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Price control. Anti-inflation window display. The joint effort of the government and merchant to prevent inflation is the big selling point of this display. Most important is the "shy-ceiling-prices" scroll held by the figure of Uncle Sam which answers the consumers' questions on price control

Price control. Anti-inflation window display. The joint effort of the ...

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

Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. America draws its manpower from various races for the war production drive. This skilled Negro worker is grinding profile and radius on the leading edge of a blade in a large Eastern propeller factory. Even the slightest mistake in this operation may ruin the entire blade. Curtiss-Wright Propeller Division. Caldwell, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. America draws its manpower...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

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...

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

A man and a woman cutting a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

A man and a woman cutting a piece of wood. Office of War Information P...

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

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. The employee who carries in such a way as to obscure his vision is not saving time--he is endangering himself and his fellow workers. A few extra trips, or the use of a truck when necessary, eliminates possible manhour loss from this hazard

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. The employee who carries in su...

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

Training. Brooklyn Aviation Center. At the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Center, a student mechanic and an instructor work side by side using identical tools and performing identical operations on wing sections. The same method is employed in training beginners to work on other jobs in plane construction

Training. Brooklyn Aviation Center. At the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Cen...

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 sitting at a typewriter. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a typewriter. Office of Wa...

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

A statue of a man holding a steering wheel. Office of War Information Photograph

A statue of a man holding a steering wheel. Office of War Information ...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. Skills which contributed to America's success in World War I are vital to our efforts in World War II. This Negro riveter is a veteran employee in a large Eastern shipyard. Another Negro broke the world record for riveting in World War I. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation. Kearny, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. Skills which contributed to America'...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

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

A black and white photo of a man working on a boat. Office of War Info...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Women airport workers. Acutely aware of our country's need for more womanpower in airplane plants and airports, Mrs. Majorie Landa has enlisted as a member of the repair crew of the Washington National Airport. Daughter of the late Congressman Frank Mandell of Wyoming, Mrs. Landa is shown making repairs on the engine nacelle of a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3 transport plane. Following her second year at Sweetbriar College, she spent two months at a vocational training school in preparation for her present work

Women airport workers. Acutely aware of our country's need for more wo...

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 man standing on the back of a truck. Office of War Information Photograph

A man standing on the back of a truck. Office of War Information Photo...

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

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Americans of various racial groups provide manpower for war industries. These youths, employees in a large Eastern bomber plant, are assembling bomb indicators. Both are graduates of government war training courses. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Americans of various racial grou...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

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

A black and white photo of a man holding a rope. Office of War Informa...

Title and other information from print in lot. 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 on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

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

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

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

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

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 statue of a man holding a wheel. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a statue of a man holding a wheel. Office o...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

A black and white photo of a boat in the ocean. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a boat in the ocean. Office of War Informat...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Over... More

Fuel conservation. Conversion of furnace to coal from oil. In face of the drastic fuel oil shortage in the East and rationing of the supplies which are available, homeowners are urged, where possible, to convert oil burning furnaces to coal. First step is removing the oil burner apparatus

Fuel conservation. Conversion of furnace to coal from oil. In face 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

Clerical workers processing forms for production requirement plan, Priorities Division, War Production Board (WPB)

Clerical workers processing forms for production requirement plan, Pri...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card and print in lot. Transfer; United Stat... More

Price control. Anti-inflation window display. Well designed because it is easily read, this poster illustrates the correct method for displaying ceiling price items on the Office of Price Administration's (OPA) cost-of-living commodity list, established for all goods essential to the daily requirements of the average family. These lists must clearly identify each item, stating size or quantity and ceiling price

Price control. Anti-inflation window display. Well designed because it...

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

Posting ceiling prices in foreign languages. Ladies undergarments are covered by the General Maximum Price Regulations, so Mrs. Friedman, owner of a stand in one of New York's East Side marketplaces, has posted a price ceiling sign where it can be seen easily by her customers

Posting ceiling prices in foreign languages. Ladies undergarments are ...

