort Story, Virginia, soldiers stand r...

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

Arkansas-Texas state line to Gurdon, Arkansas. War emergency pipeline from Longview, Texas to Norris City, Illinois. Electric welders at work

Arkansas-Texas state line to Gurdon, Arkansas. War emergency pipeline ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. Children of sugar workers in a company town near the mill

Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. Children of sugar workers in a company town n...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Electrician

Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Electricia...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Gladstone, North Dakota. FSA (Farm Security Administration) home supervisor addressing a group of farmers at Food for Victory meeting

Gladstone, North Dakota. FSA (Farm Security Administration) home super...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Conference of the powers. A captain of the Marine Corps shows lieutentants studying glider pilotage some of the finer points of the game. The leathernecks are training many men in glider operation at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Conference of the powers. A capta...

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

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. The kind of man Hitler wishes we didn't have. A bomber pilot, captain in a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia, just before he climbs aboard his huge YB-17 bombing plane

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. The kind of man H...

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

Salvage. Scrap rubber collection. Have you any old rubber lying around? Look at this picture closely and you will find many things that you too can contribute to the national scrap rubber pile. This accumulation in the yards of the Dowenthal Company in Akron, Ohio, contains old bicycle tires, hot water bottles, fruit jar rings, rubber heals and soles, floor mats, tire patches, hose connections, tubing, gaskets, fan belts, washers, in fact, everything but rubber checks

Salvage. Scrap rubber collection. Have you any old rubber lying around...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by Martha McMillan, Howard R. Hollem, Albert Freeman or Howard Liberman. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United S... More

A group of men sitting on top of a wooden bench. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men sitting on top of a wooden bench. Office of War Informa...

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

Fort Story coast defense. It's his job to fight, ours to provide the supplies he needs to fight with

Fort Story coast defense. It's his job to fight, ours to provide the s...

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

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in combat gear is all set to climb into his plane. His flying equipment includes a combined oxygen mask and throat-type microphone, headphones, parachute and Mae West life jacket

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in c...

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

Rent control. Protection for the home front. But the hardest hit were the inhabitants themselves. In a Texas town, an old widowed lady living on a small pension had paid $17.50 a month for a small home in which she and her daughter had lived for years. Threatened with a rent boost to $50, she wrote to the White House: "Please Mr. President, can't you stop this unlawful raising of rent on us? We don't even have $50 a month."

Rent control. Protection for the home front. But the hardest hit were ...

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Naval air base, Corpus  Christi, Texas. War-time luncheon "under the shade of ....a Navy plane. These women workers held man-size jobs in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base. Slack suits and coveralls take the place of afternoon frocks for these workers

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. War-time luncheon "under the s...

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A black and white photo of children in a classroom. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of children in a classroom. Office of War Info...

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

Mitchell Field. Eagle poised for flight. An American pursuit pilot makes the final adjustment of his parachute just before the takeoff

Mitchell Field. Eagle poised for flight. An American pursuit pilot mak...

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Sonoma County, California. Hired man on a chicken ranch

Sonoma County, California. Hired man on a chicken ranch

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corportation Dodge truck plant. Wheels are quickly bolted to Dodge Army trucks by automatic wrenches

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

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. Husky Brooklyn member of an M-3 tank crew in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Fort Knox school for tank crews has graduated many men who are now ready to meet the Axis on our far-flung battle lines and on more than equal terms

Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. Husky Brooklyn member of an M-3 tank crew i...

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

A group of people walking down a street. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people walking down a street. Office of War Information Pho...

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Elouise J. Ellis has been appointed by the civil service to be senior supervisor in the assembly and repairs department at the Naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. She buoys up feminine morale in her department by arranging suitable living conditions for out-of-state employees and by helping them with their personal problems

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Elouise J. Ellis has been ...

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

Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp. Japanese-Americans cut each other's hair. Under the agreement among the Japanese, the FSA and those who sponsor the Japanese in the area (the United States Employment Service and the sugar beet companies), the Japanese can go into town once a week in a supervised group

Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp. Japanes...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

Title and other information from general caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is ... More

Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Gas demonstration. Soldiers entering a gas chamber filled with tear gas

Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Gas demonstration. Soldiers entering a gas...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

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