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

Women workers at quartermaster depot. Insignia for military police are being turned out in an Eastern quartermaster corps depot where this young worker has obtained war production employment. Philadelphia Quartermaster Corps

Women workers at quartermaster depot. Insignia for military police are...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Victory food from American waters. The crew of Old Glory pulls up a sizeable haul of fish. Almost all of this catch will be filleted and frozen for military and lend-lease shipment

Victory food from American waters. The crew of Old Glory pulls up a si...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Washington, D.C. A crowd at an auction sale in the store owned by Adam A. Weschler & Son

Washington, D.C. A crowd at an auction sale in the store owned by Adam...

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

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. Julianne Milanowska turns cartridge trimming spindles in the Passaic, New Jersey shop of the Howe Machinery Company. This concern is training a number of young women for war production jobs

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. Julianne Milanowska turns ...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Negative has a tape mask. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; Un... More

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. A safe grinding job. Both operator and helper are protected by proper goggles and the exhaust hood over the grinding wheel carrying away the greater part of the ground-off particles. Each man is very careful to sterilize goggles that have been worn by other workers

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. A safe grinding job. Both oper...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

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

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

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Other title from file print. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer;... More

Gasoline rationing. Previous to the adoption of the new "A" gasoline ration books, service station and garage attendants were often deluged with calls from motorists requesting the reservation of specified amounts of gasoline. Here, the manager of a cooperative filling station records such an entry from a regular customer. The rationing system was designed to alleviate this condition

Gasoline rationing. Previous to the adoption of the new "A" gasoline r...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Negative has a tape mask. Other title from print in lot. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War ... More

A black and white photo of two women in a kitchen. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two women in a kitchen. Office of War Infor...

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 three men on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of three men on a boat. Office of War Informat...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

A black and white photo of a woman holding a glass of milk. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman holding a glass of milk. Office of ...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Training. Brooklyn Aviation Center. At the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Center, a student mechanic and an instructor work side by side using identical tools and performing identical operations on wing sections. The same method is employed in training beginners to work on other jobs in plane construction

Training. Brooklyn Aviation Center. At the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Cen...

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 boat in the water. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a boat in the water. Office of War Informat...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Training. Brooklyn Avaiation Center. Major John Donaldson, U.S. Army Air Corps, discusses the construction of an airplane wing section with Kay Hoo Chung at the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Center. Major Donaldson, a veteran of the first world war, is the head of the school, which trains workers for airplane factories. Mr. Chung, who was born in China, is nearing completion of the course offered by the school

Training. Brooklyn Avaiation Center. Major John Donaldson, U.S. Army A...

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

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. These Negro workers are assembling floors for the pilot's compartment in a medium bomber before final installation in the plane. This complex operation is being performed in a large Eastern aircraft plant. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. These Negro workers are assembli...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... 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

Scrap rubber drive at Washington Irving High School, New York City. Left to right: Susan Balint, Henrietta Morris and Ann Muzycka, seniors gathering in various rubber articles which students of the school found in their homes. Note in the background jingle dedicated to the national salvage drive

Scrap rubber drive at Washington Irving High School, New York City. Le...

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 print in lot and lot catalog car... More

A group of men loading bananas onto a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men loading bananas onto a boat. Office of War Information ...

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

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). "The sweetest lady I ever met.. Dear Mother, I won't forget." So reads this pillow, sent Mrs. Smuda by her youngest son now at camp. But unlike Whistler's immortalized parent, the mother of the Smuda family spends little time in an armchair. She's much too busy working for Uncle Sam at the Frankford Arsenal and taking active care of her home and family after hours

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). "The sweetest lady I ever met.. Dear Mother...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

A couple of men standing on top of a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of men standing on top of a boat. Office of War Information P...

Title and other information from print in lot. 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 two men on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two men on a boat. Office of War Informatio...

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

Washington, D.C. An autocar long distance hauling van, showing a United States Truck Conservation Corps pledge on the door. The driver, standing on the running board, is apparently directing someone in front of it

Washington, D.C. An autocar long distance hauling van, showing a Unite...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Negative had no edge number. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictur... More

A black and white photo of a man in a cowboy hat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a cowboy hat. Office of War Inform...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Negative had no edge number. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictur... More

Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. Workers of many racial groups contribute their skills to war production. This Negro worker is checking the size and shape of a propeller blade in a large Eastern airplane propeller factory. Reading the blade with a template requires keen eyes and high precision. Curtiss-Wright Propeller Division. Caldwell, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. Workers of many racial gro...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

School boys training for agriculture. Inexperience is more than made up for by enthusiasm when these high school boys shock barley during their farm training period. In a few weeks these same boys will be helping Marlyland farmers six days a week during the entire summer

School boys training for agriculture. Inexperience is more than made u...

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

Production. Submarine chasers. Another harrier of the U-boats nears completion at an Eastern boatyard. Many new 110-foot wooden subchasers are taking to the water these days at yards in all parts of the country. Marine Construction, Stamford, Connecticut

Production. Submarine chasers. Another harrier of the U-boats nears co...

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

War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Philip Murray, Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) leader, left, and Harold Ruttenberg, research director for United Steel Workers (USW), at the "Little Steel" hearing held by the War Labor Board, at the in Washington, D.C., July 1. The hearing arose from a wage dispute between union demands and four "Little Steel" companies: Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel. The hearing resulted in a fifteen per cent wage increase formula, and set a precedent for future wage adjustments to meet recent increases in the cost of living

War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Philip Murray, Congress of In...

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 large tire. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a large tire. Office of War Information Pho...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Photographed by Martha McMillan, Howard R. Hollem, Albert Freeman or Howard Liberman. Title and other information from print in lot and lot cat... More

A black and white photo of a statue of a man holding a wheel. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a statue of a man holding a wheel. Office o...

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 workers at quartermaster depot. The tradition of Betsy Ross is being kept alive in this quatermaster corps depot where this young woman worker assists in the creation of American flags for military activitities. Philadelphia Quartermaster Corps

Women workers at quartermaster depot. The tradition of Betsy Ross is b...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

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

A black and white photo of a man giving a speech. Office of War Inform...

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

Washington, D.C. A crowd listening to an auctioneer at the Adam A. Weschler & Son store

Washington, D.C. A crowd listening to an auctioneer at the Adam A. Wes...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Negative had no edge number. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictur... More

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). If you didn't know better, you might think Mrs. Smuda spent the day comfortably darning socks for the family. Less than an hour before these pictures were made, this fifty-five-year-old mother and grandmother was skillfully tapering shells for machine guns at the Frankford Arsenal

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). If you didn't know better, you might think ...

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

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). Mr. Smuda, 1942-style American mother, is up and out every morning before 6:45 a.m., ready to check in at the Frankford, Pennsylvania Arsenal. From 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mrs. Smuda tapers cartridge cases for 50-caliber machine gun shells. Before and after work she fills the role of mother, grandmother, and manager of this eight-room house in which she has lived for twenty-four years

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). Mr. Smuda, 1942-style American mother, is u...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). She's a mother and a grandmother, she works at a U.S. arsenal tapering shells for fifty-millimeter anti-aircraft guns and she loves listening to news broadcasts and Bing Crosby. Eva Smuda, fifty-five, who came to America from Poland at the age of three, has one son in the Army, and a son, daughter and a son-in-law working with her at the Frankford Arsenal

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). She's a mother and a grandmother, she works...

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

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). Although she spends eight hours a day preparing ammunition for America's fighting forces, Eva Smuda has plenty of energy left after work to keep the lawn in shape

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). Although she spends eight hours a day prepa...

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

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). Like any other grandmother, skilled worker Eva Smuda enjoys the "children's hour" each day. And her work at the Frankford Arsenal never leaves her too tired for those games of make-believe with five-year-old Barbara

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). Like any other grandmother, skilled worker ...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Another harrier of the U-boats nears completion at an eastern boat yard, Marine Construction Co., Stamford, Conn. Many new 110-foot wooden sub-chasers are taking the water these days at yards in all parts of the country

Another harrier of the U-boats nears completion at an eastern boat yar...

12002-50. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

war ration book number two. The back cover of the war ration book number two

war ration book number two. The back cover of the war ration book numb...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

War Manpower Commission poster. Poster distributed by the WMC to war plants, labor organizations, churches, libraries, high schools and colleges. The original is 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches and is printed in red, white and blue, on black and white. It was designed from a photograph by Howard Liberman, staff photographer, Office of War Information. Copies may be obtained from the Office of War Information (OWI), Bureau of Public Inquiries, 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C.

War Manpower Commission poster. Poster distributed by the WMC to war p...

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

A black and white photo of men on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of men on a boat. Office of War Information Ph...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

A black and white photo of a boat in the ocean. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a boat in the ocean. Office of War Informat...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Office of War Inf...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

A black and white photo of a boat in the ocean. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a boat in the ocean. Office of War Informat...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Conversion. From garage to defense workshop. Here he is shown supervising a drilling job. The drill jigs in which the parts are held were made and designed by Lindstrom

Conversion. From garage to defense workshop. Here he is shown supervis...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Oversea... More

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

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information...

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

Conversion. Animal traps to armor-piercing bullet cores. Murals on the outside walls of this plant suggest production of animal traps. The plant is now converted to the making of armor-piercing bullet cores and other war essentials

Conversion. Animal traps to armor-piercing bullet cores. Murals on the...

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 Belvoir, Virginia. A sergeant in the United States Army Engineer Corps adjusting the sight of a machine gun

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. A sergeant in the United States Army Engineer ...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Negative had no edge number. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictur... More

Production. Industrial alcohol. These 40,000 gallon tanks in the fermenting room of a converted whiskey distillery produce industrial alcohol by the action of yeast upon cooked grain whose starches have been changed to sugars by the enzyme action of malt

Production. Industrial alcohol. These 40,000 gallon tanks in the ferme...

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 on a ladder. Office of War Information Photograph

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

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 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 on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

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

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Dr. Bair. Philosopher and scientist backs war production drive with his labor. Dr. Bair, former college professor and holder of eleven degrees, heads the war production drive as a sub-contractor. He saws steel bullets to required sizes on power saws

Dr. Bair. Philosopher and scientist backs war production drive with hi...

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

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). There's a war to be won, but there's work to be done at home, and this modern warrior-mother enjoys taking a hand in household duties. Tonight, she's washing the supper dishes while her daughter Genevieve dries

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). There's a war to be won, but there's work t...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Negro graduates of war training course are shown attaching skins to the fins of medium bombers in a large Eastern aircraft plant. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Negro graduates of war training ...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. Betty Bruning, who used to be an operator in a curtain factory, grinds a taper on a cartridge drawing punch in the Passaic, New Jersey shop of the Howe Machinery Company. This concern is training a number of young women for war production jobs

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. Betty Bruning, who used to...

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 boat in the ocean. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a boat in the ocean. Office of War Informat...

Title and other information from print in lot. 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 smoking a cigarette. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man smoking a cigarette. Office of War In...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

A group of men walking down a set of stairs. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men walking down a set of stairs. Office of War Information...

Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI C... More

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Home again, Captain Riberia waits for his wife to prepare supper. Born in Brazil, brought up in the Portugal, he has been a fisherman for 23 years. He came to the United States in 1927

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Home again, Captain Riberia waits for his w...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

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...

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

A black and white photo of a woman typing on a typewriter, Typewriter - Public domain dedication image

A black and white photo of a woman typing on a typewriter, Typewriter ...

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

Production. Submarine chasers. Nemesis of the U-boat. A Navy skipper and executive officer stand on the bridge of their new command, a nearly completed 110-foot wooden subchaser that will soon leave an Eastern boatyard. Marine Construction Company, Stamford, Connecticut

Production. Submarine chasers. Nemesis of the U-boat. A Navy skipper a...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. Skills which contributed to America's success in World War I are vital to our efforts in World War II. This Negro riveter is a veteran employee in a large Eastern shipyard. Another Negro broke the world record for riveting in World War I. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation. Kearny, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. Skills which contributed to America'...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. A soldier on the ground practicing with a rifle

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. A soldier on the ground practicing with a rifl...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Negative had no edge number. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictur... More

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a house. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a house. Office ...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Scrap collection. Junk man pushing his cart loaded with a day's pickings on his way to sell the paper, cardboard and rags to a large scrap dealer. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Scrap collection. Junk man pushing his cart loaded with a day's pickin...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

A black and white photo of a fire hydrant. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a fire hydrant. Office of War Information P...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Negative had no edge number. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictur... More

School boys training for agriculture. Time out for some well-earned refreshment. A group of high school boys prepare cooling lemonade supplied by the farm on which they are working. The training these lads are receiving will ease the farm labor situration and help toward winning the war and writing the peace

School boys training for agriculture. Time out for some well-earned re...

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 carrying a large piece of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man carrying a large piece of wood. Offic...

Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI C... More

Montgomery Blair High school Victory Corps. Victory Corps girls of Montgomery Blair high school in Silver Spring, Maryland stood erect when "superior officers" reviewed their maneuvers. Students wear their uniforms three times a week and have their extra- curricular activities directed towards war work

Montgomery Blair High school Victory Corps. Victory Corps girls of Mon...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). File print had series code LC-USW3; corrected Aug. 1999. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War ... More

Manpower, junior size. Mild-looking little girls of Roanoke, Virginia, but they are "scrappers for victory." The little sisters of our fighting men back up their big brothers at the front by joining America's junior army. These fifth graders receive final instructions from their teacher on the scrap collection drive

Manpower, junior size. Mild-looking little girls of Roanoke, Virginia,...

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 on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

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

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Final assembly of the pilot's compartment is being made by these Negro workers in a large Eastern aircraft factory. These youths went directly from a war training course to their jobs in this plant. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Final assembly of the pilot's co...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Conversion. Animal traps to armor-piercing bullet cores. A screw-cutting machine in an Eastern animal trap factory just before it was converted from the making of machine bolts for the production of armor-piercing bullet cores

Conversion. Animal traps to armor-piercing bullet cores. A screw-cutti...

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

Production. Industrial alcohol. In the "high wine" room of a former whiskey distillery, high-test ethyl alcohol (190 proof) is produced for the making of explosives. Fifteen huge copper tanks are used for the storage, proofing and gaugeing of the alcohol

Production. Industrial alcohol. In the "high wine" room of a former wh...

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

Conversion. Duck decoys to incendiary bomb noses. Farewell to ducks. This worker sanding duck decoys on an emery belt will soon be producing war essentials. He is finishing up the last batch of decoys before using the same machine to perform an operation in the production of incendiary bomb noses

Conversion. Duck decoys to incendiary bomb noses. Farewell to ducks. T...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Gloucester, Massachusetts. With the light from the compass binnacle illuminating his face, Captain John Riberia guides "Old Glory" back to the port. Decks have been cleared and fish stored in ice until return to port

Gloucester, Massachusetts. With the light from the compass binnacle il...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

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

A black and white photo of a man and a bunch of birds. Office of War I...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

A dragger fishing out from Gloucester, Massachusetts

A dragger fishing out from Gloucester, Massachusetts

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

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